Going Concern · 5 days ago
Remote Accounting Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$120K/yr - $140K/yr
6+ years expGoing Concern is a rapidly growing outsourced accounting and advisory firm serving fitness businesses, and they are seeking a Remote Accounting Director to lead and expand their accounting function. This role focuses on developing the team, designing scalable systems, and ensuring high-quality financial reporting to support significant revenue growth.
Accounting
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Structure: Build the long-term structure of the accounting department, forecast capacity, lead hiring strategy, and design layered roles to support rapid growth
Team Management & Development: Grow and shape the accounting team through recruitment, strong leadership, and skill development. Specifically mentor supervisors and senior accountants into future managers
Operational Excellence: Own improvements to the accounting tech stack (including automation/AI), improve and document accounting workflows (SOPs), and identify/address operational bottlenecks
Month-End & Reporting Oversight: Lead and manage the entire month-end process, guiding the team, reviewing outcomes, and providing high-level review of financial statements to ensure reporting is clear, actionable, and consistent
Client Interaction & Escalation: Communicate financial results and KPIs clearly to non-accountant business owners. Step in to manage client escalations and maintain professional, practical communication standards
Scaling Support: Oversee cleanup, back work, and system configuration for new accounts, ensuring a smooth transition from the onboarding team to the ongoing accounting team
Qualification
Required
6 or more years of experience in public accounting or outsourced accounting
Required experience supervising staff and managing accounting operations, ideally within a Client Accounting Services (CAS) or multi-client accounting model
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field (CPA preferred but not required)
Strong understanding of financial reporting standards and month-end best practices
Comfort with modern cloud-based systems and willingness to adopt new technologies (familiarity with Xero, QBO, dashboards, etc., is a plus)
High ownership and initiative, comfortable leading change in workflows/structure, strong judgment, and proven success working independently in a virtual environment
Preferred
CPA preferred but not required
Familiarity with Xero, QBO, dashboards, etc
Benefits
20 days PTO
Health insurance
401k
Company
Going Concern
Going Concern is a leading accounting news publication providing an alternative take on breaking news and developing stories in accounting.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Liz Branch
COO & Head of Sales
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