CAAS Advisory Staff Associate — Growth & Client Impact

Wiss; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth Champion Program

Becker CPA materials covered

Team-oriented culture

Competitive salaries and benefits

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Wiss in Florham Park, NJ is seeking a CAAS Staff Associate in Advisory to guide clients and strengthen their accounting function. You will support private company controllers, help run and improve accounting departments, and focus on timely, accurate financial reporting while learning accounting processes in detail.

This role offers tremendous growth with high visibility to senior leadership and a collaborative, team-oriented culture that rewards initiative, problem solving, and clear

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or Graduate degree in accounting, finance, or another business-related field.
• Candidates should be detail oriented and interested in pursuing a career in public accounting, highly motivated team players, and in possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as effective problem solving, analytical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Typical client assignments will include all areas of responsibility a private company controller/CFO would be tasked with handling.
• Assist team members staffed on interim controller/CFO/outsourced accounting projects.
• Understand and evaluate the current workflow and organizational structure of client's current processes, procedures, and technology, as well as assisting the clients to become more efficient in those fields.
• Assist with month-end closes including bank and credit card reconciliations, balance sheet roll forwards, posting journal entries for prepaid/accrued expenses, payroll, revenue recognition, etc., and reviewing monthly balance sheets and income statements, etc.
• Assist team members with ad-hoc specialty projects on emerging issues
• Research third party solutions for client pain points that is performed outside of the accounting system. Work with Business Advisory team members to develop Key Performance Indicators for businesses, set targets, and monitor progress for them.
• Support on accounting system conversion projects.

Skills

Detail oriented

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting, finance, or business

Job description

Wiss in Florham Park, NJ is seeking a CAAS Staff Associate in Advisory to guide clients and strengthen their accounting function. You will support private company controllers, help run and improve accounting departments, and focus on timely, accurate financial reporting while learning accounting processes in detail.

This role offers tremendous growth with high visibility to senior leadership and a collaborative, team-oriented culture that rewards initiative, problem solving, and clear