Chief Financial Officer

Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP • Full-time • New York, NY, US • $250k - $300k / year • 2d ago

Job description

SSRGA, a mid-size full-service law firm with offices in New York, Florida, and Long Island is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to oversee all aspects of the firm's financial operations and functions. The CFO will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing the firm’s fiscal policies and business strategy and provide guidance, support, and encouragement to department personnel. This leadership position will report to the firm’s managing partner and work collaboratively with senior members of the firm’s management committee to help guide the firm’s strategic direction as it continues its rapid expansion. Applicants should be proactive, think critically, and have experience managing the finance department of a law firm or other professional services company.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead all financial functions of the firm, formulate financial goals for the firm and formulate action plans to achieve those objectives.
Key business advisor to the firm’s senior/managing attorneys.
Oversee, maintain, and nurture relationships with financial institutions, auditors, vendors, and strategic partners of the firm.
Create internal financial controls and refine existing fiscal protocols to increase profitability.
Oversee cash management, budgeting, billing, collections, vendor payments, payroll, internal and external audits, and retirement plan.
Lead and manage a professional staff of approximately 10 individuals, including senior billing manager, director of finance, and controller.
Hiring new personnel as needed.
Analyze firm expenses and create comprehensive strategies to reduce non-essential spending.
Prepare and distribute monthly financial reports, including productivity, income statements, and cash balances reports; evaluate effectiveness of the report package and recommend changes as needed.
Monitors trends and conduct benchmarking within the legal industry; provide input, recommendations, and insights to key stakeholders.
At least ten years of experience required; background in professional services or legal preferred.
Strong technical accounting knowledge, including an understanding of GAAP and cash basis accounting, tax requirements of governmental agencies, and general auditing procedures.
Familiarity with TABS billing software preferred.
Ability to work well, individually and in teams, with a diverse group of people.
Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance required; CPA or MBA a plus.

Compensation: The expected base salary for this role ranges from $250,000-$300,000 and is dependent on experience and qualifications, as well as other job-related factors, including, but not limited to, relevant skills, education, certifications, or other professional licenses held.

To apply for the Chief Financial Officer role, please submit a resume and cover letter to jschwartz@ssrga.com and jpaioff@ssrga.com.

About SSRGA

SSRGA was started in 2015 by a group of prodigious attorneys who wanted to create a firm of skilled lawyers and staff with a culture that emphasizes camaraderie and collaboration, all while providing best in class legal counsel to the firm’s diversified clientele. Our mission is to serve our clients with loyalty and integrity and help them leverage opportunities and surmount challenges. We strive to maintain a culture characterized by hard work, respect and dignity, non-egotism, fairness and a sense of humor. We are a full service firm with offices in NYC and Florida with practice areas that include litigation, real estate, corporate, health care, family law, trusts and estates, appellate law, and intellectual property.