Remote Accounting Project Lead: Cleanups & Onboardings

Burkland Associates; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Burkland Associates is a remote-position employer offering a specialized role for an Accounting Project and Implementation Specialist. The role focuses on project-based accounting work, historical cleanups, and new-client onboardings while supporting cross-functional processes and system implementations.

You will manage engagements from kickoff to handoff, ensuring scope, budget, and quality targets are met. Strong candidates have 5+ years of hands-on accounting under U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on accounting under U.S. GAAP.
• Experience implementing new tools and processes that improve efficiency.
• Experience in historical cleanup and client onboarding projects.
• Ability to manage several engagements remotely.

Responsibilities

• Project manage historical cleanup and onboarding engagements.
• Reconstruct and reconcile historical records and correct prior-period errors.
• Set up new client accounting environments per BKA standards.
• Flag scope changes affecting pricing and budgets; escalate promptly.
• Provide final deliverables and handoffs to production team.
• Adopt and test new tools to improve efficiency and quality across engagements.

Skills

Technical accounting

Attention to detail

Project management

AI fluency

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

Job description

Burkland Associates is a remote-position employer offering a specialized role for an Accounting Project and Implementation Specialist. The role focuses on project-based accounting work, historical cleanups, and new-client onboardings while supporting cross-functional processes and system implementations.

You will manage engagements from kickoff to handoff, ensuring scope, budget, and quality targets are met. Strong candidates have 5+ years of hands-on accounting under U.S.