Edge Staffing

Accounting Director

Edge Staffing

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Build the long-term structure of the accounting department.
  • Develop layered roles, lead hiring strategy, and shape team design.
  • Forecasting capacity, workload planning, pricing, margins, and future service models.
  • Run the department with minimal oversight while operating with high autonomy and clear accountability.
  • Grow and shape our accounting team through recruitment, mentoring, strong leadership, and ongoing skill development.
  • Lead and mentor accounting team members in daily, monthly, and project-based work.
  • Oversee performance, training, accountability, and capacity planning.
  • Maintain a culture of clarity, accuracy, responsiveness, and initiative.
  • Lead and manage the month end process by guiding senior accountants, reviewing outcomes, and troubleshooting higher level issues when needed.
  • Provide high level review of financial statements for accuracy and quality.
  • Ensure reporting is clear, actionable, and consistent across the client base.
  • Own improvements to the accounting tech stack, including evaluating and implementing automation and AI assisted solutions where they add value.
  • Bring experience improving accounting processes and strengthening workflow effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Improve and document accounting workflows and SOPs.
  • Identify and address operational bottlenecks.
  • Communicate clearly with non-accountant business owners and explain financial results in practical terms.
  • Translate financial statements and KPIs into clear, practical insights for business owners.
  • Demonstrates strong written and video communication skills when working with clients and supporting the team.
  • Step into client escalations when needed, providing clarity and resolution.
  • Support staff in managing client communication during month end cycles.
  • Maintain professional, practical, and clear communication standards.
  • Work with onboarding staff to ensure new clients are set up properly.
  • Oversee cleanup, back work, and system configuration for new accounts.
  • Ensure a smooth transition from onboarding team to ongoing accounting team

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
  • CPA preferred but not required.
  • 6 or more years of experience in public accounting or outsourced accounting.
  • Experience supervising staff and managing accounting operations.
  • Leadership experience within a client accounting services (CAS) or multi-client accounting model.
  • Ability to troubleshoot accounting issues and guide team members toward solutions.
  • Strong understanding of financial reporting standards and month end best practices.
  • Proven success working in a virtual environment.
  • Comfort with modern cloud-based systems and willingness to adopt new technologies.
  • High ownership and initiative.
  • Growth minded, resourceful, practical, and steady during challenges.
  • Comfortable leading change in workflows, expectations, and team structure.
  • Strong judgment and ability to make decisions with limited direction.
  • Skilled at conveying complex financial information clearly.
  • Organized, detail oriented, and consistent in follow through.
  • Thrive in fast moving environments.
  • Enjoy developing people and leading teams.
  • Communicate with clarity, confidence, and practicality.
  • Able to quickly learn and apply industry specific insights that matter to fitness business performance.
Benefits
  • Opportunity to shape a growing department and build scalable processes.
  • Be the department head now and as we scale to more than $5M in revenue.
  • Remote first workplace with modern systems and tools.
  • A culture that values clarity, integrity, and continuous improvement.
  • Strong demand for our services and a long waitlist of future clients.
  • Flexibility built on trust, autonomy, and clear expectations.
  • Competitive compensation $120,000-$140,000, 20 days PTO, health insurance, and 401k.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
financial reportingaccounting processesworkload planningpricingmarginsfinancial statementsaccounting workflowsSOPsautomationAI assisted solutions
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizationalinitiativejudgmentadaptabilitydetail orientedteam development
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in AccountingCPA