Assistant Manager

Career Shaper; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Shaper is seeking an Assistant Manager in Bengaluru to lead and review accounting work, coach staff, and deliver high-quality financial statements for U.S.-GAAP clients. The candidate will manage a team, develop KPIs, and drive process improvements while ensuring client confidentiality and timely communications.

The role requires 6+ years in public accounting or equivalent controller experience, proficiency with QuickBooks/Intacct and other accounting software, and strong analytical

Qualifications

• Experience in financial statement reviews and preparation of complex statements.
• At least 6 years in public accounting with emphasis on US GAAP or controller experience for US mid-size companies.
• Familiarity with QuickBooks/Intacct and related accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Review others' work and provide feedback with clear instructions.
• Coach and develop junior staff; manage team performance and workflow.
• Prepare metrics and dashboards for client use; ensure timely delivery of client deliverables.
• Lead client onboarding, establish best practices, and ensure quality and accuracy.

Skills

Leadership

Review & analysis

Coaching

Team management

KPI dashboards

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting or related field

Tools

QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Intacct

Bill.com

MIP Abila

Business Central

Job description

(8 to 10 years of Accounting Experience)

Type: Full Time Employee (FTE)

Under the direction of a Manager, the Assistant Manager works on client deliverable in a timely fashion, with the expected quality in accordance with company policies and procedures. The Assistant Manager works closely with the team to deliver the collective output to the client in a timely manner. He also coaches the junior/senior staff to improve their skills, quality and competencies. Responsible for review of Financial Statements and preparation of some of the complex financials. Team's task planning, reviews, best practices, client onboarding, etc.

Note: This is a leadership role. The candidates should have experience and exposure to most of the areas mentioned in the responsibilities and expectation section below.

Role and Responsibilities

• Primary focus of this role is reviewing others work and analysis.
• In the process of learning to review and finalize work prepared by other associates.
• Look for errors in completeness and accuracy as well as training opportunities for the preparation team to be more effective in the future.
• Provide feedback and clear instructions regarding what the errors were and how they can be fixed. Document feedback in the review notes tool.
• Wrap up the project and ensure all files, supporting documents, and signoffs are complete as appropriate.
• Communicate items of interest and conclusion of analysis on reported numbers.
• Offer best practices in classification and supporting documentation.
• Provide ongoing attention to the sufficiency of transactional documentation.
• Able to service complex projects with minimal instruction or guidance.
• Calculate and prepare metrics such as key performance indicators (KPI's) and dashboards for client use.
• Directly manage the team and upward manage the job manager via recurring check-in meetings and discussion.

Additional Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to address their needs in a timely manner.
• Learn Client Way to enhance team collaboration and collectively work towards common objectives.
• Work as a performance coach to develop the skills required to go up in the value chain.
• Train the staff in multiple core skills, processes, tools, etc.
• Participate in operational support activities related to the practice/team appraisals and goal setting of assigned associates.
• Assist in issue resolutions, improve collaboration among the teams, etc.
• Ability to work independently under tight time schedules.
• Ability to analyze data and recommend solutions.
• Ability to identify, address and resolve client concerns.
• Ability to maintain client confidentiality, personal objectivity, and professional skepticism.
• Ability to present a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Ability to be flexible with scheduling to meet workflow demands.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Adobe, PPT, Outlook and one or more accounting packages such as QBO, Intacct, Bill.com, MIP Abila and Business Central etc.

Role Expectations

• Work on the assigned client or organizational audit/accounting work to produce the expected result in a timely manner.
• Have regular interactions with the clients, seniors, and other office counter partsto collaborate on multiple tasks.
• Communicate work plan status and issues for both client and Senior Specialists.
• Coach and guide the assigned seniors on advanced accounting practices &methodologies, financial statement preparation.
• Meet the communication and documentation standards to produce the expected and related work.
• Participate in improving the processes, practices, tools & systems.
• Participate in advisory initiatives.
• Collaborate with other team members to assist them with the deliverables or dependencies.
• Preparation & review of complex financial statements/audit areas.
• Pro-active engagement with the clients and managers on growth, expansion and advisory areas.
• Participate in staffing planning, practice related activities, hiring, etc.
• Team management: Task allocation, tracking, reviews, coaching, issue resolution.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Experience of financial statement reviews, preparation of complex statements.
• QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification is a plus but not required at the time of interview and hire (will be required to be obtained after starting).
• At least 6 years of job-related experience in the public accounting field with an emphasis on U.S. GAAP accounting specifically related to small to mid-size businesses or at least 6 years of job-related experience as a controller for a small tomid-size U.S. company.
• Recent QBO or Intacct similar accounting package experience.
• Should have a good familiarity with software tools and systems.
• Prior supervisory training experience, prior accounting software experience, prior business management experience
• Experience Deferred revenue and Revenue recognition
• Preparation and Review of work Papers periodically
• Experience in Prepaids, Accruals, Intercompany accounting.

Project Management

• Train the staff in multiple core skills, processes, tools, etc.
• Participate in operational support activities related to the practice/team appraisals and goal setting of assigned associates.
• Assist in issue resolutions, improve collaboration among the teams, etc.
• Ability to work independently under tight time schedules.
• Ability to analyze data and recommend solutions.
• Ability to identify, address and resolve client concerns.