Accounting Manager Consultant

Abbott, Stringham & Lynch (ASL) is a full service CPA firm in Silicon Valley serving closely held and middle-market companies in diverse industries. We have great clients and provide them with high quality tax, assurance, consulting, and accounting services, which in turn provides you with abundant career and growth opportunities.

As an Accounting Manager Consultant, you will be a member of ASL’s Accounting Solutions for Business Group. Your professional and technical experience will take accounting off a business owner’s or executive’s plate, so they can focus on the things that matter most. ASL’s team of Accounting Consultants help our clients maintain a clean set of accounting records and provide targeted financial reporting that is reliable and relevant.

This is a great opportunity to continue developing your career in a firm with interesting clients, quality work, great team members and coaches, and excellent flexibility. We offer you the client work and career paths found in larger firms, with the culture, work-life balance, and friendliness of a mid-sized regional firm. Join us as an Accounting Manager Consultant!

We Provide Our Team Members With:

• 6 weeks of PTO
• 20+ paid holidays
• Bonus for passing the CPA exam
• Paid paternity/maternity leave
• Comprehensive healthcare plans covered by ASL.
• Virtual and in-person technical training, coaching and leadership development programs to support your professional growth at each stage of your career.
• Seeing the big picture – we provide the opportunity to participate, contribute, and collaborate on project teams and client engagements to advance your career.
• Building employee engagement is vital to our culture! We use different platforms to keep you connected with your team members, while working in a hybrid environment, or in our Campbell office
• Recognition – we celebrate each other’s accomplishments both at work and outside the office.

Primary Responsibilities of the Role:

• Supervise, track, and evaluate day-to-day financial activities for our clients.
• Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department to produce accurate and timely financial reports and statements.
• Assist the accounting team to record complex transactions.

• Review complex account reconciliations prepared by the accounting team.
• Analyze and interpret financial information and regularly present to the client’s leadership.
• Develop budgets, analyze variances, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Review payroll and payroll tax compliance, property taxes, sales tax and other annual compliance filings as needed.
• Ensure all deadlines are met.
• Supervise accountants, provide training and mentoring.
• Provide on-going feedback to team members, including periodic written feedback.
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies, and principles.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP principles.
• Provide recommendations for process improvement and areas for automation including implementations.
• Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Establish and maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions.

Your Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Accounting, Finance, or relevant field.
• Minimum of 10 years, including 5 years prior supervisory experience in accounting or finance.
• Proven knowledge of US GAAP and accounting processes.
• Proficient in accounting software and Microsoft Excel. Proficiency in QuickBooks and CCH ProSystem Engagement is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience of accounting/finance systems implementations.
• Basic understanding of the different types of entities and their tax treatment.
• Must be able to travel to clients’ offices in the South Bay area

Other Skills:

• Aptitude to understand business processes, to be a valued client service partner.
• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy in financial data.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Deadline driven; sets clear expectations with client and team members.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities.
• Pro-active communication; strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to understand and interpret data.

Salary Pay Scale

• This position’s salary range is: $130,000 to $160,000 per year

Sound like a Good Fit? We Want to Hear from You!

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Thank you for taking the time to consider ASL!