Accounting Manager | Remote
We’re looking for an Accounting Manager / Lead Accountant who goes beyond reviewing numbers—they understand what the numbers are telling them.
The ideal candidate is naturally analytical and curious. When a recurring expense suddenly changes, a balance disappears, or an account doesn’t reconcile as expected, you don’t simply accept the report—you ask questions, investigate the underlying activity, and validate that the financials are accurate.
This is a hands-on accounting leadership role for someone who enjoys financial statement review, quality control, problem-solving, and developing accounting teams and processes.
About the Role
As the Accounting Manager / Lead Accountant, you will serve as the primary accounting resource for our bookkeeping department and help ensure that client financials are accurate, complete, and ready for delivery.
We currently support approximately 35 bookkeeping clients and continue to grow. You will initially manage a portfolio of approximately 10–15 clients while performing limited production work. As the team grows, the role will transition toward technical accounting oversight, quality control, and team leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Review client financial statements before delivery
- Analyze balance sheet accounts for discrepancies, unusual activity, and unsupported balances
- Identify trends, inconsistencies, and accounting issues that require follow-up
- Review bank and credit card reconciliations, journal entries, schedules, and supporting documentation
- Ensure financial statements are accurate, complete, and client-ready
- Own the month-end close review process for bookkeeping clients
- Investigate unusual or unexpected changes in financial activity
- Escalate significant accounting issues to management when appropriate
- Supervise, support, and provide technical guidance to bookkeeping staff
- Train and mentor team members on accounting practices and quality standards
- Serve as the primary accounting resource for the bookkeeping department
- Maintain and improve quality control standards and review procedures
- Assist with cleanup and catch-up projects as needed
- Initially manage approximately 10–15 clients, with production responsibilities decreasing as the team grows
- Help develop, document, and improve accounting processes and best practices
Organizational Structure
Reports to: VP of Firm Operations
Operations Leadership Handles
- Client communication and relationships
- Scheduling and workflow management
- Capacity planning
- Escalations
- Payroll, sales tax, withholding, and compliance
Bookkeeping Team Handles
- Transaction categorization
- Bank and credit card reconciliations
- Daily bookkeeping production
- Cleanup and catch-up work
- Preparing books for management review
The Accounting Manager provides the technical accounting oversight and quality control that connects these functions and ensures the final financials meet our standards.
Your Impact
As the Accounting Manager, you will become the primary accounting authority within the bookkeeping department, helping reduce reliance on senior leadership for technical accounting review.
Your work will help ensure that:
- Financial statements are accurate and client-ready
- Accounting issues are identified before they become client concerns
- Financials are reviewed with a critical and analytical mindset
- Bookkeeping staff have a reliable accounting resource for guidance
- Accounting processes can scale as the department grows
What Success Looks Like
In this role, success means more than completing reviews on time.
You will:
- Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting
- Identify accounting issues before they reach the client
- Ask the right questions when the numbers don’t make sense
- Understand the story behind the financial statements
- Provide technical accounting guidance to the team
- Support and mentor bookkeeping staff
- Strengthen quality control and review processes
- Help build scalable accounting systems and best practices
The Ideal Candidate
You are someone who:
- Naturally notices inconsistencies and unusual financial patterns
- Doesn’t accept numbers at face value
- Enjoys investigating the “why” behind a balance or transaction
- Can independently review financial statements without extensive direction
- Has strong technical accounting judgment
- Communicates clearly when explaining accounting issues
- Enjoys mentoring and developing other accountants
- Is comfortable working in a growing, changing environment
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, CAS, outsourced accounting, or public accounting
- 2+ years in a reviewing, supervisory, or accounting leadership role
- Strong QuickBooks Online (QBO) experience
- Strong financial statement and balance sheet review skills
- Experience reviewing reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting schedules
- Ability to independently identify accounting issues and discrepancies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with U.S.-based clients
- CAS, outsourced accounting, or public accounting experience
- Experience managing multiple clients
- Experience improving accounting processes and internal controls
- CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent certification
- Experience supporting or leading team growth
Schedule
- Fully remote
- Full-time
- Initial onboarding requires availability during U.S. Eastern Time hours
- Ongoing collaboration during Eastern Time business hours is required
- Additional flexibility may be available once fully onboarded
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation: Open and based on experience, qualifications, and overall fit
$2000/$3000/m
Benefits:
- Work from home
- Fully remote work environment
Work Location: Remote
Interested?
If you’re an experienced accounting professional who enjoys reviewing financials, solving accounting problems, asking the right questions, and helping a team grow, we’d love to hear from you.
5+ years accounting/bookkeeping experience, 2+ years in supervisory or leadership role, strong QuickBooks Online, financial statement review skills, ability to work during U.S. Eastern Time hours.
Key Responsibilities
- reviewing financial statements
- analyzing balance sheets
- supervising bookkeeping staff
Skills & Tools
QuickBooks Online
Job Details
- Category: Finance and Accounting
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Salary: USD 24,000 – 36,000 / year
- Languages: English
About Keystone Bookkeepers
A bookkeeping firm providing accounting and financial review services to clients. — Industry: Finance