Huptech HR Solutions
Website:
huptechhrsolutions.com
Job details:
Job Post :- Senior Accountant (US)
Location Remote (India)
Experience :- 4+ years
We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant / Accounting Team Lead with strong hands-on knowledge of Sage Intacct to lead a team of approximately 5 accounting professionals. This is a client-facing leadership position requiring strong accounting expertise, excellent communication skills, professional presence, and the ability to manage both internal teams and client relationships. The ideal candidate will have a background similar to an MBA in Finance + CPA/CA, with experience handling accounting operations and leading teams in a client-facing environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of approximately 10 accounting professionals.
- Allocate work, monitor deliverables, and ensure timely completion of accounting activities.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Identify skill gaps and support team training and development.
- Ensure adherence to internal accounting processes, SOPs, and quality standards.
2. Accounting & Financial Operations
- Oversee day-to-day accounting activities and ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Review financial transactions, reconciliations, journal entries, accounts payable/receivable, and month-end activities.
- Review and validate financial reports before submission to clients.
- Identify discrepancies, investigate variances, and ensure timely resolution.
- Maintain high standards of accounting accuracy and compliance.
3. Sage Intacct
- Demonstrate strong working knowledge of Sage Intacct.
- Manage and review accounting activities performed through Sage Intacct.
- Support the team in resolving system/process-related accounting issues.
- Ensure appropriate use of Sage Intacct modules and accounting workflows.
- Assist in improving accounting processes and reporting through effective use of the platform.
4. Client Management
- Act as a key point of contact for international clients.
- Communicate directly with clients regarding accounting activities, reports, queries, and deliverables.
- Understand client requirements and translate them into clear instructions for the accounting team.
- Handle client escalations professionally and ensure timely resolution.
- Build and maintain strong, professional client relationships.
5. Quality & Process Improvement
- Establish and maintain quality-control checks for accounting deliverables.
- Identify process gaps and recommend improvements.
- Ensure accounting work is completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
- Develop and improve SOPs, checklists, and review mechanisms where required.
- Monitor team productivity, turnaround time, and quality metrics.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
- CPA or CA qualification preferred.
- MBA in Finance or equivalent qualification will be an added advantage.
- 3-5 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably with team-handling exposure.
- Strong hands-on experience with Sage Intacct.
- Prior experience managing or supervising an accounting team is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with US/international clients will be an advantage.
Required Skills
Technical Skills
- Sage Intacct
- General Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Accounts Payable & Receivable
- Bank & Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Month-End Closing
- Journal Entries
- Variance Analysis
- Accounting Controls
Leadership & Soft Skills
- Team Leadership & People Management
- Client Relationship Management
- Strong English Communication
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Attention to Detail
- Stakeholder Management
- Time Management
- Professional Presentation & Presence
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who is:
- Technically strong in accounting and comfortable reviewing the work of others.
- Experienced in Sage Intacct and able to guide a team on the platform.
- Confident managing a team of around 5 members.
- Comfortable communicating directly with international clients.
- Highly articulate and professional in both written and verbal communication.
- Capable of taking ownership of accounting operations rather than only executing individual tasks.
- Ideally a CPA/CA with an MBA/Finance background or an equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.
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