Controller

Hiring for Summer/Fall 2024

Recipient of the 2023 Best Places to Work Award by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Accountinuity, an All In One Accounting company, providing outsourced financial expertise for small businesses. We’re the financial and accounting team for growth-minded entrepreneurs seeking to profitably scale their businesses.

They choose us because we give them complete flexibility in how they use our services. And because we can manage every aspect of their accounting operations, they can focus on building a business that grows without their constant attention.

We help them scale more efficiently because we drive our operations on the same EOS platform many of them do and because we dedicate accounting experts to their team to understand their business and tap into any of our other experts to assist when needed. Our entire team becomes their team.

A bit about the role:

We’re seeking a fun and flexible Controller to join our team and help support our small business clients. This role is pivotal in supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners to reach their business goals.
As the Controller, day-to-day you’ll be working alongside an Accountant and CFO to collaborate and deliver accounting services to a wide range of small businesses.

Now about you...

You’re adaptable
We work primarily with smaller organizations that have big goals. Being adaptable to help meet their needs and goals is a large part of the role. Each client is unique and has different needs, so being able to jump into each client to advise and assist is key.

You’re bursting with initiative

You’re able to properly analyze financials and then take them and communicate them in a way a non-numbers person can understand. You don’t want to wait to be told by a client what they need, you’re able to see from their financials what areas they could improve or automate to reach their goals.

You’re curious and want to dig in
You want to know exactly what drives each business. You want to find processes and procedures that will cater fit each client you work with. You want to continue to learn more and provide things to your clients they didn’t even know they needed.

More about the Controller role:

Wearing multiple hats and saying "yes" to a variety of challenges are the table stakes for the Controller role. Your specific responsibilities include:

- Lead, plan, and guide both you clients and your internal client team - you must love teaching others in this role!

- Design and deliver exemplary service; this role is a thinker and a doer - you will be both hands-on troubleshooting as well as having the foresight to execute longer-term planning to help our clients get to business clarity

- Develop systems to account for financial transactions with your clients

- Define bookkeeping policies and procedures for clients based on their unique situation and your sophisticated knowledge

The specifics of the Controller role:

- Balance general ledger by preparing a trial balance and reconciling entries.

- Oversee accounts payable process, preparation of client invoices and periodic review of accounts receivable to identify collection issues

- Oversee recording of cash receipts and bank deposits process

- Review monthly reconciliations of bank and credit card accounts prepared by Accountant

- Prepare and/or review monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts to ensure their accuracy

- Make necessary month end closing entries

- Prepare monthly financial statements and other schedules as agreed upon between you and your clients

- Lead a month end closing meeting with AIOA team and client to present financials

- Maintain annual budget, calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues and opportunities to the client

- Ensure payroll entries are properly entered into the general ledger

- Be a proactive liaison with the client's tax CPA, banker, attorney, etc.

- Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems that deliver the most efficient work product

- Review and implement proper internal controls to achieve a high level of accuracy and integrity

- Prepare cash flow forecasting and make recommendations when needed

Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

-        Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration, or equivalent business experience.

-        Previous experience as a Controller or related role

-        Knowledge of bookkeeping and generally accepted accounting principles

-        Demonstrated leadership qualities

-        Experience in QuickBooks Desktop and Online preferred

Benefits

Why -- the Accountinuity Benefits

Accountinuity is quite unique as all our positions are offered as either full or part-time work with a mix of client interaction and internal team comradery.

Our company has been built by a team who likes to have fun, respects each other, and works extremely hard to do right by each other and our clients. We work with many entrepreneurial companies who at times may be challenging, but the greatest compliment is that our work has literally changed their business and their lives.

The type of problem-solving our team faces daily must be met with curiosity, creativity, and grit. So, we seek like-minded people who also relish a good challenge. Every day everyone at Accountinuity shows up with a synergetic spirit, ready to serve, and with an optimistic outlook.

Our explosion of growth in the marketplace has us hiring several roles and offering career progression. That, combined with our full and part-time options make this one of the most flexible places to work in the accounting and finance world.

Salary - $85,000 - $125,000

Accountinuity 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.

Benefits offered include: medical, dental, vision, and a variety of supplemental options including 401K, life insurance, long and short term disability, accident, hospitalization, critical illness, HSA, FSA, and dependent care.