Senior Accounting Manager

Are you an experienced, tech savvy, degreed accountant or CPA with leadership skills looking for more life balance and no commute? Marie Browne Business Management Services is hiring a part time (20 to 30 hours per week) Senior Accountant to work 100% virtually. Hours are flexible, compensation DOE. 401(k) plan offered. Job can grow to full time if that works for you.

We are a global team of mostly part time bookkeepers and accountants with a diverse client base of really nice small business and non-profit clients, all based in the US, mostly in Washington State. We provide full bookkeeping services, payroll (outsourced to Gusto), multi state excise filing, 1099 preparation, and financial statement preparation and analysis. We don't file income taxes, but work closely with clients' tax preparers.

We like, respect and support one another by cross-training and sharing information and expertise as well as backing up our team mates as needed. We meet once a week via Zoom, but the rest of the time we set our own schedules. We love the freedom and flexibility of part time, completely remote work.

Our work is managed with a robust tech stack, but we believe in maintaining strong client relationships as well, and that happy employees translate to happy clients and vice versa.

We offer continuous learning and training opportunities, and are open to discussing and financially supporting long term professional development goals.

Job Purpose

To ensure client accounting and reporting to various entities is accurate and in accordance with state and federal requirements as applicable (including GAAP if required), and that all clients receive accurate, timely and actionable advice regarding business performance.

The ideal candidate:

Has a minimum of 5 years experience in general accounting including financial statement preparation and review and strong payroll and excise tax knowledge.

Is familiar with third party app integrations like A2X, Shopify, Webgility, Square. You don't need to be an expert, but you need to be comfortable diving in and figuring out how to configure the app to post correctly to the books and debugging when things go wrong.

Is self-directed and self-motivated in order to complete work on time without micro-management.

Has an operational, dedicated home office and secure internet.

Is process oriented, proficient in accounting and business management software including QBO and Xero. Must be comfortable learning and using business software (Google Works, Gusto, Keeper, Hubdoc, Slack, Trello, Confluence, Fathom)

Primary job responsibilities:

Review client books and financial statements with bookkeeping staff and make corrections and adjusting entries as needed.

Prepare and present financial statements and analyses to clients as needed.

Assist with third party app integrations and debugging on behalf of clients as needed.

Complete occasional one-off accounting projects for clients.

Develop and monitor Key Performance Indicators for clients as needed.

Evaluate and understand business requirements (including nexus) for collecting and remitting sales and use taxes in all states and Canada.

Set up revenue and tax reporting accounts with out of state taxing authorities on behalf of clients as required.

Serve as team expert on online sales channels and sales tax (e.g. Amazon, Shopify, Tik-Tok) and ensure that systems and bookkeeping are set up correctly to collect and remit tax.

Monitor, document and train team on bookkeeping and other processes for key clients as assigned.

Stay current on 1099 filing requirements and other small business tax changes that affect bookkeeping (e.g. mileage rates, capitalization and depreciation requirements, 1099-K requirements, meal and entertainment deductions, charitable contribution rules, etc.)

If you are ready to join a growing company of great people who love their work and also love their lives outside of work, join us!