FordHarrison provides first-class service to our clients, which means we are always seeking staff professionals who are high performers, entrepreneurial, and ready to thrive in our rewarding work environment. It takes communication and trust to function efficiently as a national firm, and a collaborative staff to make it all run seamlessly. We value cultural differences and we are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and developing an inclusive environment. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, competitive pay, and a comfortable working environment.
Business Immigration Paralegal, Atlanta, Georgia
FordHarrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is in search of a Business Immigration Paralegal. In this role, you will be part of our Business Immigration practice and will support client accounts by preparing and filing employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters including H-1B petitions, L-1 individual petitions and visa applications under a blanket, TN petitions, visa applications, and border applications, E-2 visa applications, E-3, EADs, APs, PERMs, I-140 Preference Petitions, and Adjustment of Status Applications. The ideal applicant will have extensive PERM experience, with a preference for candidates with exposure to special handling recruitment for university professors and union-subject positions as well as experience preparing Schedule A I-140 petitions for nurses/physical therapists. The ideal candidate enjoys and is comfortable using technology and various systems to organize yourself and make your work and the work of the team more efficient. You are a professional who can confidently interact with our diverse clients, whose industries include healthcare, manufacturing, airlines, consulting, construction management, food production, and others. Our primary client contacts are HR representatives or in-house counsel.
We are looking for someone who is resourceful and constantly growing as a professional and who continuously seeks ways to improve the group’s processes and procedures. Our paralegals are vital to our team and highly valued.
The Day-to-Day
From a subject-matter perspective, you will handle:
- Case preparation: Independently prepare a broad array of nonimmigrant and immigrant case types (such as H-1B, TN, L-1, E-2, E-3, H-4, L-2, EAD, AP, I-140 and I-485 AOS applications) for review by attorneys.
- Labor certifications: Conduct intake process and develop comprehensive strategy for PERM labor certifications, drive PERM process from start to end; monitor all PERM milestones and deadlines.
- Practice Management: Enjoy and be very comfortable using technology to organize yourself and monitor case deadlines. Use various technologies and immigration database to monitor case deadlines and prepare expirations reporting (document expirations, max-out dates, PERM deadlines) for the immigration team on a monthly and ad hoc basis to inform group-wide case prioritization.
- Issue-spot potential “red flags” or case questions that must be resolved and present them to attorneys in a timely manner.
- Effectively manage client relationships with minimal attorney oversight.
- Explain sophisticated immigration concepts and present strategic solutions to clients.
- Manage complex projects under strict deadlines.
- Understand the interplay of immediate case deadlines and their impact on a foreign national’s short-term and long-term prospects.
From a teamwork perspective, you will:
- Lead peers and junior teammates in the support of a client accounts and in the completion of projects.
- Train and mentor junior team members.
- Collaborate with multiple attorneys both in the local office and in other firm offices.
You Will
On any given day, you will be working with our Business Immigration Group’s attorneys and other team members.
- Demonstrate strong time management and organizational skills.
- Multi-task in a deadline-driven environment.
- Navigate complex technology platforms.
- Communicate effectively in writing and verbally, as appropriate for the needs of the audience (clients, governmental agencies, and co-workers).
- Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
- Record billable and non-billable time daily into the firm’s timekeeping system.
You Have
- A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience), with a solid 3-5 years of business immigration experience.
- A strong desire to work in a close-knit, collaborative, team-oriented environment to meet our clients’ objectives related to their foreign national employees.
- Strong writing skills.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Proficiency in client communication, teamwork, and office technology.
FordHarrison LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Interested applicants should submit cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to staffcareers@fordharrison.com. No phone calls or search agencies.
