Senior Accountant (Remote)
Overview
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Accountant to join our dynamic finance team. The Senior Accountant will play a crucial role in maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring the integrity of financial statements.
Schedule Requirement:
This is a full-time position (40 hours per week). The successful candidate must be able to work and maintain consistent availability from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) to ensure seamless collaboration with clients and team members.
Duties and Responsibilities:
● Meet with team members to ensure client’s monthly close meets deadlines
● Close out clients’ books monthly using QBO
● Establish Monthly close processes.
● Review the Client's books and document the close process.
○ Documentation by preparing written documents and videos using GAAP accounting best practices and online tools for efficiency.
● Training staff on the Monthly Close Process
● Perform monthly close tasks for multiple clients.
○ Reconcile accounts monthly to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
● Review staff’s monthly close work before sending it to the client.
● Communicate in Slack, by phone, or by video meeting on client open items to resolve issues.
● Ability to resolve complex accounting and QuickBooks issues in a timely manner.
● Communicate with the clients’ CPAs on tax issues that come up during the year.
● Be proactive, be a resource, and train other team members on GAAP accounting best practices and QuickBooks issues when they arise.
● Schedule and train new team members regarding company processes and procedures including being a resource to assist new team members in delivering accurate deliverables to clients.
● Analyze and review financials in a monthly video meeting with clients.
● Answer emails and phone calls from clients who have questions about their accounting and/or reports.
● Check email and Slack regularly and fill requests for reports or information during the day as needed. Respond timely to urgent requests.
● Be proactive in offering our tech stack of apps that can help with the back-office efficiency of our clients and recommend ways to reduce costs and enhance revenue.
● Meet with the manager on a weekly basis by video call. Report deliverables status on client deadlines, work tasks, and scope creep issues.
● Prepare sales tax returns and submit them online for clients with their approval.
● Prepare 1099s for clients at year-end.
● Any other duties assigned.
Qualifications:
Skills:
● Excellent oral and written communication skills
● Strong mathematical and analytical skills
● Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
● Great attention to detail
● Problem-solving and conflict-management skills.
● Knowledge of Intuit Accounting Software and other financial software
● Strong knowledge of Financial Analysis
● Desire to work as a team with a result-driven approach.
● Excellent judgment and critical thinking skills
Experience:
● CPA or Accounting Firm Experience
● 5+ Years in an accounting position, reviewing financials, and training staff.
● 5+ Years of QuickBooks Online job experience and other financial software.
Education:
● Bachelor’s Degree, accounting, business, or related certification
● QuickBooks Online Certified
Technical Skills:
● QBO, QB Desktop, NetSuite, Microsoft, Slack, Google Workspace
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
• Work from home
Application Question(s):
• Are you amenable to work from Mondays to Fridays 8am - 5pm CST?
Experience:
• Full cycle Accounting: 3 years (Preferred)
• QBO: 3 years (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
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