[Remote] Transition GL Accountant (30-40% travel)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. My Financial Partner, a wholly owned subsidiary of Teamshares, is hiring a Transition GL Accountant for its accounting transition team. The role cleans up and standardizes acquired companies’ accounting records, supports month-end close and system migrations, and hands off reliable processes to ongoing accounting teams.

Responsibilities

• Clean up payroll/benefits liabilities and expenses, accruals, deferred revenue, AP, ST/LT liabilities, prepaids, inventory, customer deposits, and chart-of-accounts mapping before handing off to the on-going MFP teammates
• Report findings straight to the Sr. Transition Controller and flag the big stuff fast
• Assist with GL/ERP migrations, system integrations, and testing
• Reconcile everything on the balance sheet — cash, credit cards, fixed assets, tax liabilities, payroll liabilities, etc
• Turn paper-and-spreadsheet processes into clean, automated ones
• Serve as the primary G/L accountant for multiple NCs in transition
• Determine and implement snazzy accounting entries such as accruals, reserves, reclasses, and intercompany entries
• Coach onsite finance leads on AR standard practices — payment application, collections hygiene
• Modernize and streamline AP tools (e.g. bill.com and Charted), tighten credit-card transaction syncing and coding/approval processes, and coordinate payment releases with the NC President
• Sync and reconcile cash, credit cards, and payroll to the right GL accounts
• Map legacy charts of accounts (COA) onto Teamshares' standardized COA
• Configure the GL — account structure, segments, dimensions, reporting hierarchy — so reporting is useful yet efficient
• Spot ERP-driven and accrual/estimation process improvements, especially anything that shortens the month-end close
• Review inventory processes and COGS recognition for alignment with how the business recognizes revenue
• Turn complicated transactions into insights the NC leadership can actually use
• Clean up inherited reporting and accrual calculations that don't hold together and build a reliable baseline
• Keep the books audit-ready throughout the transition — not just at handoff
• Support audit, tax, and due-diligence requests with airtight documentation and digital audit trails
• Identify control and process gaps before they become audit findings
• Automate the manual, siloed, and disconnected — every fix should scale to the next NC
• Partner with MFP Controllers, GL Accountants, and Teamshares to keep systems and data in sync
• Show up to meetings ready to speak up and flag risks and inefficiencies early
• Translate accounting impact into plain business terms
• Train onsite NC staff on new workflows and close responsibilities
• Document SOPs and training materials in MFP's Google Drive — build it once, use it until we find a better way
• Join recurring knowledge-transfer sessions
• Hand off month-end close cleanly to the on-going MFP team
• Help refine the onboarding playbook and KPIs with the MFP Transitions Team

Skills

• Must reside in the US
• Get hives at the thought of procrastination, disorganization, lack of documentation, and filing paper documents
• Desire a new accounting puzzle to solve as soon the current puzzle is at 90%
• Love janitorial accounting (a good clean up and facelift of the books) and you're not afraid to use a different kind of mop, broom, or vacuum - with or without the instruction manual
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Don't need a roadmap for every new system. You like assembling furniture without the manual yet you use the manual as a reference when needed
• Meet NC staff and teammates where they are at and help them get over the finish line. If they trip, you help them cross the finish line
• Wear the hat of an accounting professor and explain accounting to NC staff and teammates in chewable bites
• Like small-business scrappiness backed by big-company rigor and internal control standards
• Have a high frustration tolerance. You know you'll figure out the puzzle soon
• Constant technological and process changes don't phase you. You don't skip a beat. You hardly blink
• Live our values, "Trust comes first, take initiative, make things better, act thoughtfully and be dependable."

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA; 100% paid for employee (and dependents on most plans)
• 15 days of vacation time
• Paid time off for 19 holidays, 5 sick days, and one floating holiday of your choice
• Ongoing support and advice from Teamshares accounting, finance, and small business experts
• Remote work; 30-40% travel expected, and must reside in the US

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