Accounting Manager
Boston, MA Hybrid
Requirements
- Active CPA certification
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including supervisory responsibilities
- Prior law firm or professional services industry experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, and month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Demonstrated experience managing external audits, accounting operations, and financial reporting processes
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, PivotTables, and data analysis
- Experience working within a multi-office and international business environment
- Strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to interact effectively with firm leadership, attorneys, auditors, banking partners, and business professionals
Preferred
- Partnership accounting experience
- Experience managing treasury operations, banking relationships, and covenant compliance reporting
- Advanced proficiency with ERP and financial management systems (Workday, UKG, Aderant, QuickBooks, FRx, SQL, Crystal Reports)
Job Description The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing the Firm's general accounting operations, month-end and year-end close processes, treasury activities, financial reporting support, audit coordination, and accounting controls. This role manages a team of accounting professionals, ensures the accuracy and integrity of the Firm's financial records, and serves as a key partner to Finance leadership in maintaining a scalable and well-controlled accounting environment.
- Team Leadership & Talent Development: Supervise, mentor, and develop Staff and Senior Accountants; assign workloads, conduct performance reviews, provide technical accounting guidance, and manage close calendars and departmental deadlines.
- Accounting Operations & Close Management: Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes; review and approve journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, monthly close packages, and general ledger fluctuations in compliance with GAAP and internal controls.
- Treasury & Banking Management: Oversee daily cash management, cash flow analyses, payroll funding approvals, and client trust/treasury accounting; serve as the primary banking liaison and manage lines of credit and monthly/quarterly lender covenant compliance reporting.
- Audit, Compliance & Financial Reporting: Lead the annual external audit and the Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation audit as the primary point of contact; review audit workpapers and adjustments, and support quarterly/annual financial reporting packages for lenders, partners, and management.
- Accounting Governance & Internal Controls: Review key GL reconciliations and suspense account activity, establish and maintain accounting policies and procedures, and strengthen the Firm's internal control framework.
- Systems Oversight & Process Improvement: Oversee general ledger governance and chart of accounts maintenance; approve Workday and UKG GL changes/mappings, lead accounting system implementations and testing, and drive process automation and standardization.
- Financial Analysis & Leadership Support: Review cash flow reporting and quarterly internal financial statements; partner with the Accounting Operations Senior Manager, Controller, and CFO on budgeting, forecasting, compensation reviews, international/multi-currency accounting, and cross-functional initiatives.
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