Director of Accounting at Vaco, LLC

Woodbury, NY 11797

About the Job

Industry: Litigation Firm
Job Title: Director of Accounting
Location: Woodbury, New Yok (Long Island)
Schedule: Hybrid (flexible)
Salary: $160k-$175k

Responsibilities and Duties:

· Develop a strong, accurate and timely regulatory reporting framework supporting the firm as a whole, its departments, as well as its Partners

· Adhere to accepted accounting principles and the firm's accounting policies and procedure, to ensure the integrity of firm accounting data

· Ensures efficient, effective and consistently high-quality results in all aspects of the Firm's accounting operations including financial reporting and processing

· Stay current on changes to regulations in all jurisdictions and recommend processes to ensure compliance

· Owns the maintenance and control of the Firm's general ledger system

· Collaborates with CPA firm to prepare and produced information to support Partnership tax schedules

· Assumes lead role in managing relationship with CPA firm as it relates to the yearend review and external audits

· Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and non-organizational accounting personnel

· Work closely with Financial Planning & Analysis team to prepare schedules for the firm’s annual budget.

· Designs, develops and implements methods and strategies to continually improve accounting processes

· Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments.

· Develops Talent: prioritizes the development, training, and appropriate delegation of new activities to team – actively looks to provide stretch assignments and exposure.

· Partner with Senior Directors and business support teams to enhance Firm onboarding/exiting procedures.

Required Skills and Experience:

· Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required; CPA or MBA preferred

· Strong working knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practice, financial markets, and banking.

· Minimum of 8+ years experience in accounting in a law firm or professional services organization.

· Outstanding organizational skills and a demonstrated ability of maintaining and producing high quality work product with minimal oversight

Technical spreadsheet (MS Excel) expertise and proficiency in PowerPoint as well as the other MS Office suit

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

Privacy Notice

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
licensure and certification requirements;
office location and other geographic considerations;
other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.