Role and Responsibilities

Owns or leads clients in a variety of accounting engagements or initiatives, working under the direction of Director of Accounting or other upper level Finance & Accounting resources. Will hold primary relationship representatives for accounting needs on occasion. Accounting Manager roles and responsibilities:

Process /Operations

Reviews/oversees accounting process and final product of client engagements.

Supervises work of off-shore and stateside team as needed.

Assists with creation of policy and process used in client engagements.

Makes journal entries as needed.

Responsible for final reviews of financial packets for presentation meetings.

Reviews variance explanations to gain overall understanding of client deliverables.

Assists with implementation process improvements development.

Does client training on process improvement as needed.

Leads new client-onboarding under direction of Director of Accounting

Researches client questions as requested

Other projects as assigned

Analysis

Ability to analyze data to insure proper accounting and reporting

Leads development and/or improving preliminary deliverables for client engagements

Applications

Leads support for accounting applications used in client engagements

Training

Leads team in producing quality accounting and reporting

Leads other team members when needed

Client Relations

Ability to gain confidence of client personnel and have a customer service attitude

Communications

Insure clear communication to clients/accounting staff through the various ways of communication

Ability to present materials to client and/or internal staff

Core Functions

Implements and helps creates guidelines on engagement as established by Director

Monitors staff schedule, work priorities and tasks

Helps lead the planning and organization of individual projects and responsibilities

Track and record time spent on client projects

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required

Industry experience preferred but not required

Minimum 3 - 5 years prior accounting work experience

Strong knowledge of QuickBooks and/or other accounting systems preferred.

Preferred Skills

Additional skills preferred include:

Knowledge of MS tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook