Controller or Senior Controller; DOE) in Huntington Park, California

Dedicated Controller Opportunity

One of Southern California's largest and fastest-growing plaintiff-side personal injury firms, with approximately 150+ employees, is hiring its first dedicated Controller. The firm handles personal injury and plaintiff mass tort matters from its Los Angeles headquarters. As a contingency-fee firm, we have no traditional accounts receivable. Revenue is recognized at settlement - paid by insurance carriers, defendants, or QSF distributions. The financial model is high-volume, case-driven, and requires close coordination between settlement receipts, trust accounting, cost recovery, and claimant disbursements.

We are a firm that values building strong systems and scalable processes as we continue to grow.

We are looking for an experienced, process-oriented finance leader who will own the accuracy, integrity, and operational efficiency of our accounting function. You will report directly to the Managing Partner, lead a four-person team, and serve as the firm's internal authority on financial controls, reporting, and process design. We are looking for someone who brings a builder's mindset to this role: a professional who sees process gaps as opportunities, reaches for technology to solve recurring problems, and takes pride in building accounting infrastructure that runs reliably without constant intervention.

The firm's stack includes Quick Books Online, Salesforce, a QSF settlement administration platform, and Tableau - comfort operating across all four, and integrating them where beneficial, will be important to success in this role.

Specific priorities include:

• A documented, repeatable monthly close process with defined ownership, timelines, and checklists.
• Internal controls across trust accounting, AP, and settlement disbursements that are enforced through process and system design.
• A functioning Salesforce to Quick Books Online reconciliation that accurately tracks case cost advances, gross settlements, and net distributions.
• QSF settlement administration workflow owned end-to-end - from settlement receipt through claimant disbursement - with clear stage gates and exception handling.
• Executive-ready Tableau dashboards providing leadership with real-time visibility into P&L, cash position, cost recovery, and matter-level financials.

Core responsibilities:

Process design & financial close:

• Document, standardize, and continuously improve all accounting workflows - close process, AP cycle, trust reconciliation, settlement accounting, and reporting cadence.
• Own the monthly close end to end: GL accuracy, reconciliations, accruals, and financial statements delivered on a defined, reliable calendar.
• Implement checklists, stage-gate controls, and escalation protocols so processes run predictably.
• Identify manual and email-driven workflows in the accounting function and develop a roadmap to streamline or automate them.

Technology & systems integration:

• Own the Salesforce to Quick Books Online integration - designing and maintaining the data flow that keeps case costs, settlement proceeds, and disbursements reconciled across systems.
• Administer Quick Books Online: chart of accounts, class tracking, approval workflows, and reporting structure.
• Build and maintain Tableau dashboards for firm leadership covering P&L, cash flow, WIP, cost recovery rates, and matter-type performance.
• Manage and optimize the QSF settlement administration platform workflow for mass tort settlement distribution - tracking distribution worksheets, lien resolutions, fee allocation, and claimant disbursements.
• Evaluate and implement additional financial technology as the firm scales.

Internal controls & compliance:

• Design and enforce internal controls across all accounting functions, with particular attention to trust accounting segregation of duties and AP authorization.
• Ensure compliance with California State Bar IOLTA rules governing client funds, settlement proceeds, and cost advance accounting.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for all trust account activity and settlement disbursements.
• Oversee AP approval workflow, vendor payment authorization, and disbursement controls.

Settlement & QSF accounting:

• Manage the QSF…