Consultant-senior accountant job description

Community Link Consulting is looking for a process driven, aspiring accountant with an entrepreneurial mindset looking to broaden your personal leadership skills while providing innovative thoughts and financial accounting skills to a rapidly growing consulting firm in the niche industry of Federally Qualified Health Care Centers (clinics that provide care to under-served populations throughout the United States). CLC serves over 100 clients in 40 states in a broad range of capacities; from billing services to Interim CFO and everything in between. Our clients depend on us to guide them through the confusing, uncertain world of government compliance.

The right candidate will be an individual with strong accounting skills and experience, proficient Excel skills, excellent communication skills, a curious mind, and ability to think like an owner. You will have the opportunity to be customer facing, building a network of executives across the country. You will be able to work in a collaborative team atmosphere while developing your skills and advancing your career.

CLC is known for excellent work-life balance and office culture. Voted as one of the Best Places to Work in the Inland Northwest multiple times, CLC proudly offers our team members not only competitive wages and benefits, but a flexible, collaborative, and supportive working environment as well. We are a company committed to our Core Values; Respect, Leadership, SMEE, Solution-Focused, Flexibility, Curiosity, Giving More than You Get. Our team members feel great about supporting our clients --which are health clinics providing health services to underserved people throughout the U.S. – knowing that our work makes a real difference in people’s lives.

Job Functions/ Duties:

• Preparation of month-end financials and budgets
• Specialized compliance reporting
• Special projects
• Cost reports, grant budgets and other grant-related financial reports

Useful Experience/ Qualifications:

• At least 3 years in progressively increasing accounting responsibilities and experience

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Healthcare and/or FQHC experience a plus
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Excel, Quickbooks, Sage and other accounting software
• Public Accounting experience a plus

Verification of Employment Eligibility to work in the U.S. is conducted using E-Verify.

Statement of Equal Employment Opportunities

Community Link Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Job Type: Full-time

Company Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaAs an employee of the Atlanta Fed, you will help support our mission of promoting the stability and efficiency of the U.S. economy and financial system. Your work will affect the economy of the Southeast, the United States, and the world. The work we do here is important, and how we do it is just as important as what we do. We live our values of integrity, excellence, and respect every day. We do the right thing, we do things right, and we treat people right. A career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta gives you the chance to do work that touches lives and helps communities prosper.

A requirement of this position is that the employee must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or qualify for an accommodation from the Bank's vaccination policy. To provide for the health and safety of its employees and support the Bank's mission to the greatest extent possible, the Bank decided to adopt this requirement after careful review of public health information, workforce data, employee feedback, and the Federal Reserve System's pandemic recovery plans. The Bank requires all employees to be vaccinated fully against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

Through strong accounting, risk and control knowledge, leads or completes complex assignments for the Asset Management unit within the Financial Management and Planning (FMP) department. Provides guidance/consultation to customers and all levels of management on complex situations. Researches and responds through various forums to ad hoc requests for information from senior management, internal and external auditors, Board of Governors, other Reserve Bank and System entities, and other FMP units. Provides functional advice or training to others in FMP, as well as other business areas. Reviews and approves work of other analysts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for completing complex accounting assignments and projects. Processes, approves and/or validates transactions and ensures they are processed timely and accurately. Anticipates, interprets, and evaluates the effect of financial transactions on the organization. Understands and processes complex accounting transactions and reviews complex transactions submitted by others. Reviews and researches unusual or notable changes in Bank-wide account balances to ensure accuracy of financial reporting and communicates important changes to appropriate level of management. Ensures district compliance with related accounting policies and procedures.

• Participates in daily and monthly unit processes and the creation of quarterly and annual processes, financial statements, footnotes, and reporting. This may include functioning accurate journal entries, collecting data from a variety of sources, and completing account reconciliations in compliance with Bank policy for accounts owned by the unit.

• Maintains and creates flowcharts, narratives, and other control documentation for key financial processes. Assesses risks and controls in FMP areas and recommends changes to improve efficiency and/or controls. Develops or provides input on changes to written accounting policies and procedures.

• Participates in complex financial accounting related projects, which can include district and system level workgroups and may be cross-functional. This includes providing guidance to projects managers on items such as policy requirements, GAAP standards, risks or controls. May collect information for and respond to external and internal auditors. Leads projects as assigned.

• Completes analysis and summarizes impact of documents for senior management in FMP.

• For department and business areas, develops and conducts training related to areas of responsibility. Provides guidance and support to junior staff members for achievement of unit objectives.

• Participates in testing and implementation of new applications or maintenance releases.

