Remote Accounting Manager – Senior Accountant

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🔥 46 minutes ago

🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Accounting Manager

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Career Directions Ltd

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2003

👥 HR Tech

💼 Consulting

🎯 Recruiter

HR Tech • Consulting • Recruitment

Career Directions Ltd. is a proactive Human Resource Management consultancy firm specializing in Strategic Labour Force Outsourcing, Recruitment, Training, Payroll Processing, and Total Human Resource Management. Established in 2003, it serves as a one-stop shop for HR-related queries and support in and around East Africa. The company aims to champion best practices in Human Resource while addressing worker needs to achieve optimum productivity and profitability, all the while contributing to the success of its partners and improving community lives. Its core values include professionalism, respect, passion, and integrity.

📋 Description

• Lead and supervise Staff Accountants and pack members • Own the quality and timeliness of assigned client financials • Assign, prioritize, monitor, and rebalance work across the pack • Coach, mentor, and provide constructive performance feedback to team members • Make accounting and operational judgment calls and take responsibility for team outcomes • Identify, research, resolve, and implement solutions to accounting, operational, and client-related problems • Organize recurring daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual responsibilities across multiple client workflows • Oversee bookkeeping and accounting for U.S.-based restaurant and multi-unit clients • Record and categorize transactions; perform and review bank and credit card reconciliations • Manage and review accounts payable and accounts receivable workflows • Prepare, review, and analyze Profit & Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statements, supporting schedules, and reconciliations • Lead month-end close processes and support quarterly hard closes, Quality Control reviews, and audits • Maintain accurate, complete, audit-ready client records and documentation in QuickBooks Online and Restaurant365 • Apply practical accounting judgment and adapt processes to client needs and changing circumstances • Develop into an increasingly client-facing accounting leader • Communicate financial information clearly with restaurant owners, operators, and financial stakeholders • Partner with Relationship Managers on client-ready financial statements and insights • Collaborate with U.S.-based accountants, Relationship Managers, Quality Control Leads, and internal support teams • Document workflows, update SOPs, identify inefficiencies, and implement approved process improvements • Use accounting technology, AI, and automation to improve efficiency and accuracy while validating automated outputs • Support client transitions from QuickBooks Online to Restaurant365 when needed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience • Minimum 7–10+ years of hands-on accounting or bookkeeping experience • CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting certification • Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience managing accounting or bookkeeping staff • Experience directing others, managing deadlines, reviewing accounting work, delivering corrective feedback, and taking responsibility for team outcomes • Strong understanding of financial statements, accrual accounting, account reconciliations, month-end close, and U.S. accounting principles and best practices • Advanced, hands-on QuickBooks Online expertise • Strong Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets skills • Excellent written and spoken English • High attention to detail and accuracy • Strong organizational and workflow-management skills • Ability to manage multiple clients and priorities simultaneously • Strong professional judgment and independent problem-solving ability • Proven ownership and follow-through • Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision • Ability to work 40 hours per week with strong overlap with U.S. business hours • Restaurant365 experience preferred but not required • Experience supporting U.S.-based clients, restaurants, franchises, hospitality businesses, multi-location organizations, client accounting services, outsourced accounting, or professional services preferred • Experience leading client calls, presenting financial information, documenting SOPs, improving processes, or using AI/automation in professional workflows preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance-based salary reviews and raises • Remote work flexibility • Opportunity to work with a diverse, dynamic team • Reasonable scheduling flexibility • Potential occasional early-morning or evening availability based on client and team needs