Trust Administrator

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McMillan has an exciting opportunity as a Trust Administrator in our Calgary office. As a member of the Finance team, you will play a key role in coordinating all trust fund activities for the Calgary office along with supporting the national trust team to deliver on various goals and objectives.

**Please note that this role offers a hybrid workweek. Each week will combine both working at home for a few days and working in the office for the balance. Your hybrid schedule will start once you join McMillan**

Hours of Work: 8 or 8:30a.m. to 4 or 4:30p.m., Monday through Friday.

**What You’ll Do**
- Coordinate trust fund activities while ensuring meticulous record-keeping and accuracy.
- Prepare trust cheques and manage incoming/outgoing wire transfers.
- Review and process all transactions thoroughly to ensure adherence to internal trust policies, in order to detect and mitigate potential exposure to fraud.
- Complete daily and monthly trust account reconciliations.
- Address stale-dated cheques.
- Respond to trust accounting queries.
- Deposit cheques, obtain certified cheques, or arrange for bank drafts off-site as needed.
- Liaise with and maintain relationships with banking representatives.
- Preparation of T5 and NR4’s for trust account interest.
- Understand trust accounting processes and provincial law society rules to ensure compliance.
- Generate and submit reports for various clients.
- Manage inactive trust balances:

- Research inactive trust fund balances at the firm to determine ownership and establish how to handle them going forward.
- Follow up with lawyers to ensure timely resolution of these balances.
- Meet with lawyers as necessary to assist in completing forms or letters for returning trust money.
- Assist the Finance Team with various ad hoc tasks and projects.
- Perform other accounting duties as required.

**What You Bring**
- 0-10 years of experience
- Your history includes a graduate of a recognized community college or university (or relevant work experience) with a focus in accounting
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Communicates effectively with others (e.g., team members, co-workers, managers/supervisors, clients, firm members and contacts) verbally and in writing, to deliver clear, concise, logical, compelling, and timely messages.
- You are detail-oriented and are able to effectively meet deadlines and work well in a team setting.
- Identifies and solves problems and makes sound decisions quickly and effectively and involves others as appropriate and looks for creative and innovative solutions.
- Effectively manages time of self and/or others, by scoping out work, identifying and focusing on priorities, and assessing the necessary resources to get the job done.
- Ability to flourish under pressure and consistently deliver results for our clients.
- You embrace evolving technology and have strong skills in Microsoft Office products particularly with Excel, Adobe Suite and virtual communication tools including Teams, Webex and Zoom.

**McMillan Offers You**

Growth

Mentorship and Support

Training as Software Evolves

Commensurate Compensation and Benefits Package

Fun Work Environment

Continuous Learning & Development

**McMillan = You**

At the heart of our commitment to being a first-mover on important issues, McMillan believes that equity, diversity and inclusion are catalysts for success. By embracing our differences, we create an inclusive culture that enriches our collective knowledge, broadens our perspectives, and propels us forward. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their whole selves to work, knowing it is through our individual experiences that we can all come together to truly make a positive impact in our firm, for our clients, within our communities, and beyond.

At McMillan, we know we will achieve the most success by attracting and retaining the best talent, and by representing and supporting communities from which we draw our members, the communities in which we live and work and the communities to which we provide legal services.

We are a law firm that prides itself in sustained quality and excellence in service while fostering a positive and collegial work environment which nurtures mentoring inspires enthusiasm and professional excellence. We commit to putting our best efforts forward in achieving our goals, and the goals of our clients. You can help us in that journey

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**McMillan LLP is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity. We respect and embrace the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences of individuals at all levels of the firm. This enables us to provide innovati