Key Responsibilities
- Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
- Prepare, review, and analyze financial statements such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax regulations, and legal requirements, including trust accounting
- Manage and enhance accounting processes, including billing, collections, and expense reimbursements, through documented standard operating procedures
- Conduct financial analysis to identify trends, evaluate performance, and recommend operational and financial improvements
- Develop and maintain budgets, forecasts, and cash flow projections
- Lead, mentor, and manage the accounting team while fostering strong internal controls and best practices
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; MBA and CPA strongly preferred
- 10–15+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership or controller-level role
- Prior experience within a law firm environment required, with strong knowledge of partnership structures, tax considerations, and regulatory compliance
- Demonstrated expertise in financial analysis, cash flow management, and financial reporting systems
- Experience with legal accounting software; Elite 3E experience preferred
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and complex formulas
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present financial information to stakeholders at all levels
- High level of integrity, discretion, and attention to detail
Top Skills
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).
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