Sr US Accounting Professional

About the firm:

Citrin Cooperman is seeking a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Senior for the firm's India office. We are a growing, nationally recognized full-service accounting, tax, and consulting firm with over 1,350 partners and staff and 17 offices. The firm was founded in 1979 by Joel Cooperman and Niles Citrin and today is the 22nd largest accounting and consulting firm in the United States, and 4th among mid-Atlantic firms. Our daily mission is to help our clients "focus on what counts." We're driven to meet this mission by our passion for providing clients with an objective viewpoint and insightful advice on whatever challenges they bring to the table. The India office in Ahmedabad started in 2016 and is one of the biggest CPA firms in Gujarat as on date.

Qualifications:

Technical:

• CA Inter/CMA/MBA Fin/Chartered Accountant/CPA with 2+ years of experience OR Masters with 5+ years of experience in accounting, preferably US accounting.
• Experience in Accounting reviews
• Strong conceptual accounting knowledge with sound ability on application of US GAAP.
• Well acquainted with software/applications like Excel, Word, QBO, Xero, SAGE, NetSuite, Yardi, MS Teams, Zoom etc.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Self-starter, highly collaborative, creative, outgoing, and possesses strong financial analysis, modeling, and valuation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written business communication skills

Administrative:

• Complies with Firm department policies.
• Uses down time effectively and complying with Firms CPE requirement.
• Well-organized with ability to prioritize.

Job Description:

Responsibilities Includes, but not limited to

• Performing various accounting functions on US clients’ files including posting and reconciling Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payable, Bank and Credit Card transactions, Payroll, general Journal entries etc.
• Preparing workpapers, accounting schedules and extracting and preparation of various management reposts per clients’ needs.
• Taking a lead on projects like accounting clean-up, books rebuild, software migration, account adjustments as required, furnishing information to other departments as may be necessary.
• Reviewing work of Staff and providing constructive feedback.
• Learning new software and develop new technological skills required to perform accounting and financial reporting.
• Work allocation as per the staff availability & competency.
• Helping Staff to up-skill themselves through proper guidance.
• Adhering to deadlines of the tasks assigned and keeping the reviewer updated on the progress.
• Self-reviewing work for accuracy and completeness to ensure quality product before submitting to reviewer/manager.
• Preparing SOP for the task assigned and updating the same on regular intervals.
• Adhering to Internal policies, procedures, and controls.

Work with both India-based and US-based staff on an ongoing basis to collaborate on performing transactional activities, technical accounting activities & reporting activities.