Accounting & Finance Manager

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🇦🇷 Argentina – Remote

💵 $3k - $3.5k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Political Asylum Lawyers

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

⚖️ Legal

👥 B2C

🌍 Social Impact

Legal • B2C • Social Impact

Political Asylum Lawyers is a Houston-based law firm specializing in political asylum and immigration law. The firm helps individuals pursue asylum, prepare for asylum interviews, and appeal asylum denials, and emphasizes strategy sessions to plan cases that can lead to permanent residency and U. S. citizenship. Its founder's prior experience as a government asylum officer informs the firm's approach to building strong cases for refugees and asylum seekers.

📋 Description

• Manage the firm’s financial operations, accounting systems, billing, accounts receivable, cash flow forecasting, financial reporting, trust accounting compliance, payroll oversight, tax reporting coordination, internal controls, and finance-related operational projects • Learn the firm’s systems, work with existing staff and providers, and establish accurate, reliable financial operations • Retain responsibility for controls, review, quality, and results while progressively delegating recurring accounting and billing work • Explain complex financial information in plain English, identify financial risks, recommend corrective action, and follow approved actions through implementation and verified results • Perform and manage day-to-day accounting, billing, A/R, A/P, payroll, trust accounting, collections, tax coordination, and general ledger maintenance • Maintain clean and current financial records and support the legal team with accurate financial information related to client matters, billing, retainers, and collections • Monitor cash balances, bank accounts, credit card activity, merchant activity, and other key financial accounts • Process bills, vendor payments, check requests, and reimbursements accurately and on time • Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements and key financial reports • Prepare budgets and forecasts, provide variance reports, and explain conclusions and recommendations to the Owner/CFO • Maintain cash flow forecasts and track revenue growth, profitability, and other financial trends • Own and improve billing and collections; supervise invoices, monitor payment plans, track A/R aging, and address billing concerns • Handle chargebacks, refund requests, billing disputes, and merchant service issues through documented resolution • Monitor and reconcile trust/IOLTA accounts, own or review three-way trust reconciliations, and resolve discrepancies • Ensure compliance with legal, ethical, accounting, tax, payroll, and reporting requirements • Design, recommend, and enforce financial controls; identify risks, gaps, and process weaknesses • Support audits, tax preparation, financial reviews, and outside accounting reviews • Oversee bookkeepers, billing specialists, payroll providers, outsourced finance vendors, and other accounting support • Provide direction, accountability, feedback, onboarding, training, and performance review support for assigned finance staff • Serve as the internal subject matter expert for accounting software, billing systems, chart of accounts, reporting processes, and financial workflows • Improve workflows in QuickBooks, Stripe, Google Sheets, Asana, and related systems; define requirements and implement, test, and document changes • Analyze profitability, pricing, labor return, utilization, realization, collection rate, cost of acquisition, owner benefit, working capital, and firm financial health • Support KPI reporting, scorecard development, strategic planning, operational planning, and financial decision-making

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance • Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably in a law firm, professional services firm, or other service-based business • Strong understanding of general accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, A/R, A/P, payroll, and month-end close • Experience managing or reviewing trust/IOLTA accounting and reconciliations • Experience with billing systems, client payment plans, collections, and accounts receivable management • Strong proficiency with accounting software, legal billing systems, Microsoft Excel, and financial reporting tools • Practical experience using AI tools and automation to improve accounting or finance workflows, with a working understanding of APIs, scripts, and how data moves between systems • Ability to identify improvement opportunities, define clear financial requirements, collaborate with technical colleagues on implementation, and validate the accuracy and reliability of results • Ability to prepare accurate financial reports and explain them clearly to non-financial leaders • Demonstrated ability to identify financial risks, implement controls, and resolve discrepancies • Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills • High integrity, confidentiality, discretion, and professional judgment • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced law firm environment • CPA, MBA, advanced finance/accounting credential, or equivalent experience (preferred) • 8+ years of accounting, controller, or finance operations experience (preferred) • Microsoft Excel Expert Certification (preferred) • Experience building lightweight scripts or integrations to improve finance workflows (preferred) • Prior experience in a law firm or legal services environment (preferred) • Experience with systems such as QuickBooks Online, Clio, MyCase, Time Matters, PracticePanther, Smokeball, Lawmatics, Infusionsoft/Keap, or similar platforms (preferred) • Experience designing dashboards, centralized KPI reporting, balanced scorecards, or financial performance reports (preferred) • Experience supervising bookkeepers, billing specialists, payroll providers, or outsourced accounting vendors (preferred) • Advanced experience with complex unstructured data models and analysis, pricing analysis, SKU profitability, labor utilization, realization, collection rate analysis, and cost-of-acquisition reporting (preferred) • Experience supporting strategic planning, cash flow planning, debt repayment planning, and owner distribution planning (preferred) • Resume and cover letter must be in English • Cover letter and resume must be submitted in PDF format

🏖️ Benefits

• Week between Christmas and New Year's — office closed, fully paid • Your country's national public holidays off (paid) — your paid national holidays follow your own country's calendar • Three weeks of paid vacation annually • Comprehensive training program • Mentorship and collaboration • Career advancement paths • Work from anywhere — this position is open to candidates based in Argentina • Equipment support — stipend or provided equipment to set up your home office, available after 4 months on the job