Controller

Meltzer Hellrung

. Lead hands-on accounting and finance operations for the law firm and related management-services entity (MSO) .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeRemote • IndiaSeniorLead💰 $40,000 - $50,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in accounting operations, including general ledger management, financial statement preparation, and compliance with applicable laws. Proficient in financial forecasting, budgeting, and implementing accounting systems to enhance operational efficiency.

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Advanced Excel ProficiencyHands-On QuickBooks Online ProficiencyProgressive Accounting ExperienceLaw Firm Accounting ExperienceFinancial Data Analysis

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Hard Skills

General Ledger ManagementFinancial Statement PreparationMonthly Close ProcessesReconciliationsCash ForecastingBudgetingInternal Accounting ControlsAccounts PayableAccounts ReceivablePayroll Management

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailCommunication SkillsProject LeadershipProblem-SolvingTime Management

Tools & Technologies

QuickBooks OnlineExcelFinancial SystemsAccounting Software

Industry Keywords

Professional-Services AccountingTrust/IOLTA AccountingMulti-Entity StructuresFinancial Policies and ProceduresRevenue Recognition

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead hands-on accounting and finance operations for the law firm and related management-services entity (MSO)
Own the integrity of the general ledger, monthly close, reconciliations, financial statements, cash forecasting, and daily finance processes
Design, document, execute, and test internal accounting controls
Own annual budgeting, departmental input schedules, rolling forecasts, and budget-to-actual reporting
Maintain compliance-ready accounting records and coordinate with payroll, tax, audit, and other advisers
Perform and review monthly reconciliations for material balance-sheet accounts and resolve reconciling items
Prepare monthly financial statements and partner-ready reporting with variance explanations, assumptions, balances, and risks
Prepare and maintain 13-week cash forecasts and longer-range liquidity projections
Maintain separate entity-level accounting and consolidated management reporting, including intercompany balances and allocations
Account for legal-service revenue, reimbursable costs, government filing fees, pass-through client charges, and trust/IOLTA balances
Maintain AR aging, collections reporting, AP aging, payment controls, billing-to-cash reconciliations, and outstanding-payment reviews
Manage the monthly close calendar, assign preparer/reviewer responsibilities, complete reconciliations and adjusting entries, and deliver statements by deadlines
Establish, monitor, and enforce financial policies and procedures
Support management, attorneys, and managing partners with financial information
Create reports that help senior leadership and attorneys understand company financials
Maintain documented procedures and a register of deliverables, owners, due dates, dependencies, and unresolved issues
Own the accounting workstream for financial-systems implementations, including workflow design, master-data validation, integrations, testing, reconciliation, training, issue logs, and post-go-live controls
Own the general ledger, journal entries, accruals, account classifications, period-end adjustments, and accuracy/completeness of accounting records

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Accounting/Finance or a related discipline
At least 7 years of progressive accounting experience
At least 3 recent years in a hands-on Controller or Accounting Manager role with direct responsibility for close, GL, reconciliations, financial statements, and staff review
Advanced Excel proficiency, including multi-sheet financial models, linked schedules, lookup functions, pivot tables, formula auditing, and reconciling model outputs to source systems
Demonstrated ownership of accounting-process improvement and accounting-system implementation/testing
Demonstrated hands-on QuickBooks Online proficiency, including bank reconciliations, journal entries, account mapping, AR/AP, close, and reporting
Recent professional-services accounting experience required
Law firm accounting strongly preferred, including time and billing, WIP, realization, revenue recognition, reimbursable versus pass-through amounts, and government filing fees
Familiarity with trust/IOLTA accounting and multi-entity/MSO structures strongly preferred
Understanding of applicable laws and regulations
Understanding of economic principles, financial markets, and banking
Understanding of financial data analysis and reporting
Demonstrated ability to perform and supervise payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank and credit-card reconciliations, account analyses, and cash forecasting
Ability to meet a documented close calendar, prioritize competing deliverables, clearly disclose incomplete work or unverified assumptions, and escalate deadline or accuracy risks early
Proven ability to lead cross-functional accounting and systems projects with workplans, owners, milestones, testing evidence, and documented handoffs
Must be able to communicate financial information into sound business language so people of all levels can understand
Strong technical accounting judgment, attention to detail, reconciliation discipline, and ability to explain the difference between net income, cash flow, and available liquidity
Must have a quiet, confidential space to work
Must be available for at least 6 hours in US CT hours between 8AM and 5PM CT

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote, global position
Flexible work hours
Occasional after-hours and weekend work may be required
Use of personal computing equipment, telephone, multi-functioning printer and calculator
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job