Education : Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field or equivalent experience

Experience: Five to eight years of experience in financial accounting preferred

Knowledge Areas:

• GAAP accounting

• Financial reporting and benefit and lease accounting (FRC)

• Construction, software, impairment, and lease accounting (AM)

• COSO/SOX, experience with risks and internal controls, and knowledge of related best practices (FRC)

• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills

Technical Skills :

• Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite including Visio

• Experience with ERP systems, specifically accounting related modules

• Process improvements

• Project management

Our total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:

• Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)

• 401K match, and a fully funded pension plan

• Paid vacation and holidays; flexible work environment

• Generously subsidized public transportation

• Annual tuition reimbursement

• Professional development programs, training and conferences

• And more…

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer.

Full Time / Part Time Full time Regular / Temporary Regular Job Exempt (Yes / No) Yes Job Category Work Shift First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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What's the job?

Yeo & Yeo Senior Accountants in our Consulting service line are responsible for organizing and managing client assignments and projects, including the completion of assignments and tasks and project components as well as coaching, advising and directing team members in meeting client and personal development expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or master's degree in Accounting or related curriculum
• Active CPA accreditation
• Experience as a Staff Accountant in Public Accounting or equivalent experience

Technical Abilities

• Understanding of Basic Financial Statements
• Identify source documents and their purpose (K-1's, W-2's, 1099's)
• Understanding of Fixed Assets program, entering assets, preparation of PPT returns
• Able to identify required payroll tax return filings, 941, 940, W-2, 1099's and their purpose
• Ability to identify and explain purpose of 1040, 1041, 1065, and 1120 returns
• Employee has a sense of urgency or promptness to achieve goals
• Ability to complete assigned tasks accurately within budget and meet all deadlines
• Understanding of Section 179/168k and AMT depreciation rules
• Create a depreciation schedule
• Understanding of property tax abatements and special PPT returns
• Ability to reconcile payroll liabilities and prepare payroll tax return filings
• Prepare cash flow statements
• Basic understanding of QuickBooks (importing, exporting, data entry, report preparation)
• Complete QuickBooks Online Certification
• Ability to reconcile trial balance to source documents
• Prepare individual and business tax returns
• Understands urgency as it relates to deadlines and responses to clients
• Ability to explain various organizational structures (LLC, S-corp, Sole Prop.) and pros/cons
• Ability to identify retirement plans available for small business (Simple, 401k)
• Detail review individual and business tax returns
• Detail review financial statements
• Leading routine meetings with client or client staff (work with bookkeeper, etc.)
• Troubleshoot accounting system problems remotely (Peachtree, QuickBooks etc.)
• Experience dealing with difficult clients/conflict resolution skills
• Prepare budgets
• Ability to reconcile complex bank statement
• Ability to utilize depreciation for tax planning strategies
• Analyze financial statements and provide constructive feedback to clients based on comparison to prior years
• Understand role and duties of CFO and Controller
• Serve as a point of contact for the client when Principal is not available

Personal Development

• Identifies professional goals in conjunction with strategic plan of firm
• Have an individual personal development plan (ex. work with career advocate, principal, service line leader or practice growth manager to develop the plan)
• Offers accurate and effective coaching and mentoring to others
• Seeks out, accepts and utilizes constructive feedback
• Actively develops expertise in particular industry group or specialty
• Complete Dale Carnegie course or similar training

Teamwork

• Understands the team's objective and how he/she contributes to success
• Works independently and as an effective team member to complete project components and assigned tasks
• Demonstrates respect toward all people and works to understand differences when interacting with others
• Encourages junior colleagues to ask questions whenever necessary
• Helps his/her team members complete tasks
• Manages own conflicts promptly and positively and makes necessary adjustments based on feedback received and in accordance with policy and procedures

Community

• Participates in firm sponsored events
• Commits own talents and energy to one or more community organizations

Business Development

• Uses LinkedIn profile and/or preferred social media to actively engage network through company and industry updates
• Attend business development training offered through Yeo & Yeo
• Actively participates in business development meetings
• Be able to intelligently speak about the firm's mission and services
• Participation in community networking opportunities through chamber or similar group
• Identify key referral sources and work to build a professional network
• Maintain Business Development Activity kit based on level
• Strives to generate additional business for Yeo & Yeo and its affiliates through cross selling

Benefits & Perks!

At Yeo & Yeo, we offer a great career with industry-leading benefits, and that's why we're repeatedly ranked among Michigan's Best Places to Work .

Some of our benefits include remote, hybrid and flexible work options; competitive salaries; generous PDO/paid holidays, excellent medical, dental and vision plans; bonuses; referral programs; life insurance; 401(k) plan; an award-winning CPA certification program; community service opportunities; dress for your day attire; continuous feedback and so much more.

We focus on developing our careers and prioritize fostering each person's unique talents and strengths. We succeed as a team when our individuals succeed. We celebrate our successes and take time to cultivate our friendships. From team retreats and office (and Zoom) parties to our Yeo & Yeo sports teams - we love what we do and having fun too!

I'm in. Now what?

Apply today and move one step closer to joining a firm of enthusiastic, caring, creative and smart problem solvers working together toward a common goal - to provide every client with outstanding business solutions.