Accounting Clerk (Part-Time)

GLP Attorneys is the largest personal injury law firm in Washington State, serving the Pacific Northwest with over 150 employees across 10 physical locations. We offer workplace flexibility, career growth, and a supportive environment that promotes both personal and professional success.

Our firm is known for its professionalism, ethics, and expertise in handling serious personal injury cases, including automobile collisions, nursing home abuse, trucking accidents, wrongful death, and more. We are dedicated to supporting diverse communities through employee-led programs and events, and our attorneys and staff are passionate about providing skilled advocacy for clients.

At GLP Attorneys, we foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals can thrive. We value open communication, transparency, and collaboration, encouraging all employees to contribute to our culture of integrity and excellence. Our core values—Commitment, Creativity, Compassion, and Collaboration—guide everything we do. We invite candidates who share these values to apply.

Recognized multiple times with Best Places to Work and Best Of awards, GLP Attorneys is committed to creating an exceptional workplace culture where employees feel valued and supported.

GLP Attorneys is expanding our accounting team and looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Accounting Clerk to support our best-in-class accounting and finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone currently pursuing or recently graduated with a degree in business, accounting, or finance and eager to develop their skills in a legal environment.

Role Overview:
In this part-time role (24-32 hours per week), you will be responsible for performing various administrative tasks in Accounts Payable, Trust Accounting, and Accounts Receivable.

Key Responsibilities:

From Accounts Payable:

• Process client cost checks and file related billing records.
• Maintain and organize year-end filing.
• Input credit card receipts for staff card holders.
• Collect vendor documentation (e.g., W9’s).

From Trust Accounting:

• Mail checks with accompanying letters.
• Follow up on requested letters.
• Prepare and distribute Trust Account lists for attorneys.
• Monitor and follow up on trust accounts with funds held for over a year.

From Accounts Receivable:

• Provide administrative support for minor blocked accounts.
• Conduct periodic audits of the "Master Minors" workbook.
• Support the team with notifications and updates related to minor blocked accounts.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Education: Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in business, accounting, or finance.
• Experience: 1-3 years of administrative, clerical, or accounting experience preferred, but equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook), and familiarity with legal software is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

Thank you for your interest in a career with GLP Attorneys! Please include a cover letter and your salary requirements with your resume.
 

GLP Attorneys determines the compensation for positions using local, national, and industry-specific data. We evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wages in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our firm. For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Compensation will be based on the applicant's location, level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will receive higher pay.

The non-exempt hourly pay range for a part-time Accounting Clerk in Seattle is $23.00-$26.00/hour.
 

GLP Attorneys proudly offers a competitive total rewards package. In addition to the base rate and bonuses, the firm provides employees with vision, dental, medical/rx insurance (with the option to open a health savings account), life insurance, a firm-sponsored employee assistance program, and a 401(k)-retirement plan with a discretionary safe harbor and profit-sharing feature. GLP Attorneys sponsors 100% of the employee premium for those enrolled on the HSA preferred medical plan ($3k deductible), 75% for the base plan ($1k deductible), and 75% for the buy-up plan ($750 deductible). The firm sponsors 25% of all medical dependent coverage. GLP Attorneys sponsors 75% of the employee premium for those enrolled on the vision plan and 25% for those enrolled on a dental plan. Employees are responsible for the premiums for dependent coverage on the vision and dental plans.
 

Additionally, GLP Attorneys offers employees ten vacation days a year to relax and refresh, a floating birthday holiday, eight paid holidays a year + a flexible holiday, firm-sponsored paid “bonus days”, opportunities to support the community through the firm’s GL“U”P giving program, luncheons and regional celebrations, a GLP Get Movin’ wellness program, the opportunity to participate in committees such as the Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, a monthly public transportation and parking subsidy, continued education/tuition reimbursement benefits, paid parental leave, anniversary bonuses, flexible and hybrid work schedules, and a collaborative, supportive and team-driven environment.

GLP Attorneys is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.