The Role
Manages client accounting services projects, client communications, staff scheduling, training, supervision, quality control, recruiting, billing, and business development. Reviews accounting work, mentors staff and seniors, monitors project completion, maintains technical knowledge, and ensures timely, accurate client service. Requires public accounting experience, strong organizational and communication skills, accounting expertise, and proficiency with accounting and office software.
Summary Generated by Built In
This position serves as the primary contact to HCJ client; supervises completion of projects; schedules, trains, oversees and reviews work of staff and senior accountants.
Responsibilities of a Manager
- Possess Expert-level expertise in all areas of CAS.
- Understand client needs and objectives and be innovated in achieving them.
- Review work of staff.
- Manage client communications and schedules with staff.
- Plan and monitor various types of CAS projects in various industries and complexity levels.
- Plan, organize and use time effectively among team.
- Recruiting
- Ability to coach and mentor talented people.
- Oversee delegation and completion of projects to seniors, staff, and interns.
- Builds positive relationships with clients by determining and meeting their needs and providing quality, timely service
- Seek to grow the firm through personal strategic plan and developing new lines of business and acquiring new clients.
- Develop and monitor quality control procedures.
Additional duties a Manager may perform:
- Serves as a key role in the department’s administration.
- Perform quarterly evaluations on staff and senior accountants.
- Perform tasks necessary to satisfy client by performing “above and beyond the call of duty” if necessary.
- Communicate issues and solutions to clients, ad initiate meetings with clients.
- Active and leadership roles in professional, social, and civic organizations.
- Performing billing on specific clients.
- Keep current in technical matters and communicate developments to staff and clients.
- Assists in recruiting process as needed.
Other knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Understands and maintains the confidentiality of all firm and client information.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism and integrity
- Maintains professional ethics of firm, AICPA, and ARCPA
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects / tasks with an attention to detail.
Education:
- Bachelor of accounting degree
- Consideration towards becoming a Certified Public Accountant
Experience:
- 5 years of public accounting with progression of increased responsibilities
Software:
- Advance proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)
- Accounting CS, Thomson Reuters, Checkpoint, Engagement, Adobe, QuickBooks
Innovation
- Anticipate and solve problems with original and tailored solutions
- Forward thinking and big picture focused
Ownership
- Self-driven and strives to get the job done in a timely manner without passing the buck
- Total responsibility of knowledge on technical matters
- Provide quality work
Teamwork
- Think of others, humble, loyal and puts the firm first
- Collaborate within the teams
- Develop relationships with peers and attend firm events
Communication
- Effectively exchange meaningful information and ideas on a timely basis with tact and open minds by listening first and asking questions second
- Communicate effectively and professionally
- Keep immediate supervisor informed
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting
- Consideration toward becoming a Certified Public Accountant
- Five years of public accounting experience with increasing responsibility
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel
- Proficiency with Accounting CS, Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, Engagement, Adobe, and QuickBooks
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and manage multiple projects with attention to detail
- Professionalism, integrity, and adherence to firm, AICPA, and ARCPA ethics
- Ability to coach, mentor, recruit, and supervise accounting staff
- Effective professional client and team communication skills
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The Company
What We Do
HCJ CPAs & Advisors provides professional auditing, tax, and business consulting services tailored to the needs of today's business climate. Formed by the merger of Hudson Cisne & Co. LLP and Jones & Company, Ltd., the firm serves a diverse range of clients in Arkansas and beyond, specializing in sectors such as not-for-profit, construction, financial institutions, manufacturing, and agriculture through a personalized, relationship-driven approach.
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