Senior Accountant/ CPA

. Philippines CPA required.
. QuickBooks experience required.
. Experience in U.S CPA Firms required.
• Follow company procedures and systems. Maintain independence as to our relationship with our clients and discuss any of these issues or questions with the owner of the firm.
• Supervise and assist the bookkeeper with our monthly clients.
• Review monthly financial statements for your section before giving them to the owner for final review.
• Handle new-client installations and backwork.
• Provide your clients with the proper consulting and tax planning as their needs dictate.
• Prepare tax returns for the businesses and personals in your section as well as for any year-end only clients that are assigned to you.
• Give prompt attention to any additional projects/taxes delegated to you.

1. Supervise Bookkeepers

a. Monitor all accounting production and after-the-fact payroll processing.
b. Answer all technical processing/accounting questions: bank reconciliation, adjusting journal entries, sales tax, payroll tax returns, etc.
c. Review monthly client reporting to verify if client is reporting properly and timely.
d. Monitor the Monthly Flow Sheet throughout the month.
e. Monitor production percentages throughout the month to ensure that they are equal to or greater than what is required and take action if they are not.
f. Monitor the bookkeeper’s time report for clients completed throughout the month to verify if his or her times are improving and take action if they are not.
g. Review the bookkeeper monthly performance report.
h. Review with bookkeepers on a weekly basis the status of clients whose information is incomplete. Is action required?
i. Hold weekly work production status meetings to review work completed and discuss other issues with Client Services Manager.
j. Training new bookkeepers as needed, and participating in the process of hiring new bookkeepers.

2. Onboarding New Clients

a. Attend and administer initial meetings/strategy sessions. After a new client sign up, make sure the Initial Strategy Session is scheduled within 72 hours.
b. Handle new client accounting set up, and client accounting procedures training.
c. Complete and process back-work.
d. Process new clients for approximately two future months before passing the account to the bookkeeper.
e. Ensure clients are reporting on-time and properly before transferring accounts to bookkeeper.
f. Review accounts completely with the bookkeeper before handing off.
g. Handle federal, state and local tax registrations for clients. Have Tax Manager review new applications.

3. All Clients

a. Participate in meaningful monthly client contact and document/make notes. This is a group effort.
b. Review monthly financial statements within ONE business day of the bookkeeper’s completion.
c. Monitor profitability MONTHLY for clients based on time and transactions. Take action if needed.
d. Prepare fee increase worksheets at the end of May to the beginning of June for annual fee review. Make recommendations for fee increases or client retraining if needed.
e. Handle and resolve accounting and other related questions from clients.
f. Help clients prepare loan applications. Determine if this is an extra billable item.

4. Print weekly status reports for your accountabilities and meet with the firm owner

a. Timely Monthly Production: List of clients by month not processed.
b. New client set up status report.

5. Other responsibilities
• Become proficient at QuickBooks Online software and serve as technical advisor for our services development team. Certifications may be needed. Other online software may also be added.
• Work with Client Services Manager and update Client Accounting Procedures Guide as needed.