Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Auxilio Partners is a Christian-owned business that supports churches and nonprofits by providing strategic accounting guidance. The Accounting and Special Projects Manager oversees internal audits, leads financial cleanup projects, and supervises the Special Projects Specialist to maintain financial integrity for clients.
Responsibilities
- Supervises the Special Project Specialist, providing direction, support, and documentation on project work and findings
- Oversees and conducts comprehensive reviews of historical bookkeeping records to identify errors, omissions, or inconsistencies
- Collaborates with the internal team to identify, manage, and execute financial cleanup objectives
- Directs and performs the cleanup of general ledger accounts, including reclassification of transactions, adjustment entries, and account reconciliations
- Leads the reconstruction of financial statements and reports from incomplete or disorganized records
- Ensures a clear audit trail is maintained for all changes made during the cleanup and forensic review processes
- Provides oversight and support for complex month-end and year-end closing processes as needed
- Creates resources for other team members and leads training sessions (e.g., Payroll liabilities round table, Designated Funds resource, Balance Sheet cleanup training)
- Acts as a resource for other team members as questions and issues arise (e.g., Gusto and QuickBooks issues, payroll liabilities)
- Provides guidance and support to the client services teams when significant effort is required to prepare the client’s books for day-to-day operations
- Conducts annual reviews of each client, including accuracy of accounting processes, financial statements, and other metrics
- Reviews client-provided financial statements to capture a greater understanding of their financial position, as well as the timeframe and effort required to prepare their books for day-to-day operations (including clean up, preparing the chart of accounts, importing historical data, etc.)
- Builds and implements a checklist of financial/accounting items to be completed before the client moves to the client services team and/or is ready for day-to-day operations
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline required
- Three to five years of accounting experience required
- Certified Public Accountant certification (CPA) required
- Extensive knowledge of general financial accounting and cost accounting
- Understanding of and ability to adhere to generally accepted accounting principles
- Highly proficient with accounting software; QuickBooks Online is a plus
- Ability to reconcile payroll or financial data between platforms or accounts
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including consultation skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Proficient in Microsoft, Google Suite, or similar software
- Experience with software in finance and accounting, payroll, invoice management, and church management (QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, Gusto, Planning Center, SubSplash, and Google Workspace preferred)
- Church, ministry, or nonprofit experience is highly desirable
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