Staff Accountant

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