Accounting Manager - US Based

As an Accounting Manager, you'll be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and timely completion of all accounting tasks owned by your team. You'll also provide leadership, mentorship, and support to junior staff to help them reach their fullest potential. We're looking for strong, proven managers with public accounting or outsourced accounting experience who are used to juggling multiple clients at once and communicating with them every day.

Accounting Manager

Location: Remote (United States) | Employment Type: Full-Time | Department: Finance & Accounting

Description

Join our team as an Accounting Manager, where you'll play a key role in leading the day-to-day operations of your team while supporting our clients with accuracy, professionalism, and care. This is a remote, full-time position.

About the Role

As an Accounting Manager, you'll be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and timely completion of all accounting tasks owned by your team. You'll also provide leadership, mentorship, and support to junior staff to help them reach their fullest potential.

We're looking for strong, proven managers with public accounting or outsourced accounting experience who are used to juggling multiple clients at once and communicating with them every day.

Key Responsibilities

Client Success & Communication

• Own the client experience for your assigned clients, making client tasks, deadlines, and communication the top priority for you and your team.

• Serve as a primary contact by phone, email, and video, responding promptly and keeping clients informed of progress, upcoming deadlines, and anything that needs their attention.

• Own timely and accurate completion of all tasks for assigned clients, catching and resolving issues before they affect the client.

• Resolve client questions quickly, including urgent requests, and follow up to make sure the client is satisfied.

• Build trusted client relationships and look for opportunities to add value.

Team Leadership

• Manage and mentor junior staff working on account reconciliation, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales tax, and more.

• Conduct performance evaluations, provide coaching, and lead training for new hires and ongoing staff development.

• Coordinate work assignments and team priorities, manage projects and deadlines in our project management platform, and hold the team accountable for quality and timeliness.

• Foster a positive, professional, and collaborative team environment.

Accounting & Process

• Verify, allocate, post, and reconcile general ledger accounts.

• Oversee preparation of financial statements and client reports, reviewing the work before it reaches the client.

• Support audits and tax matters.

• Identify process improvements and lead implementation, set standards, develop documentation, and strengthen internal controls.

Required Qualifications

• Public or outsourced accounting experience (CPA firm, bookkeeping/CFO firm, or similar client-service environment), managing multiple clients at once.

• Proven experience managing and supervising accounting staff, including coaching and performance management.

• Extensive client-facing experience, including daily phone, email, and video communication and handling difficult conversations with confidence.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, accounting principles, and financial reporting.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.

Technical Skills

• Experience with QuickBooks Online and/or Sage Intacct.

• Familiarity with Bill.com, Ramp, Expensify, or similar AP and expense platforms, and payroll platforms such as Gusto or ADP.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook.

• Comfortable learning and adapting to new project management and accounting tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA license or progress toward one.

• Experience leading a remote team across multiple client engagements.

• Experience serving clients in multiple industries.

Skills & Attributes

• Client-focused mindset with professional, responsive communication.

• High level of accountability and follow-through.

• Strong organizational, multitasking, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to adapt, take initiative, and lead change.

• Positive, collaborative, team-oriented attitude.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary (DOE).

• Career growth and promotion opportunities.

• Paid time off and 12 company-paid holidays.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) with employer match.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.