Accounting Specialist Job at Brilliant Financial Staffing - IL in Chicago

Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in a search for an Accounting Specialist with our client located in Chicago, IL (Loop). Our client is a well-established legal firm who is currently looking for an Accounting Specialist with legal experience to join their organization on a contract to hire basis. This Accounting Specialist would be working alongside 4 other individuals in the accounting department and be reporting directly to the Controller. This Accounting Specialist’s primary responsibilities will be handling AP and AR transactional work. The individual would ideally be able to interview as soon as possible and begin shortly thereafter.

Accounting Specialist Responsibilities:

• Process approximately 200-300 AP invoices weekly
• Set up new vendors and monitor existing vendors  
• Process all employee expense reports
• Apply incoming payments to correct customer accounts
• Monitor client accounts daily
• Enter monthly and reconcile credit card transactions
• Record lawyer time to be billed
• Review and edit pre-bills, and process write-offs
• Resolve discrepancies through interaction with proper departments and clients.
• Support with the month-end closing process, AR, AP, GL, Bank Rec, conducting research, and making correction journals
• Responsible for the preparation and filing of 1099.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of AP & AR experience
• Strong organizational skills
• Legal industry experience is a MUST
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced setting
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

If you or anyone you know is qualified and interested, please apply immediately.