The Accounting Manager serves as the primary operational accounting authority and supervisor for a portfolio of U.S.-based clients, delivering financial oversight within an outsourced environment. This role is responsible for the accuracy of client financial reporting, execution of internal controls, and daily management of accounting workflows.
Acting as a collaborator to internal U.S. client leads, the Accounting Manager reviews financial data, implements process efficiencies, and trains the accounting team to meet client expectations.
Position Responsibilities:
Fully Reconciled Financial Delivery: Oversees the preparation, performs a meticulous review, and ensures a timely delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including consolidated, multi-entity, and multi-department reporting, in compliance with US GAAP or accrual accounting standards.
Close Workbook Ownership: Enforces a workflow where all baseline team production is thoroughly taught, detail-reviewed, and validated by the manager. Delivers a completely reconciled, finalized close package to U.S. client leads that requires only a high-level, 15-to-30-minute final review.
Transactional Oversight: Supervises daily core accounting functions executed by the team, including general ledger maintenance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and billing cycles.
Data Integrity: Manages chart of accounts structures, accounting treatments, and system configurations; resolves processing errors and manages systemic troubleshooting.
Agile Optimization: Owns the authority to implement localized workflow adjustments and daily automation to drive team efficiency; collaborates with senior leadership for input on major platform changes or large process redesigns.
Primary Technical Resource: Serves as the definitive technical accounting authority for the immediate team; commits to ongoing learning of US GAAP and tech tools to actively teach, mentor, and upskill team members.
Accountability & Feedback: Sets clear performance expectations, monitors staff resource allocation, and provides regular performance coaching to maintain delivery standards.
Capacity Alignment: Partners with internal U.S. client leads to manage project progression, staffing capacity, and team performance metrics.
Controls & Compliance: Implements internal control frameworks, reviews control effectiveness, executes remediation plans, and manages the year-end U.S. 1099 compliance and filing process.
Financial Summaries: Translates complex financial results into clear narratives highlighting cash flow trends and working capital metrics to advise internal U.S. client leads and client stakeholders.
Scope & Retention Management: Aligns baseline financial infrastructure to support growing client businesses; tracks deliverables against contractual commitments to identify scope creep and protect client retention.
Close Cycle Execution & Workflow Management
Team Leadership & Technical Training
Compliance, Portfolio & Advisory Support
Responsibilities
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; CPA, CMA, or CGMA preferred.
- Experience: 5–7+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within a shared services, BPO, or outsourced client accounting services (CAS) environment catering to U.S. clients.
- Industry Focus: Experience handling accounting for e-commerce, digital retail, or inventory-based businesses preferred; hands-on experience with Shopify and A2X is highly desirable.
- Leadership: Experience managing accounting operations and team performance at an Accounting Supervisor or Manager level.
- Technical Knowledge: Strong knowledge of US GAAP, including foundational revenue recognition and multi-entity environments.
- Systems Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in financial systems (e.g., QBO, Xero, NetSuite, AI-native finance tools) and financial reporting applications.
- Communication: Professional English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with internal U.S. client leads and stakeholders.
- On-time completion of close cycles and submission of fully reconciled financial packages.
- Reduction of U.S. client lead review time to under 30 minutes due to the accuracy of submitted work.
- Team performance metrics, including technical proficiency, error reduction, and staff retention.
- Client retention and adherence to defined service level expectations.
- Successful implementation of localized automation and process efficiencies.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- CPA, CMA, or CGMA
- 5-7+ years progressive accounting experience, ideally in shared services, BPO, or outsourced CAS
- Experience managing accounting operations and supervising teams at a manager/supervisor level
- Experience handling accounting for e-commerce, digital retail, or inventory-based businesses
- Hands-on experience with Shopify and A2X
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, including revenue recognition and multi-entity environments
- Advanced proficiency in financial systems (e.g., QBO, Xero, NetSuite, AI-native finance tools) and financial reporting applications
- Professional English communication skills and ability to collaborate with U.S. client leads and stakeholders
Aprio Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aprio and has not been reviewed or approved by Aprio.
-
Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and fairly paid across many roles, with clearer benchmarking helped by public job-posted ranges and compensation aggregators.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage is positioned as comprehensive and available from day one for full-time hires, which is stronger than the more typical waiting-period approach.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with profit sharing and access to FSA/Dependent Care accounts, which can improve total rewards when firm performance supports contributions.
Aprio Insights
What We Do
Aprio is a premier CPA and business advisory firm that advises clients and associates on how to achieve what’s next. Aprio’s associates work as integrated teams across advisory, assurance, tax, outsourcing, staffing and private client services, bringing the best thinking and personal commitment to each client. Across practices, Aprio brings together proven expertise, deep understanding and strategic foresight for industries including Manufacturing and Distribution; Non-Profit and Education; Professional Services; Real Estate and Construction; Retail, Franchise and Hospitality; and Technology and Blockchain. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Aprio has grown to over 1,000+ team members. To serve clients wherever life or business may take them, Aprio’s teams speak more than 30 languages and work with clients in over 50 countries.
