We are seeking a full-time Director of Finance/VP of Finance to join our growing team.

The chosen candidate will be responsible for taking on a leadership role in financial decision-making that affects our firm and will provide financial input to the shareholders. The position will directly handle all finance and accounting functions and play a key role in developing and implementing financial procedures to improve and maintain the financial health of our firm. The position is responsible for the training and oversight of all financial operations from the firm’s Operations team, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and process improvement. The position will be directly responsible for the firm’s financial systems and processes, including system balancing, reconciliations, financial reporting and analyses, tax compliance and reporting, payroll, budgeting and forecasting. This position will also manage one other financial team member that is responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, trust accounting and who works as a backup for client billing.  This position will also work closely with our operations team which handles client billing, intake, and conflicts. If you have a strong background in corporate financial management, we want to hear from you.

• Full-Time Position with expected hours of 40 hours per week, however additional hours may be required during certain times of year.
• Competitive Salary and generous benefits – see paragraph below.
• Monthly cell phone stipend.
• Located in our Denver or Boulder office but hybrid work once ramped up possible.
• This position reports to the Managing Partner and works closely with our Shareholders and our Operations team.

• BA in accounting, finance or similar. An MBA is a plus
• Professional designation preferred (CPA, etc.)
• 7+ years in senior financial managerial position
• Experience with law firms or other professional services firms preferred
• Strategic, forward thinking – experience with budgeting, modeling and forecasting
• Experience leading & training a team
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in accordance with GAAP, as well as ability to implement new policies and procedures, as necessary, and to ensure they are upheld
• Experience with unique and complicated compensation models
• Experience with time and billing software
• Expert level Excel knowledge (pivot tables, vlookups, conditional formatting, etc)
• Ability to extract and clean-up raw data, as necessary, in order to understand, analyze, and present to non-financial end-users

• Full-firm Accounting, including all P&L, Balance Sheet, and Equity Statements
• Responsible for management of one other finance team member and Operations team financial functions, ensuring timeliness and accuracy within all financial functions; ensures that GAAP and local trust accounting rules are followed
• Strategic Modeling/Reporting (profitability analyses of employees, lines of business, etc.)
• Cash management and forecasting
• Shareholder distribution management and forecasting
• Employee compensation and performance bonus reporting and forecasting
• Management of relationships with outside tax accountants; reviews corporate IRS filings and shareholder tax basis
• Compensation Analysis for shareholders and employees, including calculating monthly, quarterly and annual bonuses based on fees generated from hours worked and business development
• Management of bank accounts, bank reconciliations, and banking relationships, implement and maintain integrity of account security practices (positive pay, ACH and wire security)
• Detailed understanding of client billing processes; ability to ensure the team engages in the highest standards around client customer service; ability to audit billing procedures to ensure accurate client billing and delivery
• Payroll, including oversight of monthly gross-to-net, taxes, deductions, and contributions
• Management of 401(k) and Profit Sharing, including 401K match calculations, handling of employee and firm contributions, and working with third-party administrator to ensure safe harbor compliance
• Oversight of annual W-2 and 1099 issuances
• Oversight of property, personal property, and use tax calculations and filings (Denver and Boulder)
• Oversight of credit card reconciliation
• Oversight of expense tracking, approval, and reconciliation
• Management of billing and accounting software integration, ensuring that data across all systems is reconciled
• Trust Accounting and adherence to the Colorado Supreme Court and the North Carolina State Bar trust account regulations
• Ad hoc financial analyses, as requested by shareholders
• Management of shareholder investment accounts and holding companies

Salary range is between $150,000 and $180,000. KO benefits include:

• Fully funded employee coverage health care benefits, including HSA contribution
• Opportunity to participate in 401(k) plan with firm match up to 4%
• Annual profit-sharing plan
• Free parking and cell phone stipend
• Life insurance and long-term disability coverage
• 2-month paid sabbatical after 7 years of service

Please send your resume to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

This posting is intended to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay Act.

We’re a results-oriented corporate and transactional law firm with a team of experienced lawyers and a practical, efficient, business-focused approach.

We deliver top notch national corporate and business law experience without the typical high-pressure approach. Our attorneys are routinely recognized by the industry and many of the industries we work in, and have the same prestigious national experience you’ll see at other firms, but the similarities end there.

We have been recognized by the Denver Business Journal with a Best Places to Work award, and we have a great team culture rooted in our firm values:  Respect, Our Clients’ Business is our Business, Excellence, Together We Thrive, Ownership and Well-Being and Balance.

The KO team is committed to improving our communities through participation in and support of organizations and causes that make them better. KO has been instrumental in building and supporting the Colorado business and entrepreneurial infrastructure, through ongoing work with Colorado’s incubators and accelerators, teaching at area universities and presenting at legal and business conferences. KO also supports local non-profit and charitable organizations through pro-bono legal services, board service and the firm’s annual charitable giving program.

KO is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. KO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.

Contact [email protected] for more information.

This posting is intended to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay Act.