Accounting Manager (Part-Time, Remote)

**Stellar Bookkeeping Solutions · W\-2 · Fully remote (US) · $35–$40/hour** **15–25 hours/week · Core hours 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Central, with some flexibility** You notice the small inconsistency before anyone else does. The miscategorized transaction. The payroll detail that becomes a problem three months from now. The reconciliation that balances but doesn’t actually make sense. It’s just how you’re wired. You’re an experienced bookkeeper who loves the people side of this work as much as the numbers. Clients feel at ease with you, teammates come to you when they’re stuck, and you take ownership without being asked. You’re not looking for just another job. You’re looking for somewhere to plant roots. **The role** We’re a growing bookkeeping firm, and our bookkeepers handle the day\-to\-day work. **We’re hiring an Accounting Manager to make sure it’s right:** own quality review, handle the complex work that needs a more experienced eye, develop our bookkeeping team, and grow into leading client relationships. You’ll report directly to the founder and stay hands\-on with a couple of client files of your own. **What you’ll do** **Quality and team development** * Review every month\-end close and full\-cycle file across about 25 to 30 clients, in a range of industries, before it reaches a client * Handle the complex work: messy reconciliations and cleanups, trickier sales tax and payroll, bill pay, and multi\-entity books * Flag work that turns out bigger than expected, so we scope it together instead of you absorbing it * Coach through feedback: tell the bookkeeper what was off and why, focused on the fix, never the blame * Be the first stop for questions from our bookkeepers during core hours * Track deadlines, spot issues while they’re small, and bring the founder a recommended solution, not just the problem * Turn each lesson into an SOP the whole team can follow * Share your evaluation of team performance with the founder to make compensation decisions together * Keep our remote team connected: check in, make room for real conversation, celebrate wins, and bring ideas that make work fun **Your own client work** * Carry a couple of client files of your own. This is intentional: staying hands\-on keeps you learning what’s changing and what could be better, which makes you a stronger coach and leader **How the role grows** * **First 30 days:** Learn our clients, systems, and SOPs. Review alongside the founder and take on a couple of client files * **By 90 days:** Quality review is yours. Bookkeepers bring their questions to you first, you track deadlines across the roster, and you work with the founder to improve the SOPs that don’t hold up * **By 6 to 12 months:** You work side by side with the founder, who trusts your review completely. The team makes fewer repeat mistakes because of your feedback, and you start communicating directly with clients * **Beyond:** Lead client calls and financial reviews, record Loom walkthroughs, and becom