Accounting Manager

Cascade CPA is seeking an experienced and highly analytical Accounting Manager to lead and strengthen the firm’s internal accounting and financial operations. This is an internal-facing role rather than a client-facing position . The Accounting Manager will own Cascade CPA’s accounting processes, financial reporting, billing operations, cash forecasting, and related financial systems. We are looking for someone who will not simply inherit existing processes and maintain them. This person will evaluate how our accounting function operates today, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and build scalable, accurate, and well-documented processes that support a growing modern CPA firm. The Accounting Manager will manage a small internal accounting team consisting of a Bookkeeper, Biller, and Data Entry Specialist and will work closely with firm leadership to provide meaningful financial information for decision-making. Key Responsibilities Build and Own the Accounting Function Own Cascade CPA's internal accounting processes from transaction processing through monthly financial reporting. Evaluate existing accounting workflows and build processes where necessary rather than assuming current processes are correct or complete. Establish strong month-end close procedures, reconciliations, review controls, documentation, and accountability. Ensure financial records are maintained accurately and in accordance with GAAP. Build processes that are scalable, repeatable, well documented, and less dependent on individual knowledge. Continuously identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, automation, and internal controls. Own the monthly financial close and deliver timely, accurate, and meaningful financial statements to leadership. Go beyond producing financial statements by analyzing what the numbers are telling us . Prepare monthly budget-to-actual and prior-period variance analysis and investigate significant or unexpected trends. Develop reporting that provides leadership with visibility into revenue, margins, expenses, profitability, working capital, and other key financial metrics. Understand the economics of a professional services and CPA firm, including work in process (WIP), utilization, realization, billing, collections, write-offs, and engagement profitability . Develop and maintain a robust monthly cash flow forecast and provide leadership with forward-looking insight into the firm's cash position. Assist with annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. Billing, WIP & Accounts Receivable Own and continuously improve the firm's billing process. Develop strong processes around WIP review, billing timeliness, invoice accuracy, collections, and follow-up. Partner with department leaders to ensure work is billed appropriately and outstanding WIP and accounts receivable are actively managed. Build meaningful reporting around WIP, billing, collections, and related KPIs. Identify trends and exceptions requiring leadership attention. Become Cascade's internal technology champion for financial and billing workflows. Develop a deep understanding of Karbon's billing, time, WIP, invoicing, collections, reporting, and workflow capabilities. Determine how Cascade can better leverage Karbon rather than simply replicating legacy processes in a new system. Collaborate with the leadership to build meaningful dashboards and reports that help leadership understand firm performance. Train and support team members on consistent use of Karbon. Identify opportunities to improve integrations, automation, data quality, and reporting across the firm's technology stack. Manage and develop the firm's Bookkeeper, Biller, and Data Entry Specialist. Establish clear responsibilities, deadlines, review procedures, and performance expectations. Delegate transactional work appropriately while maintaining strong review and quality-control processes. Coach team members and build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and attention to detail. Ensure processes are documented so knowledge and responsibilities can be effectively transferred and cross-trained. Mergers, Acquisitions & Integration Support the financial and accounting aspects of mergers and acquisitions and post-close integration. Build and lead the accounting integration process for acquired firms , including chart of accounts, billing, accounts receivable, WIP, cash management, financial reporting, and month-end close. Develop a repeatable M&A accounting integration playbook that can be used as Cascade grows through future acquisitions. What Success Looks Like Within this role, success means: Leadership receives accurate financial statements and meaningful analysis on a consistent monthly schedule. Cascade has a reliable and forward-looking cash flow forecast. WIP, billing, collections, and profitability are clearly understood and actively managed. Month-end close processes are documented, repeatable, and efficient.Accounting processes have clear owners, controls, deadlines, and review procedures. Karbon becomes a reliable source of operational and financial information rather than simply a workflow or time-entry system. Leadership spends less time finding, reconciling, or questioning financial information and more time using it to make decisions . The internal accounting team operates effectively with appropriate delegation, review, and accountability. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Strong understanding of GAAP and accrual-basis accounting . Ability to learn and adopt any new technology. Technology savvy with QBO, Bill.com, Excel. Significant experience managing month-end close and producing financial statements. Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate variances, identify trends, and translate financial information into actionable insights. Strong understanding of accounts receivable, billing, revenue recognition, and financial controls. Experience managing and developing accounting staff.CPA firm or other professional-services experience strongly preferred. Experience with WIP accounting, time-and-billing systems, utilization, realization, and professional-services profitability strongly preferred. Experience with Karbon is helpful but not required; the successful candidate must have the curiosity and technical aptitude to become an expert user. Experience supporting or managing the financial integration of mergers and acquisitions strongly preferred, particularly experience integrating accounting systems, billing processes, financial reporting, and acquired teams. Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow modeling. #J-18808-Ljbffr