Remote Senior Accountant

At The Tax Strategist, our mission is to deliver exceptional, personalized accounting and tax services with a caring disposition, unwavering collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We strive to provide our clients with exclusive, high-end solutions tailored to their unique needs. By fostering strong relationships and a supportive environment, we ensure that every client experience is marked by trust, respect, and attention to detail. Our continued growth means we have an immediate opening for a Remote Senior Accountant. We provide a supportive and collaborative work environment and encourage staff to develop their skills and grow professionally. Our key values are: Caring Disposition: Emphasizing kindness, respect, generosity, patience, non-judgement, and love. This value reflects the company’s commitment to being of service to others and fostering strong, supportive relationships. Collaboration: Valuing teamwork, mutual benefit, trust, communication, and strong relationships. This value highlights the importance of working together harmoniously and effectively, both internally and with clients. Exclusivity: Reflecting a preference for high-end, tailored services that cater to clients who seek out the finer things in life. This value encompasses the ability to make choices, a sense of uniqueness, and provide a boutique experience. Excellence: Pursuing the highest standards in all aspects of the business, including attention to detail, urgency, structure, and financial stability. This value is about delivering impeccable, top-tier services and experiences, valuing aesthetics, and striving for perfection. Job Description As a Senior Accountant, you will play a vital role in delivering precise and valuable information to our partner clients. You will be instrumental in developing processes, training team members, executing high-level accounting tasks, ensuring quality control and evaluating our tech stack for continuous improvement. You will have the opportunity to advance into a future managerial role within our prosperous tax & accounting firm, playing a critical part in our growth and reaping the fruits of your labor. On a daily basis, you will: • Set up and run payroll. Record detailed payroll transactions from third-party payroll provider reports. • Prepare and submit sales tax reports and monitor client sales tax exposure. • Manage client communication • Methodical cleanup of new client’s books. • Recording transactions with correct coding and classes, including detailed splits. • Reconcile all bank, credit card and loan accounts each month. • Create complex journal entries. • Manage transactions from eCommerce sales channels and payment processors to ensure they are properly recorded in accounting records. • Ensure books are tax-ready at end of year. • Communicate with IRS and state departments of revenue to assist in resolving issues. • Collaborate on SOPs and tasks. Prepare Loom videos to train both team and clients. Preferred Requirements • In-depth knowledge of accounting, payroll, and sales tax. • Experience with practice management software. • Accounting degree is strongly preferred. • Ability to meet deadlines and coordinate with the team. • Thorough knowledge of accounting with a minimum of 5 years’ experience. • QuickBooks Online Advanced ProAdvisor Certification required within 30 days of hire. • Passion for precision and meticulous attention to detail, with an ability to spot and solve errors independently. • Put the secret code number 503 in your application email subject line • Upbeat, organized self-starter able to work with limited oversight • Ability to meet deadlines and promptly respond to requests • Professional communications with clients • Candidates must be based in the United States, and available during working hours in the pacific time zone. • Must be able to follow consistent firm procedures. • Experience creating cash flow forecasting, and monitoring client KPIs is a plus. • Previous exposure to tax work is a plus • CPA or EA license is a plus. This contract position will initially require a twenty-five-hour+ per week commitment. We expect this position will eventually become full-time and may provide an opportunity to move towards a position as a full-time employee. Application Requirements: Please submit a resume and cover letter, including compensation expectations, to [email protected] We’d also like you to prepare a brief video (preferably using Loom) that answers the following questions: · Talk about your experience handling accounting for third-party clients. How many clients did you work on simultaneously? What was the size/revenue/industry of your clients? · What is the monthly process you follow to ensure that accounting records are accurate for the client? · Describe a difficult client that you have worked with. What made them a challenge? How did you handle the situation? · Describe your experience with catch-up projects. Describe your experience performing QBO cleanup projects. Job Types: Part-time, Contract Expected hours: 25 – 35 per week Schedule: • Choose your own hours Work Location: Remote Apply Job!