Highlights
10+ years of progressive accounting experience in a consulting and advisory firm, including 5+ years leading teams (experience managing supervisors or managers strongly preferred); multi-client or outsourced accounting experience required. Lead assigned client relationships end to end- scoping, pricing input, and onboarding, negotiate scope changes, resolve escalations with client leadership, and identify expansion opportunities in the existing base.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | NEW YORK, NY (Remote) |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $153,000–$207,000 |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1962 |
| Website | http://www.kforce.com/ |
Description
Kforce's client, a rapidly growing accounting/consulting firm in New York, is seeking a Director of Accounting Services to manage the accounting services vertical. This entails leading a team of 10 in delivering accounting, bookkeeping, monthly reporting, and audit readiness across a multi-client portfolio. This firm offers a great culture-employee-friendly with superior compensation, bonus and benefit packages, career growth, and mobility (remote work option available)
Duties:
- Partner with other firm leaders to design, document, and own firm-wide standards and workflows for client Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and other aspects of the general ledger
- Serve as reviewer and approver of monthly financial statements prior to client distribution
- Produce investor-ready, GAAP-basis financial statement packages with consistent presentation, comparative periods, and supporting detail
- Own the quality program for accounting operations
- Lead assigned client relationships end to end- scoping, pricing input, and onboarding, negotiate scope changes, resolve escalations with client leadership, and identify expansion opportunities in the existing base
- Manage engagement budgets, realization, and utilization; correct margin erosion and under-scoped clients; Partner with firm leadership on pricing, staffing, and investment decisions
- Lead responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools across close, reconciliation, and reporting
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- CPA (or active candidate) preferred
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience in a consulting and advisory firm, including 5+ years leading teams (experience managing supervisors or managers strongly preferred); multi-client or outsourced accounting experience required
- Strong working knowledge of AP, AR, prepaids, accruals, and period-end close processes
- Demonstrated ownership of engagement budgets, staffing plans, and client escalations
- Experience reviewing monthly financial statements and supporting reconciliations
- Strong communication skills
- Familiarity with audit preparation and requests, PBC list management, and auditor interaction a plus
- Strategic thinking & practice leadership
- Deadline discipline & organizational follow-through
- Accuracy with a focus on continuous learning
- Process orientation & documentation discipline
- Advanced proficiency across Excel, Keeper, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, Datarails, and Bill.com
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking “Apply Today” you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
About Company
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. Our KNOWLEDGEforce® empowers top companies to achieve their digital transformation goals. We curate teams of technical experts who deliver solutions custom-tailored to each client’s needs. These scalable, flexible outcomes are shaped by deep market knowledge, thought leadership and our multi-industry expertise.
Our integrated approach is rooted in 60 years of proven success deploying highly skilled professionals on a temporary and direct-hire basis. Each year, approximately 18,000 talented experts work with the Fortune 500 and other leading companies. Together, we deliver Great Results Through Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Sharing®.