This role is an opportunity to:
- Join a rapidly growing national firm at a formative stage
- Make a visible, measurable impact on a rapidly growing business
- Grow your skills, responsibility, and influence as the firm scales
- Work alongside high-caliber, mission-driven teammates who care deeply about doing great work
We are looking for people who don’t just want a job, they want purpose and impact.
What You’ll DoIn this role, you will be responsible for:
Technical & Operational Leadership
- Own and manage the general ledger across all domestic and international entities
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Oversee foreign currency accounting and multi-entity consolidations
- Support accounting requirements related to complex debt transactions
- Ensure GAAP compliance and strong internal controls
- Serve as the internal NetSuite expert (Oracle NetSuite experience required)
- Lead optimization and expansion of NetSuite during transition from QuickBooks
- Build scalable chart of accounts, ledger structures, and reporting frameworks
- Improve processes and implement automation where possible
- Manage and develop 2–3 direct reports
- Establish accountability and high performance standards
- Create processes that reduce errors and strengthen reporting accuracy
- Partner with leadership to provide clean, reliable financial reporting
- Proactively identify issues and present solutions—not just problems
- Help build the accounting infrastructure for international operations
- Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes, or outcomes—not just following existing playbooks
At TopDog Law, everyone is expected to think critically, communicate clearly, and take ownership of their work.
How This Role Drives the BusinessThe Director of Accounting will own and manage the TopDog Law general ledger across all entities. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep technical accounting expertise, strong GAAP knowledge, and significant NetSuite experience.
The ideal candidate is not just a reviewer, but a doer. This individual must be comfortable preparing journal entries, managing reconciliations, solving complex accounting problems, and building scalable processes in a fast-moving environment.
You will report directly to Vice President of Finance & Accounting and oversee 2–3 accounting team members (existing and future hires).
This role is critical to our success because it:
- Directly impacts clients/revenue/case outcomes/team efficiency
- Supports speed, quality, and consistency as we scale
- Helps protect and elevate the TopDog Law brand and client experience
- Strengthens the foundation needed to grow responsibly and sustainably
Within your first 6–12 months, success in this role looks like:
- You consistently deliver on commitments with minimal oversight
- You proactively identify issues and propose solutions
- Your work raises the bar for quality, clarity, and follow-through
- You are viewed as a reliable, trusted partner by teammates and leaders
- You contribute positively to team energy, morale, and momentum
Required:
- 5+ years of hands-on general ledger experience
- Proven experience preparing journal entries (not just reviewing others’ work)
- Strong GAAP technical accounting knowledge
- Direct Oracle NetSuite experience (expert level required)
- Experience in multi-entity environments
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Public company accounting experience
- Experience with complex debt transactions
- Foreign currency and international entity accounting
- Background in publicly traded or highly regulated environments
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to think critically, prioritize effectively, and execute with speed
- Experience in a fast-growing or high-volume environment
- Comfort with ambiguity and evolving systems
- Experience in legal, professional services, or client-centric organizations
TopDog Law is a nationally scaling, fully-integrated, personal injury law firm built for impact, excellence, and growth. We own the client experience end-to-end, from marketing and intake through litigation, because we believe how we do the work matters just as much as what we achieve.
We are building a high-performance, high-trust, no-ego culture where talented people do meaningful work, grow quickly, and take pride in what they build together. This is not a legacy law firm. This is a rocket ship, and we’re assembling the team that will take it to the next level.
If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love taking ownership and being held accountable, and want to be part of something you can help shape, not just maintain, you’ll feel right at home here.
TopDog Law is not your typical law firm. We believe that world-class marketing, paired with exceptional legal talent and operations, creates better experiences and outcomes for clients and the business alike.
Over the past three years, we’ve grown 2–3x year over year, setting a new standard on the marketing side of the personal injury space and proving what’s possible when strategy, speed, and execution align. Now, we’re applying that same discipline and innovation to law firm operations, case management, and execution as we scale nationally and fully integrate.
We are intentionally building the infrastructure, systems, and teams needed to scale at a national level—without sacrificing quality, culture, or accountability. This is still the early stage of that journey, which means the people who join now have a real opportunity to help shape how the firm operates for years to come.
Who Thrives HereWe don’t hire based on resumes alone. We hire for competence, character, and mindset.
You will thrive at TopDog Law if you:
Embrace Change- You have a growth mindset and seek continuous improvement
- You welcome feedback and adapt quickly
- You ask “What’s next?” rather than “That’s not my job”
- You care deeply about doing great work
- You have your teammates’ backs
- You’re here to build something meaningful and long-lasting
- You show up positive, professional, and solutions-oriented
- You enjoy the work and respect the people around you
- You leave drama, negativity, and ego at the door
- You do what you say you’ll do
- You follow through and communicate early when something’s off track
- You treat the business like it’s yours
- You move with urgency and sound judgment
- You prioritize progress over perfection
- You thrive in fast-paced, high-expectation environments
- You seek feedback, stretch assignments, and more responsibility
- You’re motivated by growth, impact, and building something bigger than yourself
- Real growth: As the firm grows, so do opportunities for advancement and leadership
- High standards, real support: Clear expectations, coaching, and accountability
- Culture that matters: Trust, respect, speed, and integrity, without sacrificing humanity
- Meaningful work: Helping people through some of the hardest moments of their lives
If you’re excited by ownership, accountability, growth, and the chance to help build something exceptional from the ground up - we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of TopDog Law.
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