Senior Accountant - About Profit

Ideal for an experienced tax accountant ready for a new opportunity with a great team!

START DATE: December 9, 2024

COMPENSATION: $85,000 Annual Salary

W-2 EMPLOYEE

SCHEDULE:

Full-time

Hours vary by season

35 hours per week - 55 hours per week

Summer Fridays OFF!

LOCATION: 100% Remote

At About Profit, we are ALL about advising small business clients on maximizing their profitability. We are one of only 60 Profit First Mastery Certified Firms in the United States. That means we are the go-to experts in cash management and profitability for savvy small business owners who have cash in the bank to correlate to their profitability.

Even though our team is global, we all work with a Staten Island hustle and a Brooklyn grind that our clients love.

Our team is growing! We need 1 - 2 Senior Accountants to join our team who are natural problem solvers and love working with numbers.

About Profit's Core Values

No A**holes: We promote positive interactions and are free from toxic behavior.

Friendly: We create a welcoming and approachable work environment.

Personable: We are genuine and create relatable interactions within the workplace.

Senior Accountant Key Responsibilities

#1. Complete clean-up for new clients - including fixing issues, reconciling accounts, completing client notes, and creating the REVIEW SHEET for the client's financials.

Measure of Success: New clients' books are ready for bookkeeping staff to begin ongoing monthly work within seven business days of initiating client onboarding

#2. Reply to customer emails quickly and efficiently.

Measure of Success: 100% of emails are acknowledged during the same business day with a thoughtful and helpful reply. 90% of client requests do not incur a second request/-inquiry from the client because their initial request was sufficiently fulfilled.

#3. Tee-up tax returns for Tax Managers to complete by reviewing clients' accounting files, reconciling balances to end-of-year bank account statements, flagging and getting resolution on any issues that would impact the accuracy of data in preparing the return, and completing data entry into the tax software.

Measure of Success: Complete daily assigned tax work in the budgeted time allotted for each work card in Carbon (project management software)

#4. Pull and review Monthly Financial Statements for assigned full-service bookkeeping and tax accounting clients, including:

• Annual Comparison

• % of Income Comparison by Month

• Cross-check against clients' other applicable software/systems that feed or are reflected in their financials

• Review balance sheet and corresponding accounts such as Sales Tax, Payroll, A/R, A/P, Inventory, etc.

Measure of Success: Provide feedback to bookkeeping staff to ensure 10% or less rate of recurring errors.

#5. Proactively identify the "out of the normal" exceptions, errors, and opportunities for improvement - especially when backing up Junior Accountant

Measure of Success: Complete regular, monthly 1:1 meetings with individual bookkeepers and interns - including providing written notes highlighting at least five learning and/or problem-solving points with each bookkeeper or intern

Benefits & Perks:

Total Annual PTO - 5 weeks + 3 days

• Paid Time Off (4 weeks + 1 day per year)
• Paid Holidays (7 days)
• Summer Fridays Off (Memorial Day - Labor Day)
• 2 Employee Events per Year
• 80% Employer Paid Medical
• Dental + Vision Insurance Available
• 401K with Match

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field
• CPA
• At least 3 years of US bookkeeping experience with a US accounting firm
• Required proficiency in QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) and QuickBooks Online (QBO)
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Tech-savvy, with proficiency in tools such as Excel and automation applications.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

1. Apply Online
2. Complete The ALL IN Assessment online within 24 hours of application (Approximately 35 minutes to complete)
3. Initial Interview via Zoom (Approximately 15 minutes)
4. Online Skills Testing (Approximately 30 minutes)
5. Deep Dive Interview (Approximately 1.5 hours)
6. Team Shadow Day - PAID ($100): "Experience a Day in the Life with Us" (2 hours)

SCHEDULE:

Full-time, hours vary by season [2,136 Total Hours per Year]

January 1st - January 14th (Standard Business Hours - 40 Hours per Week) January 10th - April 15th (Tax Season Hours - 55 Hours per Week)

April 16th - Friday Before Memorial Day (Standard Business Hours - 40 Hours per Week)

Memorial Day - Labor Day (Summer Hours - FRIDAYS OFF - 35 Hours per Week) Day After Labor Day - Dec 31st (Standard Business Hours - 40 Hours per Week)

Standard Business Hours* (Five days per week; 40 hours per week) *Select a start time between 8:00 am EST - 10:00 am EST to complete 7 hours of work with a required 45-minute lunch break.

Monday through Friday

8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

9:00 am - 5:00 pm CST

10:00 am - 6:00 pm EST

Tax Season Business Hours (Six days per week; 55 hours per week)

Monday through Thursday

8:00 am - 6:00 pm MST

9:00 am - 7:00 pm CST

10:00 am - 8:00 pm EST

Fridays

8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

9:00 am - 5:00 pm CST

10:00 am - 6:00 pm EST

Saturdays

8:00 am - 2:00 pm MST

9:00 am - 3:00 pm CST

10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST

Summer Hours - Fridays Off (Four days per week; 35 hours per week)

Monday through Thursday

7:00 am - 4:30 pm MST

8:00 am - 5:30 pm CST

9:00 am - 6:30 pm EST

Fridays

Off