Remote Senior Accounting Client Manager

Summary

The job is for a Senior Accounting Client Manager at Nimbl, a company that provides accounting services to small to midsize businesses. The position involves managing client relationships, overseeing bookkeepers, and handling various accounting tasks using automation tools like Quickbooks Online, Bill.com, and Gusto.

Requirements

• An innate desire to serve people, especially business owners
• An obsession with meeting deadlines and keeping agreements
• A problem-solver who works independently with minimal oversight
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in small business accounting, such as categorizing transactions, reconciling bank accounts, making accrual adjusting entries, reconciling fixed assets, maintaining debt schedules, preparing and analyzing financial statements
• A wizard with computers, spreadsheets (especially Google Sheets), and accounting software
• Coaching and mentoring experience (like explaining accounting to non-accountants)
• Ability to self-teach and develop proficiency with a variety of technology and software
• Comfortable delegating and overseeing routine work by digging into business processes, troubleshooting a problem, or giving training

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain excellent client relationships
• Handle high-level client opportunities including scope increases, business challenges, and advisement on improving financials and streamlining processes
• Manage small business accounting automation tools like Quickbooks Online, Bill.com, and Gusto
• Create processes and schedules for maintaining all financial statement accounts, including full accrual
• Oversee and improve routine processes like month-end close
• Handle complex and non-routine processes, such as reconciling fixed assets and debt schedules to financial statements, maintaining revenue recognition schedules, making inventory/COGS entries, setting up and running payroll, preparing financial reports, training and coordinating the work of bookkeepers, consultants, and other financial professionals
• Onboard new clients, which includes setting up processes and performing book catch-up and/or clean-up work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAAS or real-estate accounting (bonus, but not required)
• Experience with business income tax returns (bonus, but not required)

Benefits

Starting at $65,000 depending on experience. Pay increases will be directly tied to quality and efficiency, including the ability to create systems and lead less experienced bookkeepers