Director of Accounting (100% Remote)
Client Accounting Services - in Public Accounting, Serving Fitness Industry Clients
Salary: $120 - 140K + Full Benefits

Do you have a passion for the fitness community, thrive when you’re helping businesses grow, and excel at providing insight to business owners making critical decisions?  This growing public accounting client provides outsourced CFO, accounting, payroll, and tax services to the fitness industry, nationwide.  The Director of Accounting, a newly created position due to growth, will lead, elevate, and expand the accounting function as this firm continues rapid nationwide growth from over $1M to more than $5M in revenue. The firm currently serves 50 locations with a waitlist of more than 550 facilities seeking to onboard, and the firm needs a leader who can help the company scale with excellence. This is a builder role that combines hands-on operational leadership with responsibility for shaping the future structure of the accounting department. This role is a strong fit for a rising accounting leader who wants challenge, growth, and the opportunity to shape a department.This entirely remote position is a full-time, telecommuting role.  As such, the ability to communicate clearly via video, email and telephone is critical.

This firm is an entirely virtual public accounting firm using modern systems and tools and experiencing sizable growth of which you can be an instrumental part.  This an excellent opportunity to shape a growing department and build scalable processes. The company culture values clarity, integrity, continuous improvement, flexibility built on trust, autonomy, and clear expectations. The firm offers a competitive salary, and complete benefits package, including 20 days PTO, health insurance, and a 401k.

Job Responsibilities

• Build the long-term structure of the accounting department.
• Grow and shape the accounting team through recruitment, mentoring, strong leadership, and ongoing skill development.
• Lead and mentor accounting team members in daily, monthly, and project-based work.
• Oversee performance, training, accountability, and capacity planning.
• Provide high level review of financial statements for accuracy and quality.
• Bring experience improving accounting processes and strengthening workflow effectiveness and efficiency.
• Communicate clearly with non-accountant business owners and explain financial results in practical terms.
• Work with onboarding staff to ensure new clients are set up properly.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• CPA preferred but not required.
• 6 or more years of experience in public accounting or outsourced accounting.
• Experience supervising staff and managing accounting operations.
• Leadership experience within a client accounting services (CAS) or multi-client accounting model.
• Ability to troubleshoot accounting issues and guide team members toward solutions.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting standards and month end best practices.
• Proven success working in a virtual environment.
• Comfort with modern cloud-based systems and willingness to adopt new technologies.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in a scaling firm or high growth environment.
• Familiarity with Xero, QuickBooks Online (QBO), payroll systems, dashboards and related cloud tools.
• Experience leading distributed, remote, or offshore accounting teams.
• Experience supporting multi-location or multi-unit businesses.

Attributes That Lead to Success

• High ownership and initiative.
• Growth minded, resourceful, practical, and steady during challenges.
• Comfortable leading change in workflows, expectations, and team structure.
• Strong judgment and ability to make decisions with limited direction.
• Skilled at conveying complex financial information clearly.
• Organized, detail oriented, and consistent in follow through.