Compensation Overview

You will be responsible for:

• Providing client accounting and advisory services for clients in various industries ranging in size from $5M to $100M. Projects might include but not be limited to financial accounting, cost accounting, financial projections, establishing or evaluating internal controls, and evaluating accounting processes.
• Understanding client objectives and maximizing the value of the service we provide with respect to attaining those objectives.
• Collaboration with staff, seniors, and managers within CAAS to meet client deliverables on projects
• Assist in coaching, developing and training staff and seniors
• Manage client projects, workloads, and deliverables across numerous engagements, communicating priority items and status internally and externally
• Providing supervision and on-the-job training to staff assigned to engagement, or client’s internal staff
• Preparing other reports and projects as requested from time to time by PPMD’s
• Preparing or reviewing financial statements, notes, schedules, and memos for discussion between partner and the client, or for discussion between yourself and the client.
• Comfortably communicating with and serve as liaison in client engagements with client’s banker, Board, insurance agent, or other key business partners
• Communicating engagement’s progress, problems, resolutions, financial information, and other business concerns to the client
• Building relationships with, and speaking to, client personnel to obtain an understanding of their business operations, processes, and functions.
• Primarily remote working, with flexibility on hours and schedules
• Occasional travel to client sites, industry events, and to in person meetings at GHJ LA Office
• Such other duties as may be assigned

What we need from you:

• Strong analytical and communication (written and oral) skills required
• Ability to effectively manage client engagement, and to bring a strong point of view to the work
• Creative problem solver with a high level of strategic, analytical, and conceptual skills with a passion for helping clients
• Person of sound judgment, that can manage risks effectively and efficiently.
• Deep understanding of cash, accrual, and full GAAP basis of accounting
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting

What skills & experience you’ll bring to us:

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, or similar related field with a desire to build practical experience in an advisory arena
• CPA certification or pursuit of CPA or equivalent preferred, but not required
• 7+ years of accounting/assurance/client accounting experience, with a professional services firm
• Experience managing and developing a team
• Understanding of the client service industry, typical go-to-market strategies, cost structures, and key business partners
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, including experience working with and reconciling trial balances, and experience with pivot tables, lookup formulas, index/match formulas, etc. and writing up details of company’s operations, performance drivers and trends
• Experience with working on multiple engagements, and ability to prioritize and/or adjust priorities to accommodate and adopt to changes, as necessary
• Plans and presents well-organized work product
• Excellent project execution skills and client deliverable experience