Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Accounted is a modern, tech-forward accounting firm providing full-service accounting and financial guidance to small business owners. The Client Accounting Manager will own a portfolio of clients, review accounting work, handle complex issues, lead client conversations, and coach and develop Associates to ensure accurate and timely delivery.
Responsibilities
- Deliver insights that help clients make better decisions
- Build budgets, forecasts and KPI reporting tools
- Proactively identify risks and opportunities
- Lead higher-level client conversations and help clients understand what their financial information means for their business
- Ensure all client deliverables contain relevant and useful information while being delivered on time
- Review work and maintain high accounting standards
- Handle complex accounting when needed
- Review Associate work efficiently, focusing on accuracy, materiality and meaningful issues
- Ensure client deadlines and recurring deliverables stay on track
- Monitor client budgets and time to ensure work is completed efficiently within expected parameters
- Identify roadblocks early and take ownership of getting them resolved
- Coach and develop Associates through regular feedback, guidance and structured one-to-one meetings
- Set clear expectations for ownership, quality, communication, follow-through and deadlines
- Review work collaboratively and use questions and mistakes as opportunities to build understanding and judgment
- Delegate intentionally based on capability, capacity and development goals
- Help Associates grow in confidence and skill so they require less day-to-day support over time
- Address performance concerns early, directly and constructively
- Monitor workload and capacity across your pod and address issues before they affect client delivery
Skills
- 4-6+ years of full-cycle accounting experience
- Strong QuickBooks Online expertise
- Strong understanding of month-end close and financial reporting
- Strong technical accounting judgment and the ability to identify and resolve complex accounting issues
- Experience reviewing accounting work, providing feedback and coaching or developing others
- Strong ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines and client deliverables
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working directly with clients
- Clients trust you and feel taken care of
- You communicate clearly and confidently
- You're warm, but not a pushover - you value holding confident boundaries
- You can give feedback without making it awkward or personal
- You bring personality - not just professionalism
- You're a natural problem-solver. When something doesn't make sense, you dig in
- You're organized and can keep multiple clients, deadlines and people moving at the same time
- You don't wait for problems to become emergencies - you identify issues early and move them forward
- You know how to coach without simply taking the work back
- You value practical excellence - you know when precision matters and when it's time to move on
- You're comfortable making decisions and moving work forward without needing constant reassurance
- You're tech-savvy and comfortable learning new systems
- You're comfortable working independently and leading others in a remote environment
- Experience in a virtual accounting firm
- Familiarity with tools like Gusto, Melio, Karbon, Hubdoc, QuickBooks Time, Fathom and other cloud-based accounting platforms
Benefits
- 100% remote with a focus on sustainable workloads
- 100% employer paid medical, dental and vision
- 100% employer paid short term disability
- 401(k) with company match, subject to plan eligibility requirements
- 15 days PTO (front loaded)
- Structured bonus program with quarterly payouts
- 9 paid holidays per year
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