What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Albers & Associates?
Team: Albers & Associates
Location: Timonium, MD in our new corporate headquarters coming February 2025
Salary: $2-$24 benefits
A Little Bit About Us: Albers & Associates was founded by Ross Albers in 2015 from his dining room table in Westminster, MD. Today, we have multiple locations and practice a wide range of law. We recently acquired Mid-Atlantic Title adding a book of real estate business to our firm. We are celebrating our 10th anniversary in March!
Here’s a Taste of Our Benefits:
- Health insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Personal and professional development training
- Tons of team/culture-building activities
Where and How You’d Work:
Albers & Associates is moving to a new headquarters in Timonium, MD in January 2025. We value our strong, unified company culture because we believe the best work is done together. That’s why all of our team members work on-site under the same roof. However, work-life balance is also important to us, so we offer flexible work schedules to take the stress out of appointments, family obligations, and other needs that may pop up.
You’re Probably a Match If:
- You're a great teammate.
- You're a thoroughbred and not a donkey.
- You're an encourager.
- You're dedicated to personal and professional development.
- You're a scorekeeper and like winning.
Qualifications
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills with ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities
- Fast learner with high degree of professional curiosity and desire to learn
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 2 years of progressive accounting experience with direct exposure to accounting operation duties in a title company, law firm, or professional services company desired
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related
- Experience with standard software solutions preferred, such as QuickBooks Online, Bamboo, Clio or similar practice management software.
Responsibilities
The Staff Accountant is responsible for providing outstanding accounting support, ensuring that the accounting function runs smoothly and efficiently for the busy multi-office, multi-entity title company and law firm. Responsibilities include:
- Perform day to day accounting duties in accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, payroll, post journal entries and general ledger entries
- Pay invoices, record manual checks, reconcile bank transfers, reconcile operating accounts and title insurance accounts on a weekly basis
- Monitor escrow accounts, following up on and re-issuing outstanding checks; submit unclaimed money from escrow accounts to state agencies annually
- Issue Form-1099s for property sales annually; issue fee payments and commissions payments to partners
- Collaborate with Practice Administrator to review and approve attorney billing, and with Attorneys to obtain on time billing reports
- Collaborate with Practice Administrator to identify past due clients, and send 5 day withdrawal letters, manage collections processes of legal fees due
- Generate accurate P&L reports, balance sheets and cash flow analysis; collaborate with Practice Manager to forecast monthly revenue and other ad-hoc financial analysis
- Collaborate with outside accounting firm on reconciliations (bank, credit cards, escrow, and other)
Salary : $2 - $24