Remote Controller

Are you an experienced accounting professional who would love a part-time, work-from-home position allowing you to achieve the optimal work/life balance that you have always dreamed of? Would you enjoy using your accounting expertise to remotely help businesses thrive and support multiple clients without having a draining tax season, all from the comfort of your own home office?  Plus, take advantage of our flexible 4-day work week option, giving you even more time to enjoy your personal life while still making a significant impact in your professional career.

What We Do… 

Since 2004, we have been empowering business owners by taking bookkeeping and operational support functions off their plates allowing them to focus on their core business. Supporting Strategies’ experienced professionals use our cutting-edge cloud-based platform, virtual infrastructure, and proven process to deliver a suite of outsourced transactional, full-cycle accounting services. 

What You’ll Do… 

The responsibilities associated with this role are organized into areas that are very important to Supporting Strategies as an organization. We have purposely chosen the word “delight” when defining these responsibilities because it appropriately captures how passionate we are about these initiatives, and we naturally hope you will share in our sentiment. Your day-to-day will shift as you grow in the organization and into your role; but you can expect to work directly with clients, discover and implement software, manage and document our internal workflow and provide guidance to your clients.  

Client Delight – Building Great Client Relationships 

• Provide exceptional accounting and operational service to our clients. 
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of professional accounting and bookkeeping practices. 
• Support client onboarding process for all assigned client engagements in accordance with the defined process. 
• Execute processes related to accounts payable and accounts receivable management, bookkeeping entries, and other transactional accounting tasks, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all financial transactions.
• Oversee and execute the full-cycle month-end close process, including reconciliations, accruals, adjustments, and financial reporting, taking ownership of the process from start to finish and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and best practices.

• Collaborate with your manager and other team members to ensure all clients are delighted with our services through timely and effective communication. 
• Manage day-to-day relationships with clients while performing within established processes and budget parameters. 
• Identify and recommend to your manager areas where Supporting Strategies may be able to provide additional services or tools to drive additional client value and efficiency. 

Team Delight – Creating a Satisfying & Collaborative Virtual Environment 

• Participate in recurring team and one-on-one video check-in meetings to ensure you are aligned for success. 
• Confidence in learning and embracing new technology to solve client issues. 
• Embrace coaching and feedback provided by your manager and implement changes as needed to help meet team and client goals. 

What You’ve Done… 

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business. 
• 7+ years of full-cycle accounting experience, including at least 2+ years in a Controller or similar financial management role, with a strong emphasis on overseeing and executing the full-cycle month-end close process, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• 1+ years experience using QuickBooks Online
• Experience in a multi-client environment is highly preferred. 

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