Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily trust accounting operations, staff, and workflows
- Review and manage client trust transactions and disbursements
- Ensure compliance with State Bar rules and internal policies
- Conduct monthly reconciliations and support audits
- Review settlement statements and coordinate with legal teams
- Train and mentor trust accounting staff
- Support financial statement preparation in accordance with GAAP
- Deliver KPI and financial reports to leadership
- Manage AP/AR processes, reconciliations, and journal entries
- Ensure accuracy in financial reporting and internal controls
- Lead ad hoc projects and budgeting efforts
- Handle payroll processing and assist with commissions
- Manage wire transfers, ACH distributions, and Salesforce reporting
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 10+ years of accounting experience; legal or professional services background preferred
- CPA (active/inactive) strongly preferred
- 2+ years in a supervisory role
- Strong knowledge of trust accounting practices
- Skilled in QuickBooks, NetSuite, and advanced Excel
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Benefits:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off and holidays
- Bonus eligibility
- Professional development opportunities
- Onsite perks and team events
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What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.
GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.
Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
