RSM’s Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) practice is looking for skilled professionals to join us at the Senior Associate level. RSM’s FAO practice blends to best of both worlds by providing candidates with all the career growth opportunities that come with working for a public accounting firm, while at the same time operating in private company environments on a daily basis. We provide accounting, technology and consulting services to private, lower middle market clients, with revenues ranging from $0 to $100 million. In other words, we are the accounting department for our clients. Our diverse industry base includes technology, life science, not-for-profit, consumer products and professional service organizations, just to name a few.  This position will need to work to deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities, such as month end close, financial reporting, year-end audit support, and the support of budget and forecasting activities. In addition, you will have the ability to learn and efficiently use our best-in-class cloud based technology stack. FAO Associates will have contact with our clients (CEO, COO, CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, etc.), as well as other client contacts including tax and professional service providers.

We operate in a team-based environment and have a proven track record of delivering exceptional value to our clients. The key attributes that will make someone successful in this role include:

• Assertive, collaborative, team player and desire to learn different industries and develop a Controller skill set
• Superior ability to prioritize and focus in a dynamic, multi-client environment
• Familiarity and comfort level working with cloud-based technology systems
• Willingness to learn and work with emerging technology solutions such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition), AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Accounting BOTS
• Professional presentation and great communication skills as contact with clients will be extensive
• Solid Excel skills (create tables, use formulas, pivot tables)

Responsibilities:

This is a hands-on position that requires transaction processing, account reconciliation and financial reporting skills. Duties include:

• Key point of contact for our clients Purchase to Pay, Order to Cash and Month End Close cycles
• Lead our accounts payable and accounts receivable teams for our clients
• Processes and records journal entries for revenue, prepaid expenses, fixed asset, accrued expenses, payroll, and / other month end close areas as applicable, in an accurate and timely manner
• Understands the purpose of reconciliations.  Prepares bank reconciliations and general ledger account reconciliations
• Prepare client’s monthly financial statements including month over month variance analysis and / or actual to budget analysis
• Continuously identify opportunities to enhance the clients monthly operations to make suggestions for process improvements
• Define and document repeatable methodologies with appropriate tools and templates that can be leveraged for future clients.
• Understand our technology stack and identify additional add-on processes, systems, modules and integrations that can drive month-end close efficiencies.

Qualifications 

• A minimum of a Bachelor's in accounting/finance is required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must (proactively communicates status, issues, conflicts, and priorities up, down and across the engagement team)
• Ability to balance multiple responsibilities simultaneously plus excellent analytical and decision making skills
• Experience in a public accounting firm, consulting firm or other professional services environment preferred but not required
• Proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Strong organizational skills along with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to adapt to change effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automated accounting systems (i.e. Intacct, NetSuite, Blackline, Bill.com, Tallie)
• CPA or pursuing CPA is preferred but not required