Martine Law is a U.S. multistate law firm seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to lead accounting, strengthen financial controls, and provide reliable information for decisions.

• Your initial priorities are to validate the books, resolve discrepancies, establish clear cash reporting, and implement a dependable monthly close.

• You will have direct access to the owner and authority to request records, question expenses, and escalate unresolved issues.

• How we work: We value accurate reporting, direct communication, and accountability.

• Errors should be disclosed promptly, investigated fairly, and corrected with supporting documentation.

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• Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, loans, lines of credit, owner transactions, and balance-sheet accounts.

• Investigate duplicate entries, unsupported expenses, and classification errors; document findings and corrections.

• Oversee client trust-account reconciliations and reporting with responsible attorneys and outside advisers.

• Maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast and complete liability and payment schedule.

• Establish weekly reporting on collections, aged receivables, refunds, and discounts.

• Produce accurate monthly financial statements and explain material changes in plain English. Build budgets, expense controls, variance reporting, and profitability reporting by practice and state.

• Supervise accounting staff; establish responsibilities, approval limits, and documented procedures.

• Coordinate with external U.S. tax, accounting, and legal professionals.

Initial priorities

• First 30 days: assess record reliability, identify urgent reconciliation gaps, and establish a cash forecast and cleanup plan.

• By 60 days: complete agreed priority reconciliations and implement cash, collections, refund, and liability reporting.

• By 90 days: establish a documented monthly close, management reporting, and controls, with remaining historical cleanup scheduled.

Submit your résumé in English through terri@xmartinelaw.com.

Describe a cleanup you led, a material error you discovered and resolved, and a time you challenged an executive using evidence.

Include U.S. business, QuickBooks, and trust-accounting experience; country and time zone; start date; compensation expectations; and ongoing professional commitments.

Finalists complete a paid practical assessment using fictional or anonymized records, plus reference and credential checks.

• At least seven years of progressive accounting experience, including three years owning Controller-level responsibilities;

• proven accounting cleanup and control implementation;

• strong QuickBooks Online and Excel skills; and experience with U.S. accounting, owner transactions, cash management, and multi-entity or multi-state operations.

• Substantial experience managing accounting for U.S. businesses and excellent written and spoken English are required.

• Law-firm or professional-services experience, client trust accounting and three-way reconciliations, and CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA, or comparable credentials are preferred.

• We value clear explanations of verified facts, estimates, and missing evidence, plus the ability to challenge assumptions respectfully.

• This is a dedicated full-time role with agreed U.S. business hours.

Martine Law is a growing family of criminal defense and family law firms serving clients across several states. We run the firms as one operating company with shared marketing, intake, sales, legal operations, finance, and HR, so our attorneys focus on legal work and clients get answers fast. We hire people who want to be measured, and we hire above ourselves on purpose.