Senior Client Accounts Specialist, Atlanta, GA
Responsibilities:
- Handle collection of the firm’s AR to meet revenue targets
- Frequent communication with attorneys concerning AR and strategy to collect
- Prepare various ad hoc AR reports from ARCS and ADERANT
- Participate in AR projects when required including preparing and updating spreadsheets
- Research status of e-billed invoices on the clients’ and carriers’ various e-billing sites prior to following up on AR balances
- Maintain a clear understanding of client’s and carriers’ billing processes to be able to determine where an invoice is in the process and who is responsible for payment
- Administer unapplied cash routines by researching and communicating as needed internally and externally to resolve
- Update notes on matter level in ARCS with summary of most recent activity involving AR and unapplied cash
- Edit posted invoices to reflect deductions and/or unapplied cash applications
- Track e-billed invoice deductions in BillBlast. Determine if deductions can be handled with billing staff only, such as adding timekeepers and rates. Send email notifications of deductions to timekeepers (whose time is deducted), assistants, and BA requesting additional information for task(s) in order to appeal. Handle submission of appeals on the various e-billing sites. This may require editing invoice first in BillBlast and downloading Ledes file for submission on site
- Respond timely to questions from AR Specialist regarding cash receipts
- Actively contribute to Client Accounts as team player offering assistance and filling in as needed
- Handle first level of approval process for opening new matters for clients with AR balances older than 120 days
- Escalate accounts to Managing Partner and CFO
Requirements/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree desired, but not required
- 3+ years of experience with law firm collections and/or billing
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Professional demeanor and strong customer service skills
- Assertive and diplomatic
- Proactive, results driven, and team player
- Strong organizational skills
- ADERANT and ARCS experience a plus
- Proficient with Excel
- Experience with navigating various e-billing platforms a plus
FordHarrison LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Interested applicants should submit cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to staffcareers@fordharrison.com. No phone calls or search agencies.
Staff Accountant, Atlanta, GA
POSITION TITLE: Staff Accountant
POSITION REPORTS TO: Controller
POSITION SUMMARY: The Staff Accountant will work closely with the Controller, Senior Accountant and all team members of the department with a primary focus on handling all aspects of the day-to-day accounting, recurring and ad hoc reporting of statistical and financial information, firm budgeting and forecasting, actual expense reporting to key administrative contacts, year-to-date spending analysis of expenses vs. prior year and provide support for the annual audit and tax return process.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepare month-end journal entries.
- Perform monthly reconciliation of assigned balance sheet and bank accounts.
- Maintain the Firm’s fixed asset sub ledger and record related depreciation expense.
- Maintain the Firm’s portfolio of leases and related rent and operating expense monthly payments in accordance with the lease commitments in place.
- Administrate the firm’s financial budget and forecasting and monthly expense variance application.
- Build strong relationships with assigned Key Administrative Managers to partner with the contacts on their spending areas to better understand their investments/ expenses.
- Responsible for monthly process of sending actual spending information to the firm’s Key Administrative Managers to drive discussions to understand spending (actual vs. budget and prior year) and evaluate expense variance explanations as communicated by the responsible Key Administrative Managers.
- Reporting responsibilities include analysis of various performance measurements, analysis of revenues and budgets, headcount, trend analysis, profitability and compensation analysis.
- Work effectively within the Firm’s current internal control policies and contribute to the maintenance of and enhancements to a strong internal control environment.
- Participate in preparation of required annual audit and tax return deliverables.
- Prepare ad hoc analyses and other duties as assigned by the CFO, Controller, or the Senior Accountant.
REQUIRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree (Accounting/Finance), 1 to 2 years of accounting experience a plus but not required.
- Knowledge of general accounting.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Handle telephone calls and emails within established Firm etiquette and professionalism .
- Professional demeanor and strong customer service orientation.
- Able to work proactively as a self-starter and multi-tasker to add value to the team with limited supervision.
- Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements.
- High level of attention to detail in producing work product.
- Strong focus on quality and accuracy.
- Intermediate usage of MS Excel.
- Ability to effectively meet timelines in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexible to work overtime as required to meet agreed upon deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications skills, as well as tact and diplomacy sufficient to gain the respect of attorneys and employees.
- Assertive, positive, flexible, confident, diplomatic, sense of humor, team player.
- Constantly look for areas of opportunity to add value to their position and be a team player.
- Knowledge of Aderant Expert (or similar financial system) a plus but not required.
- Professional services experience a plus but not required.
- Employee will be expected to perform any other duties that may be assigned with regard to this position and ability.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt
HOURS—FULL TIME: 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday, Overtime flexibility required as noted above
FordHarrison LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Interested applicants should submit cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to staffcareers@fordharrison.com. No phone calls or search agencies.