Accountant

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer
Start Date: Ideally June 3, 2024
Job Type: Full-time (40 hours per week), fully remote

Salary: $70,000-75,000

Location: Must reside in one of the following states in the US: Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, or Vermont
Application Deadline: Extended to Sunday, May 5 at midnight Eastern time. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

About the Opportunity

Reos Partners is seeking a skilled Accountant to support our small boutique consulting company with a mission to support systems change.

This person will work with our Chief Financial Officer to support accounting, bookkeeping, reporting, document filing, expense and time reporting, coordination with staff and vendors regarding expenses and invoices, and other financial and tax responsibilities. 

This position requires an individual who is highly motivated, independent, professional, and enthusiastic to learn and be part of a fast-paced, creative company with a social mission to support systems change. They must be extremely detail-oriented and pay great attention to accuracy and precision.

About Reos Partners

Reos Partners is a social impact company that partners with multi-stakeholder groups worldwide who are seeking to make systemic change on pressing societal issues. We design and facilitate innovative, adaptive strategies that enable these diverse groups to work together across differences, enabling the potential for fast, big, and fair results.

Reos Partners has offices on three continents. The Accountant would be hired by and working with the North America office which has less than 20 staff working remotely across US and Canada.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Assist with preparing and reviewing reports and other financial data for tax filings, monthly/quarterly management reporting, and other, in both the US and Canada.
• Assist with monthly and quarterly Sales Tax reporting, in both the US and Canada.
• Assist with annual corporate filings, in both the US and Canada.
• Assist with cashflow forecasting and management.
• Manage tax correspondence, for both the US and Canada (Federal, State, and Provincial).
• Manage PIFs (Project Initiation Forms) and setting up of project in all systems (Xero, Harvest, Expensify, Asana, and other).
• Initiate new reporting frameworks for better project management
• Assist with preparing and managing budgets, and variance analysis, for both the overall company budget and individual project budgets.
• Accounts Receivable; create invoices in Xero, reconciling, and other AR tasks.
• Accounts Payable; reviewing and entering bills into Xero, reconciling, and other AP tasks.
• Reconcile bank and company credit card transactions in Xero.
• Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation.
• Review, verify, and approve Expensify reports.
• Assist with bi-weekly payroll processing, and benefit calculations, as required.
• Manage and update company software accounts and billing plans.
• File documents (invoices, bills, payroll reports, and other) in the proper Dropbox folder.
• Document and update financial processes in Company Blue Book to ensure proper knowledge management.
• Ad-hoc administrative support as required.

Qualifications

Necessary:

• CPA/CMA certified. Other formal qualifications such as Bachelors or Masters in Accounting will be considered.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high level of thoroughness, accuracy, organization, and attention to detail.
• Good time management skills and strong independent work ethic
• Experience evaluating finance tech platforms and ability to identify opportunities for greater efficiency
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, and able to consistently communicate in a professional and cheerful demeanor.
• Proven ability to prioritize and multi-task, flexibly adjust priorities when necessary, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines in an ever-changing environment.
• You have a high level of integrity around ethical matters and are able to uphold a strict level of confidentiality and discretion.
• Strong interpersonal skills and cultural awareness with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively across differences in backgrounds and working styles
• You are a team player, and want to contribute to building a dynamic, growing, high-impact organization.
• You have a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace
• You are driven to make a difference and are energized by Reos Partners’ work.
• You are willing to invest time to increase your knowledge base and competencies, both individually and through collective growth.
• Comfortable with the Mac platform and a wide range of software including Google Suite (Mail, Calendar, Drive), Microsoft Office Suite, and the ability to become familiar with firm-specific software.
  
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Reos Partners as the employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Preferred:

• Min. 3 years of accounting experience in a small-to-medium private company.
• Experience with Xero, Harvest, Expensify, Asana, Dropbox
• Experience setting up and managing financial projects across multiple systems
• Experience preparing and reviewing tax returns
• Experience with payroll and/or benefits management
• Highly proficient with Excel spreadsheets, including ability to use VLOOKUP and pivot tables
• French proficiency for reading paperwork from Quebec provincial government
• Located in the Eastern time zone
• Cross border US-Canada accounting experience
• Experience working various US states’ tax rules

Working Conditions

This job requires the employee to work virtually on a laptop that Reos will provide. Staff meet face-to-face once or twice a year for retreats.

Reos Partners is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected grounds, in accordance with applicable laws or regulations.  Reos Partners will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Reos Partners is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please let us know.

Benefits

This position comes with a competitive benefits package including 40 days of paid time off (includes all holidays, sick days, personal days, and vacation), health insurance coverage and retirement benefits.

Application

To apply, please fill out our application and include your resume, cover letter, and 2-3 references. The cover letter should outline the work experiences that make you qualified for this position and should explain why you are interested in working for Reos Partners. 

For questions about the job or application, please email admin-rna@reospartners.com