Remote Bookkeeping Supervisor

Company: Spark Accounting Solutions PLLC
Location: Idaho Falls
Posted on: March 10, 2023

Job Description:

We're looking for a passionate, detail-oriented financial expert with strong leadership skills to be our firm's next bookkeeping supervisor. Are you capable of overseeing daily accounting operations for a multi-client bookkeeping practice while maintaining a strong focus on getting accurate information to customers? Do you love answering team members' and clients' questions and making sure that books are done correctly? Do you love helping small business owners understand their numbers? You might be the perfect candidate for our next Bookkeeping Supervisor!

We need an enthusiastic, small business accounting specialist who can monitor team performance and ensure deadlines are met, solve a wide variety of accounting and software issues, plan and oversee clean-up projects in QBO for sometimes messy clients, and make necessary modifications to standardize team processes across our clients. You will be supervising a bookkeeping team handling payroll processing, income and expense categorization, reconciling general ledger accounts, processing accounts payable, and creating meaningful month-end reports. In addition, you will also get to handle some more complex bookkeeping clients and clean-up projects. After the books are closed, you'll also get the opportunity to work with clients to understand their numbers and plan for their taxes. Our ideal candidate has an associate's or bachelor's degree in accounting OR significant equivalent experience, and at least one year of supervisory experience, preferably in a setting handling multi-company bookkeeping, with a good understanding of business income tax concepts. Please apply as soon as possible if this describes you!

Please note, this is a remote position. While we do have an office in Meridian, we mainly use that for occasional company meetings for employees in the Treasure Valley. Because of the nature of our business, you will need to have a dedicated home office space where you can work uninterrupted and keep our client data confidential.

Responsibilities:
--- Ensure books reconcile and review client financial reports for accuracy
--- Review transactions to ensure proper recording in the ledger
--- Train and develop the technical skills of direct reports by teaching them more advanced bookkeeping and accounting concepts, assisting with advanced QuickBooks Online features and problem-solving, and answering bookkeeping, QBO, payroll, and sales tax questions
--- Develop or update existing processes and standard procedures so that all bookkeepers are following standard methodology
--- Ensure that completed accounting work and financial reports generated by the bookkeeping team and QuickBooks Online are 90-100% accurate and on time
--- Review books with clients and act as the primary customer relationship contact for your assigned clients
--- Assist with tax estimates and necessary tax adjustments - you won't need to prepare returns, but you will need to understand business tax deductions, taxation of different entity types, tax depreciation methods, etc

Qualifications:
--- Must exhibit exemplary problem-solving, communication, and time-management skills
--- Must have 2 or more years of work experience at an accounting firm or as a management accountant, bookkeeper, cost accountant or similar
--- Must be well-versed in small business accounting processes
--- Must have ability to review small business financial reports and identify errors
--- Experience have experience correcting problems in a QuickBooks file
--- 1-2 years of Business Income Tax exposure preferred

About Company:
Spark Accounting Solutions helps ignite clients' businesses by using accounting data to help them improve their profitability. As one of the few firms in the nation certified in Profit First, we love to work with small businesses to help them understand accounting information and use that information to grow their profits. We help small business owners take advantage of:

More time by helping them focus on their priorities while we manage the booksPeace of mind by having accurate books that lead to better decision makingIncreased profitability that can change their lives for the betterWhy join our firm?

Flexibility - Set your work hours within Monday - Friday, 7 am - 6 pm MountainWork from home but still be part of a teamMake a difference Full Time or Part TimePTO Health stipend + dental, vision, supplemental insurance for FT EmployeesIncentive Pay

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