Client Accounting Specialist

Overview

As a Client Accounting Specialist, you’ll keep client financial records accurate, organized, and ready for informed decision-making. You’ll apply accounting principles across bookkeeping, reporting, reconciliations, and compliance while working with financial software and spreadsheets.

Your impact

Reliable records and clear reports help clients understand their financial position and meet their reporting obligations.

Duties

• Maintain general ledgers; record journal entries, debits and credits, and accruals using double-entry bookkeeping.
• Prepare financial statements, regulatory reports, and written summaries; interpret results and support financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow analysis.
• Reconcile bank accounts, balance sheets, accounts payable, and accounts receivable; investigate account differences and support payroll and tax work.
• Use Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP and data analysis, Microsoft Office, and accounting software such as QuickBooks, Quicken, PeopleSoft, Sage, or Xero.
• Support audits, financial compliance, and regulatory requirements; assist with mentoring colleagues as appropriate.

Requirements

• Accounting and finance experience, with knowledge of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), financial accounting, corporate accounting, general ledger accounting, and financial reporting.
• Experience with account reconciliation, financial statement preparation, financial report writing and interpretation, and financial management.
• Familiarity with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley), regulatory compliance accounting, auditing, and financial services; apply relevant knowledge of public accounting, corporate finance, or private equity.
• Additional experience in non-profit or governmental accounting, LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit), securities law, wills, trusts and estate law, or tax is valued.
• Bring financial acumen, technical accounting knowledge, and confidence with financial concepts, spreadsheets, and financial software.

Pay: $35.00 - $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Unlimited paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Work from home

Work Location: Remote