At Mandarich Law Group, LLP, we are looking for great people to bring their passion and strong work ethic to the job. We are a creditors' rights law firm located in downtown Chicago.
We are currently seeking a full-time Staff Accountant. Monday through Friday from 8AM – 5PM in office.
What You'll Do:
- Prepare and issue daily a high volume of court cost checks and review/ upload journal entry file to ERP system following policies and procedures.
- Distribute checks in a timely manner to the requesting legal team members
- Ensure that all returned checks are voided in the system and all adjusting journal entries are booked accurately in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Respond to all internal and external inquiries related to court cost checks.
- Research and resolve any issues that pertain to court cost check processing such as lost checks, returned checks by the bank due to various errors etc.
- Perform monthly bank reconciliation of the court cost bank account. Ability to use AI feature in ERP system to assist in bank reconciliation.
- Respond to all client inquiries regarding potential court cost duplicates in a timely manner
- Conduct “positive pay” reviews of daily disbursement file provided by bank such as uploading, reviewing, and approving positive pay exceptions, as requested.
- Assist in gathering client requested information for court cost audits
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations for IOLTA accounts, as needed.
- Maintain IOLTA cash account activity and reconcile, as needed.
- Assist in client compliance inquiries.
- Perform court cost resubmissions to clients, as needed.
- Other tasks as assigned by management