Accounting Manager - CPA Firm - Client Bookkeeping

True North Consultants, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

5% employer contribution to 401K

Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. is seeking an Accounting Manager for a hybrid schedule to oversee client accounting, full charge bookkeeping, trial balance, payroll, and KPI reporting across diverse clients.

The role emphasizes strong ownership, client communication, and team supervision. Responsibilities include leading engagement teams, delegating to seniors and staff, ensuring scope adherence, and contributing to budgeting, dashboards, and business development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7–10 years of accounting experience, with recent time as a manager or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of double-entry accounting and record-keeping.
• Proficient in US GAAP; understanding of taxation basics.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
• Excellent English communication (read, write, speak).
• Willingness to travel to client or other offices.
• Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with QuickBooks Online.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engagement teams to ensure work is performed in accordance with engagement scope and meet client timelines.
• Maintain client communications and ensure engagement is executed by team members.
• Delegate duties to Senior Accountants, Staff and Interns; provide supervision and training.
• Contribute to business development and proposals for prospective clients.

Skills

Double-entry accounting

US GAAP knowledge

English fluency

Travel readiness

Team leadership

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Tools

Excel

QuickBooks Online

Job description

Accounting Manager - Hybrid Schedule Available

Well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks an Accounting Manager to specialize in client accounting, including full charge bookkeeping, trial balance, payroll, KPI reporting, etc. for diverse, exciting clients. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses and a 5% employer contribution to your 401K program, a choice of clients to work on across diverse industry groups, and fast track career progression.

Managers oversee client accounts which includes being responsible for client communications and ensuring that the engagement is executed by team members in accordance with its scope.

Additionally, Managers are responsible for delegating duties to Senior Accountants, Staff and Interns. They review their work and providing them with the necessary supervision and training. Managers also perform business development functions and are involved with prospective client proposals.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engagement teams on multiple engagements to ensure work is performed in adherence to engagement scope. This can include but is not limited to:
  1. Maintaining bank, vendor and payroll records for the client
  2. Preparing month or period end packages under either the accruals (US GAAP or IFRS) or cash basis accounting
  3. Assisting clients with the preparation and/or maintenance of budgets, forecasts or projections
  4. Building, preparing or analyzing dashboards or KPI metrics for the client
• Ensure all client timelines are met and clear communications exist between the client and engagement team
• Interactwith clients on a frequent basis (i.e., daily, weekly or monthly), as needed under the scope of each engagement or delegates to senior or staff
• Ensure all team members adhere to engagement budgets; minimize and analyze any overruns
• Invoices clients at least monthly and follows up on any aged accounts receivable balances
• Performs team training and business development activities. This can include traveling to other firm locations or networking events.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum of 7-10 years' experience in the accounting field, with recent time spent as an account manager or equivalent in either an industry finance position, or public accounting
• Proven thorough understanding of double entry accounting. Demonstrated performance of accounting tasks (both processing and transactions and maintenance of accounting records)
• Demonstrated understanding of U.S GAAP and possess sufficientworking knowledge of taxation matters including but not limited to individual taxation, corporate taxation and related tax structures, sales taxes and property & business taxes.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, ideally in accounting or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (i.e., read, write, speak) with business level fluency in English
• Ability to travel to client or other firm office locations, as necessary
• Strong computer skills including proficiency in excel. Knowledge of at least one accounting software program, such as QuickBooks online
• Self-starter; proven ability to identify issues and recommend solutions. Ability to work well within a team as well as independently when required
• Occasional overtime work required throughout the year.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of and/or experience with additional accounting software programs which can include, but not limited to; Xero, Intacct, NetSuite, Bill.com or Concur
• Bi-lingual in Spanish or second language an advantage
• Possesses a specialized accounting knowledge in either a particular industry or accounting area
• Holds a current and valid CPA license, or equivalent