Distinct Tax Consulting Group Accounting Lead Atlanta, GA · Full time

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Responsibilities:

1. Functions in various capacities including Controller, CFO, or Project Leader for clients
2. Demonstrates an ability to manage multiple client stakeholders simultaneously
3. Prepares miscellaneous accounting reports
4. Participates and leads various ad hoc projects
5. Overseeing the day-to-day accounting operations of the company.
6. Ensuring that financial records are accurate, complete, and comply with accounting principles and standards.
7. Preparing and reviewing financial statements and reports.
8. Managing relationships with external auditors and ensuring that their services are delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner.
9. Oversees all aspects of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing
10. Demonstrates an ability to perform due diligence procedures for clients
11. Prepare budgets for clients
12. Conduct Budget to Actual analysis
13. Assists clients with SEC Reporting
14. Resolves complex accounting issues, and assist clients with implementation of new accounting pronouncements including ASC606 and ASC842
15. Other duties as required
16. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
17. Knowledge of / learn the company mission, vision, and values.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, required; focus in Accounting preferred
• Five (5) or more years related experience, required
• Experience working with public, private or private equity companies, required
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, QuickBooks or SAP, required
• Professional services industry experience, preferred
• Public Accounting experience, preferred
• Experience with MS Excel at advanced level, preferred
• CPA, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Technical skills commensurate with level of experience
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism even under pressure
• Team player and contribute knowledge as well as ask for help
• Fast learner and able to work ethically and effectively
• Strong interpersonal and oral and written communications skills with ability to effectively interact with customers at all levels of customers’ and internal organization
• Continually strive to improve interpersonal, management, functional, and technical skills set
• Ability to travel minimum of 35%, preferred