Financial Controller

Lawyer.com is looking for a controller with potential to grow into a senior management role.

Lawyer.com, Inc. is a leading online service provider to lawyers and consumers. We manage a leading directory of 2 million lawyers and offer a suite of services to help thousands of law firms build better businesses. Each week we provide thousands of consumers the best free lawyer matching service in the U.S. We are a tech first leader with multiple generative AI services and connect with hundreds of thousands of lawyers and consumers each month using custom email, phone, text, chat and video technology. Our intuitive brand 'Lawyer.com' is rapidly gaining recognition among lawyers and consumers and we are well positioned in the $200 Billion U.S. legal services market. We are recruiting key execs including the Controller to accelerate our profitable growth. .

Controller will:

  • report to the CEO.
  • produce monthly financial statements using Quickbooks Online and Stripe Revenue reporting
  • generate payroll, commission and bonus payments via Insperity
  • recruit junior accounting and bookkeeping team as company grows
  • prepare projections and participate in management strategy discussions
  • assist in negotiating third party contracts, technology purchases and other big ticket items.
  • work with department managers to develop accurate product reports, R&D target returns.
  • work with tech, product, sales, operation and management to improve margins

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

  • Rigorous accounting qualifications and 2 years relevant experience.
  • Highly analytical, able to extract actionable insights from diverse information sources.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Passion for learning and mastering new skills
  • A strong sense of ownership and personal accountability
  • Enjoy fast moving start up environment
  • Team player interested in supporting junior employees and other departments.
  • Interest in business strategy and product management
  • Short commute to Basking Ridge, NJ headquarters.
  • U.S. citizen or work permit

Optional Requirements:

  • Knowledge of the legal services market
  • Experience in a technology start-up
  • Experience with business development, product development and marketing
  • Experience with recurring revenue/SaaS based businesses, deferred revenue and payment collections
  • Familiarity with SEO, SEM and other online marketing techniques.
  • Fun Interests (musical talents, chess, poker, distance running, bouldering, etc.)

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary. monthly management bonuses and major stock option package
  • Personal performance bonuses
  • Company wide bonuses
  • Generous vacation policy including up to 8 weeks long service leave.
  • Medical, dental and vision healthcare insurance
  • Health oriented work environment including sit/stand electric desks/treadmills.
  • Fun company events, theme Fridays, summer hours, voted a best place to work in NJ
  • Subsidized continuing education, offsite training courses and conferences.
  • Open management structure

View Current Career OpportunitiesLawyer.com management has pioneered Internet technology and services for over 20 years. We expect creative thinking from all team members, whether writing software, designing a user interface, improving billing, or helping Lawyers and Consumers get the best possible service. Our team's innovations help us handle over a million complex page request per day while delivering the fastest times in our industry, manage one of the best Lawyer directories in the world with over 2 million lawyers in 60 countries, respond to thousands of calls and emails each week, answer 90% of all support calls in less than 10 seconds and provide the best available Lawyer matching experience in the U.S. As we grow, more resources are devoted to innovation and we need the best and brightest creative minds to join our talented team.An important aspect of Lawyer.com is our exciting and reward-driven company culture. Benefits include a health-oriented work environment including sit/stand electric desks, fun company events, theme Fridays, and summer hours. Every employee is a hands-on contributor and our team-based structure encourages learning, development, and growth.We are profitable, expanding rapidly and offer many opportunities for career growth in our Basking Ridge, NJ and Easton, PA offices. Our intuitive brand 'Lawyer.com' is rapidly gaining recognition among Lawyers and consumers and we are well positioned in the $200 Billion U.S. legal services market.Lawyer.com, INC is former subsidiary of World Media Group LLC, whose business interests include Doctor.com and Fans.com in NYC, Scientist.com and Revenue.com in California and India.com in Mumbai.

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