Staff Accountant And Administrative Assistant

Staff accountant and Administrative assistant – Paragon Forensics

Job Title: Staff Accountant and Administrative assistant
Location: Laguna Hills, CA
Terms: Salary – Full Time

About us: Paragon Forensics is a leading full-service consulting firm specialized in providing forensic analysis and expert opinion to the medico-legal and insurance industries.
Our principal services include analyses of accident reconstruction, premises liability, biomechanics, and safety to assist our clients in their evaluation of actual or potential injury-related claims. We are a multidisciplinary team of Engineers and PhDs who collaborate on cases in a relaxed yet fast-paced work environment. www.paragonforensics.com

Job Description: The Bookkeeper/staff account primarily works with the company partners and main accountants to prepare and maintain financial records, including the logging, reconciliation, and maintenance of Paragon’s accounts receivable/payable. A secondary role of this position will be to assist Paragon’s administrative staff with the handling of company correspondence and file material.

Compensation: $60,000 to $85,000 annually, commensurate with experience, paid monthly

Benefits:

• 401k with 3% safe harbor and profit sharing
• Discretionary year-end bonus
• $500/month towards Blue Shield medical/dental insurance
• 15 days paid vacation
• 10 days paid sick leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Hybrid work environment with company laptop and equipment provided

Responsibilities:

• Primary – Bookkeeper/Staff Accountant
• Create billing invoices including monthly, final, and deposition invoices.
• Execute analytical review of case activity lines for accuracy.
• Edit invoices to meet attorney client’s needs.
• Deposit and log client payments.
• Apply payments via ACH, check, and credit card payments to customer accounts in Clio and Quickbooks Online
• Perform customer account reconciliations and prepare account statements when requested.
• Categorize account activity in Quickbooks Online.
• Secondary – Administrative assistant
• Log and save file material received from clients.
• Phone and email correspondence with clients and vendors as necessary.
• Miscellaneous office tasks to assist the Paragon team with their daily dues.

Skills:

• Basic math, bookkeeping, data entry and accounting skills
• Problem Solving
• Attention to detail
• Professional communication

Requirements:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or similar discipline
• 3 years experience performing bookkeeping
• Strong reading comprehension and written and verbal communication with command of the English language
• Proficiency in Quickbooks Online
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Eligible to work in the United States
• Background check

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior work experience in the legal or legal services industry
• Prior experience using Clio customer relationship management software

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• How many years of experience do you have in Quickbooks Online?

Work Location: In person