General Information
Name: Outsourced Accounting Services - Manager
Posting Title: Outsourced Accounting Manager
Ref #: 2233830
Date Published: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
City: Saint Louis
State: Missouri
Country: United States
Job Category: Accounting Services
Office: Saint Louis MO (Forvis)
Advertised Location: US-MO-Saint Louis
Working Time: Full Time
Description & Requirements
We are looking for a Manager to join our growing team in the Outsourced Accounting Services group in St. Louis. This position offers you an excellent opportunity to collaborate with clients and co-workers by providing Unmatched Client Service in a positive environment.
To be successful in this role, you should be a self-starter who embraces technology, enjoys the challenge of solving problems and appreciates a variety of clients. This is an excellent role to expand your knowledge of accounting operations and gain exposure to business development activities.
How you will contribute:
- Formally assess a client's current accounting system and business functions
- Make recommendations for improvement in various aspects of a company's financial operations
- Implement recommendations to a client's system
- Assist clients with management reporting, including budgeting, KPIs and other metrics, including internal review of such reports
- Research, discovery, and creation of new business technologies to streamline and grow the practice including opportunities with existing clients
- Lead a team of Outsourced Accounting professionals, including on-going teaching, training and professional development
- Participate in the proposal process for prospective clients
- Represent Forvis Mazars in the professional and business community
We are looking for people with Forward Vision and:
- Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, manage shifting priorities, and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines
- Excellent presentation and communication skills targeted to effectively present information to C-level management, public groups, and/or board of directors
- The ability to clearly and concisely emphasize key objectives
- Aptitude and passion for learning new software(s) and other technologies
- The ability and awareness to recognize when an approach is not effective and can pivot to a new approach seamlessly
- Desire to teach and train team members
- Ability to travel as needed (to client locations, Forvis Mazars practice offices and/or conferences)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or another related field
- Minimum of 7 years of accounting experience in areas such as public accounting, organizational accounting operations, accounting system operations, financial statement preparation, and supervision of accounting functions
- Ability to learn to navigate several accounting packages and add-on platforms
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with accounting software(s), monthly/period processing and closing, financial statement analysis and preparation
- CPA, CGMA, or CMA certificate
- QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification
- Sage Intacct user experience and Accounting Specialist Certification
- Business development experience
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