Financial Controller
10+ years
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Part-time
Hybrid
1 month ago
About the role
About Us
Kalikhman & Rayz is a growing personal injury firm in the Philadelphia region built on a simple mission: be the injury firm where people are proud to refer their family members. We invest in our systems, technology, and people — and we need someone who can bring the same energy to our financial operations.
The Role
We are looking for a financial controller with personal injury law firm experience to own our day-to-day financial operations and reporting. This is a hands-on, data-focused role. You will be the person working with financial data, building reports, and giving the firm's leadership a clear picture of the firm's financial health.
What You'll Do
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
Day-to-Day Financial Operations:
Bookkeeping & External Coordination:
Payroll, Time Tracking & HR Administration:
Systems & Integrations:
Cash Flow & Budget Oversight:
Financial Projects & Growth:
What We're Looking For
Must-haves:
Nice-to-haves:
You do NOT need to be:
Who Thrives Here
The ideal candidate has worked at another injury firm, understands how finances work at the individual case level and can translate that to firm-wide outcomes, and is ready to own and grow this role. You are organized, curious, self-directed, and comfortable working through complex issues. You care more about getting things right than looking impressive. You are the kind of person who, when a report doesn't look right, digs into the data instead of ignoring it or forwarding it to someone else.
Our Values
Compensation & Details
Kalikhman & Rayz is a growing personal injury firm in the Philadelphia region built on a simple mission: be the injury firm where people are proud to refer their family members. We invest in our systems, technology, and people — and we need someone who can bring the same energy to our financial operations.
The Role
We are looking for a financial controller with personal injury law firm experience to own our day-to-day financial operations and reporting. This is a hands-on, data-focused role. You will be the person working with financial data, building reports, and giving the firm's leadership a clear picture of the firm's financial health.
What You'll Do
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
- Build and maintain internal financial reports and metrics.
- Analyze financial data to identify trends, flag issues, and recommend next steps on financial projects.
- Provide the firm’s leadership with a clear view of financial health.
Day-to-Day Financial Operations:
- Own the firm's QuickBooks Online environment — create, maintain, and reconcile data daily, including maintaining the chart of accounts.
- Manage full accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, including invoice approval, vendor payments, collections, and aging reports.
- Develop, document, and enforce internal financial controls and policies to safeguard firm assets.
- Handle bank deposits and account reconciliation.
Bookkeeping & External Coordination:
- Perform hands-on, day-to-day bookkeeping with the long-term goal of bringing all bookkeeping functions fully in-house.
- Serve as the in-house conduit to our external accounting firm, progressively reducing the firm's reliance on outside bookkeeping while maintaining the relationship for tax prep and compliance functions.
Payroll, Time Tracking & HR Administration:
- Oversee payroll processing — ensure accurate, on-time payroll runs in coordination with our payroll vendor.
- Manage time tracking and PTO administration, ensuring data flows correctly to payroll.
- Handle employee reimbursements and expense reports.
- Support basic HR administration tasks as needed (benefits enrollment, onboarding paperwork, etc.) with our benefits administration vendor.
Systems & Integrations:
- Pull and reconcile data between Clio Manage (case data) and QuickBooks Online (financial data).
- Maintain and troubleshoot integrations between systems to ensure case-related financial data stays in sync.
- Work with the Operations Team to build and improve financial dashboards, reporting workflows, and recommendations for growth.
Cash Flow & Budget Oversight:
- Support cash flow forecasting and monitoring to ensure the firm can meet its financial obligations.
- Perform actual vs. budget variance analysis and present findings to leadership on a regular cadence.
Financial Projects & Growth:
- Take point on ad hoc financial projects: vendor cost analyses, compensation modeling, budget forecasting, and more.
- Identify process gaps and propose improvements — you are not just maintaining the status quo; you are building better systems.
- Help leadership understand the financial story behind the data so decisions are grounded in real numbers.
What We're Looking For
Must-haves:
- Strong familiarity with QuickBooks Online.
- Bachelor’s degree (accounting, finance, or similar program preferred).
- Intellectual curiosity and an inherent motivation to add value in a growing organization.
- Strong attention to detail and comfort with expertise with finance and accounting principles.
- Ability to independently identify data errors, trace them to their source, and fix them — not just flag issues for someone else to resolve.
- Experience working at a law firm (personal injury preferred).
- Ability to independently input, organize, and analyze financial data using a variety of tools.
- Comfortable with cloud-based tools, dashboards, and modern workflows.
Nice-to-haves:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA) certification.
- Experience developing or improving internal financial controls.
- Experience coordinating with external auditors or accounting firms.
- Familiarity with IOLTA procedures and personal injury distributions.
- Exposure to payroll, HR admin, or operational finance.
- Familiarity with Clio Manage.
You do NOT need to be:
- A senior executive or seasoned CFO.
- Someone who has already "done it all" — we value learning speed and cultural fit over a perfect resume.
Who Thrives Here
The ideal candidate has worked at another injury firm, understands how finances work at the individual case level and can translate that to firm-wide outcomes, and is ready to own and grow this role. You are organized, curious, self-directed, and comfortable working through complex issues. You care more about getting things right than looking impressive. You are the kind of person who, when a report doesn't look right, digs into the data instead of ignoring it or forwarding it to someone else.
Our Values
- Team over ego — we build each other up.
- Own it from start to finish — we are accountable for everything we do.
- We win for clients — everything we do serves the people we represent.
- Honest and direct — good or bad, we acknowledge every situation and address it head-on.
Compensation & Details
- Schedule: 20 hours/week (flexible scheduling available)
- Location: Huntingdon Valley, PA (in-office preferred, hybrid considered)
- Compensation: Hourly
- Start date: Negotiable
Skills
Law Practice