Accounting Manager

About This Role

As an Accounting Manager, you will serve as the primary accounting partner for a portfolio of clients, ensuring meticulous financial reporting, strict adherence to GAAP and regulatory standards, and delivering insightful analysis to management teams and stakeholders. Your expertise will be vital in managing complex client engagements, leading and developing a team of accounting professionals, and implementing process improvements. This role demands a proactive leader with a strong technical accounting background, capable of navigating dynamic environments and contributing to the success of rapidly growing businesses.

Responsibilities

• Readily and clearly explain how financial results are derived, detailing the components of specific accounts and variances between expected and actual results.
• Oversee the successful execution of client engagements, ensuring all deliverables completed on time and at the expected level of quality.
• Manage revenue cycle (order to cash).
• Oversee expense management process.
• Lead or support payroll processing and accounting.
• Responsible for monthly financial close, KPI (key performance indicators) measurement & management/board reporting.
• Oversee compliance with GAAP and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Own client specific requirements like: sales tax, covenant calculations & sales commissions calculations.
• Lead and mentor a team of five accounting professionals, guiding best practices, career development, and performance management to foster a high-performing, collaborative team environment.

Requirements

• Experience successfully revamping accounting processes and technology
• Strong with complex revenue recognition (eg: ASC 606 for subscription revenue)
• Deep knowledge of complex payroll
• Strong QuickBooks Online experience
• Strong understanding of KPIs with track record of using to make quick, informed decisions
• Exceptionally strong Google Sheet / Microsoft Excel GAAP-compliant financial modeling skills
• Firm grasp on sales tax liability management, including usage of management tool like Avalara
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Proven analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking, decision-making & project management skills
• Willing to work at a high level of intensity and fast pace to support the needs of rapidly growing businesses
• Flexible and able to handle multiple projects at one time while maintaining incredible attention to detail
• Maintain a positive, solutions-focused attitude
• Ability to use good judgement and keep client and Driven Insights information confidential
• Deliver consistent excellent customer service to internal/external customers, colleagues and management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as an Accounting Manager, plus 2+ years of audit work as an auditor in a CPA firm, and experience as lead accountant in rapidly growing firm(s).

Nice to Have

• Master’s in Accounting
• Xero experience
• Intacct experience
• NetSuite experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

Certifications