Small Business Accountant - Cpa Or Ea at Spark Accounting Solutions PLLC

Fully Remote

Do you love accounting and taxes, but are tired of giving up part of your life each year and looking for a different kind of tax season? Join us - stay remote and regain some tax season balance!

We're looking for a passionate, detail-oriented financial expert with strong tech skills to be our firm's next Small Business Accountant. Are you capable of providing good accounting and tax support to small business owners, with a focus on delivering timely, meaningful information? Do you love helping small business owners understand what their profit and loss and balance sheet are telling them? Are you a team player that jumps in to help team members when they need a hand? You might be the perfect candidate for this position!

We need an enthusiastic, small business accounting specialist who can handle our client’s accounting needs, from bank feed categorization to general ledger reconciliations for clients across a variety of industries. In addition to regular monthly accounting work, you’ll get the opportunity to complete clean-up projects in QBO for sometimes messy clients and help determine the right monthly tasks that need to be completed each month to keep the books in great shape going forward.

After the books are closed, you'll also get the opportunity to work directly with clients to understand their numbers and plan for their taxes. While we do a few tax returns at our firm, our tax season is not a crazy busy time for us and won’t be for you either.

Our ideal candidate has an associate or bachelor’s degree in accounting OR significant equivalent experience, has at least 3 years of accounting experience in a small to mid-sized firm, is currently QBO certified, and is a CPA, CPA Candidate, or an Enrolled Agent.

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 or clients in the Treasure Valley. Because of the nature of our business, you will need to have dedicated home office space where you can work uninterrupted and keep our client data confidential.

$75,000 - $95,000 yearly DOE

• New client onboarding assistance – may include catch-up/clean-up, developing new processes, setting up new tools
• Ongoing accounting work for small businesses – work bank feeds in cloud-based accounting software on a weekly basis – charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing expense detail provided
• Manage multiple clients
• Month end reconciliations
• Perform self-review of work for accuracy
• Generate monthly and quarterly reports for our small business clients
• Complete sales and use tax returns accurately, according to our standards and checklists
• Process vendor bills, vendor credits, and prepare accounts payable payments for approval
• Process payroll and update employee deduction settings for various employee benefits, and garnishments, and update payroll tax settings as needed
• Research and resolve new accounting problems for our clients with minimal guidance
• Provide basic financial analysis for our clients to support them in making good business decisions
• Assist other team members to resolve issues
• Review company books for tax planning opportunities
• Assist clients with annual tax estimates and planning

• Must live in Idaho
• 3+ years of experience at a small or mid-sized accounting firm managing multiple clients
• CPA, CPA Candidate, or Enrolled Agent
• QBO Certification
• Effective and timely communication externally with our clients and internally with our team via phone, email, Slack, and text
• Experience managing multiple projects and deadlines and tracking/communicating status when needed
• Understand general sales and use tax rules and have filed sales & use tax filings in the past
• Understand payroll processing, benefit withholdings, and payroll taxes and have processed payroll and managed employee deductions in the past
• Willing to be trained on our way of doing accounting even if that means learning some new ways and letting go of old habits
• Understand standard accounting workflows for accounts receivable, accounts payable, and month-end processes
• Ability to recognize when something doesn't look right in a company's financials and follow up to find a resolution
• Understand the importance of deadlines and be willing to do what it takes to get the job done on time
• 3+ years experience with tax preparation, including 1120S and 1040 tax returns (with a schedule C)
• Ability to identify tax-saving opportunities
• Tech-savvy
• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Accounting OR comparable experience

We help clients’ businesses by using accounting data to help improve their profitability. As one of the few firms certified in Profit First, we work with small businesses to help them understand their numbers and grow their profits. We help them take advantage of more time by helping them focus on their priorities while we manage the books, and peace of mind by having accurate books that lead to better decision-making, and increased profitability that can change their lives for the better.

Why join our firm?

• Flexible schedule with remote work, core hours to collaborate efficiently, and shared coverage with a team
• No requirement for endless late nights, even during tax season
• Make a difference in our clients' lives
• Competitive salary package including health stipend, vision insurance, dental insurance, PTO, paid holidays, and more
• Continuous learning opportunities
• A supportive environment