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Job Title: Remote Senior Controller, CPA (Outsourced Accounting)
Location: Stamford, Connecticut (Remote Based)
Hiring Company:
Our client, an industry leading outsourced accounting provider, is looking for an experienced REMOTE Senior Controller. This is a fully remote position – must have experience working with multiple clients, such as an accounting practice or CPA firm.
Job Type:
Remote
Full time, W2
Compensation: $120,000 to $140,000 DOE
Client Super Powers Include:
- One of the largest outsourced accounting providers in the industry
- Powered by employees who are passionate about their work and are driven by innovation
- A team that collectively strives toward excellence
- Committed to providing superior customer service to clients, but also make it a priority to keep things fun and exciting
- Create a connected and streamlined virtual workplace
Your Super Powers Should Include:
- Leadership abilities and accountability for managing the activities of several staff, including assistant controller, senior accountant and Accounting Specialists
- Also a strong individual contributor
- Strong ability to mitigate risk by implementing perfected internal process and controls
- Excels at putting in a briskly paced workday without compromising timeliness and quality of results
- Ability to respond actively and positively to a variety of challenges and time pressures
- Ability to make quick decisions based on knowledge and experience
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Client Service:
- As a trusted advisor and partner, the Senior Controller is an integral part of the client’s leadership team
- Provides strategic leadership into the scalable accounting operations of each client’s business
- Develop client’s annual budget and maintain cash forecasting tools as needed
- Manage the month-end closing and issuance financial reports to all clients, every month
- Analyze financial and operational information to provide real-time, meaningful recommendations
- Execute client conference calls on a regular basis to review strategy, current and future needs, as well as operational changes affecting financial results
- Assist in gathering pertinent tax related information for external tax return preparation
- Coordinate the provision of information to external audits for the annual audit or review
- Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements
- Review and approve monthly and quarterly tax filings
Accounting Team Leadership:
- Directs a team of virtual accounting professionals to accomplish priorities and deliverables in order to meticulously deliver timely and accurate monthly financial reporting package for multiple clients
- Support, train, motivate and mentor virtual accounting specialists in performance of their daily responsibilities so they can learn the tasks and procedures necessary to meet quality standards. Conduct timely performance reviews.
- Execute team meetings
- Utilize internal documentation system when updating/developing procedures and policies.
- Enforces a system of internal controls to verify integrity of processes and procedures are followed by staff
Internal Leadership:
- Provide strategic guidance and operational decision making to our senior leadership team. Recommend and implement best practices to add value.
- Assist with interviewing and onboarding new team members, as needed
- Partner and collaborate with other Senior Controllers on best practices to enhance company knowledge sharing culture
Qualifications:
- Must be an active CPA with
- Extensive knowledge in accounting for businesses in the under $20M market
- The ideal candidate should have 10 – 15 years of progressive accounting experience with a combination of 4 – 5 years in public accounting and 7-10 years in private industry
In addition:
- 5-7 years supervisory experience
- Adaptive leadership style with a passion for mentoring staff.
- Experience with hands on accounting with small to medium size businesses
- Technical, analytical focus with proactive, problem solving nature. Ability to research and suggest proper accounting solutions.
- Works well within established standards and guidelines
- Ability to acclimate to various client environments
- Strong experience with QuickBooks and/or other accounting software packages
- High degree of computer literacy, including extensive knowledge in Microsoft Office, and specifically Outlook and Excel
- Ability to travel when necessary
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