Accounting Manager
Employment Information
Report this job
Job expired or something wrong with this job?
Job Description
Accounting Manager leading client accounting pods for Zenbooks, a Canadian remote accounting firm. Owning reporting quality, client relationships, team development, pod metrics, and revenue performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a pod of accountants and senior accountants, providing coaching, technical guidance, and regular feedback
- Oversee monthly accounting activities including A/R, A/P, payroll entries, reconciliations, accruals, and adjustments
- Lead mid- to high-complexity client engagements as the primary accounting advisor and point of contact
- Prepare and present advanced financial reports, KPI dashboards, and budgets with insights and recommendations
- Conduct 1:1s, performance check-ins, and semi-annual reviews
- Support staffing, workload balancing, and scheduling across the pod
- Provide escalation support for technical accounting issues, client challenges, and workflow blockers
- Oversee client portfolios and review financial statements, reconciliations, working papers, and month-end packages
- Monitor client satisfaction and address concerns, scope issues, and workflow challenges
- Build long-term client relationships through proactive communication and guidance
- Own pod gross margin, budget-versus-actual hours, KPIs, revenue retention, upsells, and workflow consistency
- Collaborate with the Director of Operations on pricing, resourcing, and capacity planning
- Identify upsell and expansion opportunities and manage pod revenue performance
- Ensure adherence to best practices, SOPs, documentation standards, and internal controls
- Lead process improvement initiatives and support special projects
- Collaborate with Tax and Payroll teams and participate in internal meetings
Requirements:
- 1–2 years of experience managing a team
- 1–2 years of experience in a controllership role or handling controllership-level responsibilities
- 2–3 years of client-facing experience supporting monthly reporting
- Strong working knowledge of cloud accounting software, such as Xero and/or QBO
- Must pass a criminal background check and/or education/employment verification
- High-speed internet access required
- Availability during core business hours
- Access to Excel or Google Sheets required for the case activity
- Some candidates may be asked to complete a QBO walkthrough
Benefits:
- 5 Personal Days
- 15 Vacation days
- 1 week during the winter holidays
- 100% Employer-paid Health benefits (medical, dental, disability, life insurance, and vision) (including EAP)
- Flexible health spending account
- Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- 100% Employer-paid Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse
- 100% Employer-paid Ergonomic assessment of your home office (Virtual)
- Flexible work schedule
Similar Jobs
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager leading accountant pods and complex client engagements for Zenbooks, a Canadian monthly accounting firm. Owning financial accuracy, client growth, team development, and pod performance.
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager leading remote accounting pods for Zenbooks, a Canadian firm serving small and mid-sized businesses. Owning client delivery, financial reporting, team development, pod KPIs, and revenue performance.
Engagement Lead – Risk Consulting, Forensic Accounting
Engagement Lead guiding Marsh’s forensic accounting and claims consulting engagements for US clients. Quantifying damages, advising on insurance claims, and expanding strategic client relationships.
Accounting Domain Intake – Accounting Engagements
Accounting experts documenting real-world workflows for Mercor’s AI-lab engagements. Shaping audit, tax, reporting, and GAAP/IFRS projects through detailed written intake.
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager owning full-cycle accounting, job costing, and compliance for Veta Virtual’s roofing and construction client. Leading close, reporting, forecasting, and accounting systems remotely across LATAM or Europe.
Functional Lead, Production Accounting – ProCount Conversion
Functional Lead converting ProCount production accounting systems for Virtasant, a global technology services company. Translating upstream oil and gas requirements into configuration, testing, and validated data flows.
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager overseeing monthly close and financial reporting for Everway’s UK, Australian, and Nordic entities. Ensuring US GAAP compliance, cross-border consistency, and accounting automation.
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager leading OPR and Cost Share collections for GT Independence, a national provider of personal and financial services for home-based care. Managing collections operations, reconciliations, compliance, communications, and process improvements.
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager leading OPR and Cost Share collections for GT Independence, a national provider of personal and financial services for home-care recipients. Managing collections operations, reconciliations, compliance, and process improvements.
Senior Director, Revenue Accounting – Order To Cash
Juniper Square, an operations partner for private markets, seeks a revenue accounting leader. Scaling ASC 606, billing, collections, systems, controls, and AI automation.
Senior Forensic Accounting and Compliance Associate
Forensic accounting senior associate advancing fraud prevention and compliance at RTX, a global aerospace and defense company. Executing audits, assessing controls, identifying fraud risks, and supporting investigations.
SAP FI Specialist – General Ledger, Asset Accounting
Especialista SAP FI configurando General Ledger e Asset Accounting durante implementações SAP S/4HANA. Atuando em contabilidade geral, ativos fixos, testes, migração e Go Live.
Accounting Professional, QuickBooks Workflows
Accounting professionals demonstrating complex QuickBooks workflows in Terac’s paid AI research study. Sharing screens, explaining workarounds, and discussing real-world accounting productivity.
Accounting Manager – Accounts Payable
Accounting Manager handling accounts payable, reconciliations, and travel expenses for Glow25, Germany’s leading collagen brand. Improving digital finance processes remotely across Germany.
GL Accounting Manager
GL Accounting Manager leading joint venture accounting, complex debt and equity transactions, and U.S. GAAP reporting. Managing close processes and developing a high-performing accounting team.
CapEx Accounting Manager
CAPEX Accounting Manager overseeing U.S. GAAP accounting, reporting, and controls for data center construction investments. Managing close, debt, equity, intercompany, and project-finance accounting.
Accounting Manager
APJ Accounting Manager overseeing multi-country accounting operations for Recorded Future, a cyber threat intelligence company. Leading close, statutory reporting, audits, controls, cash flow, tax, and outsourced provider management.
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager scaling close, controls, reporting, and inventory accounting for RADAR’s hardware-enabled retail data platform. Partnering across finance and operations while preparing the company for its first external audit.
Director – General Accounting
Director of General Accounting overseeing core accounting functions and financial close activities at Stanford Health Care. Responsible for strategic leadership and operational efficiency in accounting operations.
Accounting and Audit Office Specialist
Accounting and Audit Office Specialist analyzing financial data to train AI systems with no prior experience required. Collaborate remotely to improve financial processes and data accuracy from Karachi.