Senior Law Firm Accountant – QuickBooks & IOLTA | Remote Philippines

Senior Law Firm Accountant / Bookkeeper

QuickBooks Online & IOLTA Trust Accounting

Full-Time | Remote | Philippines

We are a growing U.S.-based law firm seeking an experienced Senior Law Firm Accountant / Bookkeeper based in the Philippines to join our team full-time.

This is not an entry-level bookkeeping position.

We are specifically looking for an accounting professional who already has substantial experience working with U.S. law firms and understands the unique requirements of attorney trust accounting, IOLTA accounts, client ledgers, and three-way reconciliations.

Required Qualifications

You must have:

* 3+ years of professional accounting/bookkeeping experience

* Prior experience working directly with U.S. law firms

* Strong hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online

* Experience with IOLTA / attorney trust accounting

* Ability to independently perform three-way trust reconciliations

* Experience maintaining and reconciling individual client trust ledgers

* Understanding of trust liabilities and trust-to-operating transfers

* Bank and credit-card reconciliation experience

* Accounts payable and expense management experience

* Month-end close experience

* Financial statement preparation and reporting

* Strong Excel skills

* Excellent written and spoken English

* Exceptional attention to detail

Strongly Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following is a major advantage:

* Personal Injury law firms

* Plaintiff-side law firms

* Clio Manage / Clio Grow

* LawPay

* Settlement accounting

* Client cost advances

* Contingency-fee accounting

* Attorney referral fees

* Payroll reconciliation

* Cash-flow reporting and forecasting

* Financial dashboards and management reporting

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

* Maintaining accurate accounting records in QuickBooks Online

* Reconciling operating bank accounts

* Reconciling credit cards

* Performing monthly IOLTA three-way reconciliations

* Reconciling client trust balances and individual client ledgers

* Monitoring discrepancies involving client trust funds

* Tracking client costs and matter-related expenses

* Recording and reconciling trust-to-operating transfers

* Accounts payable

* Expense categorization

* Month-end closing

* Preparing monthly P&L, balance sheet, and other management reports

* Assisting with cash-flow analysis

* Identifying accounting discrepancies and recommending corrective entries

* Maintaining organized accounting documentation

* Coordinating with attorneys, management, and outside U.S. accounting professionals

We Are Looking for More Than a Bookkeeper

We are looking for someone who understands why the numbers matter, not someone who simply enters transactions.

The right person should be able to review our accounting records, recognize when something does not look right, investigate discrepancies, and communicate the problem clearly to management.

You should be:

* Highly organized

* Extremely detail-oriented

* Dependable

* Consistent

* Proactive

* Solutions-oriented

* Comfortable working independently

* Comfortable being accountable for deadlines

* Able to communicate accounting issues clearly to non-accountants

* Interested in becoming a long-term member of our team

English Requirement

You must have excellent professional English, both written and spoken.

You will regularly communicate with attorneys, management, staff, vendors, and accounting professionals in the United States.

Schedule

Full-Time Remote Position

Applicants must be located in the Philippines.

You must be willing to maintain substantial working-hour overlap with our U.S. office in the Eastern Time Zone.

Technology

Experience with the following is preferred:

QuickBooks Online | Clio | Microsoft 365 | Excel | LawPay | DocuSign

Compensation

Competitive compensation based on your experience, U.S. law-firm accounting background, QuickBooks expertise, and IOLTA/trust-accounting experience.

Please provide your expected monthly compensation in U.S. dollars when applying.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume to: monica@blackrocklaw.com and gil@blackrocklaw.com and answer the following questions:

1. How many total years of accounting/bookkeeping experience do you have?

2. How many years have you worked for U.S. law firms?

3. What types of law firms have you supported?

4. Describe your experience with IOLTA / attorney trust accounts.

5. Have you personally performed three-way trust reconciliations? Please explain.

6. How many years have you used QuickBooks Online?

7. Have you worked with Clio? If so, for how long?

8. Have you worked with LawPay or similar payment platforms?

9. Have you handled accounting for a personal injury law firm?

10. What are your normal working hours?

11. Are you willing to work hours substantially overlapping with U.S. Eastern Time?

12. What is your desired monthly compensation in USD?

13. When can you start?

Important: Please do not apply if you have never handled accounting for a U.S. law firm or do not have actual IOLTA/trust-accounting experience.