The American Association for Justice (AAJ®) is seeking a Staff Accountant for its Finance department. AAJ works to preserve the constitutional right to trial by jury and to make sure people have a fair chance to seek justice when they are injured by the negligence or misconduct of others—even when it means taking on the most powerful corporations.
The Staff Accountant performs day-to-day full-cycle accounting duties for AAJ Litigation Groups and certain other duties for American Association for Justice and its affiliates. In this role, the Staff Accountant must be able to apply knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and to provide accurate financial data for management review.

Essential duties include the following:

Related to AAJ Litigation Groups (LGS):

• Cash management duties including daily remote cash deposits, reconciling cash receipt batches, and providing cash reporting/forecasting for LGS.
• Completes timely monthly bank reconciliations, including researching and resolving any differences.
• Maintains LGS fee schedule.
• Processes annual membership invoices and administrative fees to ensure prompt payment and manages accounts receivable aging for LGS.
• Performs monthly revenue recognition process for LGS and periodic financial statement preparation.
• With review by Controller, prepares reports for management in collaboration with Sections and Litigation department director and/or other key stakeholders.
• Onboards new Litigation groups to AAJ outsourced accounting group.
• Reviews new litigation group agreements and supporting documents for respective revenue streams.
• Processes all LGS cash transfers and disbursements.
• Prepares monthly journal entries and general ledger reconciliations.
• Maintains LGS Membership records in Net Forum.
• Provides administrative and customer services support to Litigation groups.
• Prepares bank transfer requests for deposits in the wrong business units.

Related to American Association for Justice:

• Reconciles and manages AAJ Donor Restricted Funding.
• Cross-trains and serves as back-up for the Senior Accountant.
• Identifies and recommends business solutions that will improve or streamline processes and enhance customer service.
• Performs ad-hoc projects as needed.

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  B.S. degree in accounting preferred.
• 2 years full-cycle accounting experience with associations or not-for-profits preferred.
• Knowledge and experience applying general accepted accounting principles (GAAP) required.
• Proficiency with entire Microsoft Office Suite products. Intermediate Excel skills required.
• Experience with Sage Intacct and Net Forum preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to prioritize, work independently, and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required.
• Must be detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Must successfully pass a criminal background check.

**The American Association for Justice (AAJ) requires all employees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. AAJ will allow for exceptions to COVID-19 vaccination based on a medical exemption, disability accommodation, or religious objection; pregnant individuals may also request a deferral if they wish for the duration of the pregnancy.

Unvaccinated staff with approved exemptions or accommodations will be required to comply with weekly testing and to follow CDC guidelines for unvaccinated individuals, which may include wearing a mask at all times.

AAJ offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits. AAJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls please!

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