Job description
We are currently in search of an Accounting Services Manager who will travel between our New York City and Jericho, Long Island office locations to manage and supervise our Accounting Services/Bookkeeping Department ("Department"), and interface with our Tax and Accounting/Assurance Departments.
The core job duties include but are not limited to:
- Manage a staff of up to 7-10 people
- Oversee and manage the work flow of the Department (anticipated to require 50% of his or her time)
- Work on selected and/or more complex clients (anticipated to require 50% of his or her time)
- Mentor and train new and existing employees
- Help create new policies and procedures to strengthen the department working directly with the Partner-in-Charge of the Department
- Coordinate with the team to prepare, review and file clients annual W-2s, W-3 and 1099's
- Assist in registering clients for various state taxes including payroll withholding, unemployment, workers compensation, disability, paid family leave and sales & use tax
- Organize, prepare and aid in the filing of various states sales tax returns monthly, quarterly, etc.
- Support and contribute in preparing payroll's for businesses and household employers through third parties payroll companies and Internal (AMS Payroll) software including quarterly payroll tax filings
- Create new companies in QuickBooks including establishing Chart of Accounts
- Prepare and review financial statements including the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
- Ability to analyze sales by state, expense by category and other financial information as needed
- Prepare year-end tax closings and review staff members year-end tax closings with the assistance of the Partner-In-Charge of Department and other designated Quality Control personnel
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Minimum of 10 years of recent and relevant Accounting/Bookkeeping Management experience in the United States. (U.S.)
- Experience working in a CPA Firm is preferred
- Advanced proficiency in QuickBooks desktop, QuickBooks online, Xero and Net Suite.
- Extremely organized and able to multi-task
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to be proactive and take initiative, take ownership of clients, and be detail oriented
- Excellent analytical skills
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office Applications
- Must maintain confidentiality