Accounting Manager — Accounting Services

POSITION OVERVIEW

High Point Advisory Group provides outsourced accounting, fractional CFO, transaction diligence, and management consulting services to lower middle market companies. The Accounting Manager is the senior technical accountant on the offshore delivery team

— the person who reviews the Staff Accountants’ work and personally handles the accounting that is too complex to push down.

This role is accountable for the technical accuracy of the file before it reaches the US-based Controller for final review. Client relationship management, pricing, scoping, and advisory conversations sit with the onshore team. The Accounting Manager’s job is to make sure the numbers, the support, and the workpapers are right.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Review of Staff Accountant Work

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Review bank, credit card, loan, and clearing account reconciliations for completeness and proper resolution of unreconciled items

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Review recurring journal entries, AP and AR activity, payroll postings, and supporting schedules prepared by Staff Accountants

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Return work with clear, specific review comments; verify comments are cleared before sign-off

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Enforce workpaper standards — support that ties to the trial balance, is indexed, and can be picked up by someone else without explanation

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Track and clear open items lists ahead of each close deadline

Complex Accounting Ownership

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Prepare the technical entries and schedules that fall outside Staff Accountant scope, including:

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Revenue recognition under ASC 606, including percentage-of-completion and WIP schedules for construction and project-based clients

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Lease accounting under ASC 842

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Fixed asset and depreciation schedules, capitalization decisions, and disposals

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Debt and interest accruals, amortization schedules, holdbacks, and related-party balances

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Accrual and deferral analysis, prepaid roll forwards, and cutoff testing

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Intercompany activity and multi-entity eliminations

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Cash-basis to accrual conversions and prior-period corrections

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Investigate and remediate misclassifications, plug entries, and legacy errors carried in from prior bookkeeping

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Prepare and maintain proof of cash for assigned clients

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Draft the balance sheet and income statement package for Controller review, with variance explanations noted

Close Execution

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Own the offshore side of the close calendar for assigned clients; hold Staff Accountants to task-level deadlines

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Flag risks to close timing early and propose the workaround rather than waiting for direction

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Escalate scope questions, missing client information, and judgment calls to the Controller with a recommended treatment and supporting rationale

Team Development and Documentation

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Train Staff Accountants on technical treatment, software workflows, and firm quality expectations

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Build and maintain client-specific close checklists, procedures documentation, and standard workpaper templates

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Contribute to internal process improvement and standardization across the offshore team

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

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5+ years of accounting experience, including 2+ years reviewing the work of other accountants

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Demonstrated ownership of a full-cycle monthly close through draft financial statements

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Working knowledge of US GAAP applied to private, owner-operated companies

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Strong QuickBooks Online proficiency

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Advanced Excel — structured schedules, lookups, pivot tables, and a habit of building in tie-outs

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Advanced written and verbal English; able to write review comments and escalations that need no clarification

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Ability to work independently across time zones with asynchronous direction

Preferred

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Experience supporting US-based outsourced accounting or public accounting firms

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CPA, CA, ACCA, or local equivalent

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Construction, real estate development, or project-based revenue recognition experience (WIP, job costing, retainage)

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Familiarity with Bill.com, Dext, Ramp, Gusto/ADP, and industry systems such as Buildertrend, Knowify, or SimPro

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Prior cleanup or catch-up engagement experience