Senior US Tax Accountant

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TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

$2,800/mo

HOURS PER WEEK

40

DATE UPDATED

Mar 19, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

At About Profit, we are ALL about advising small business clients on maximizing their profitability. We are one of only 60 Profit First Mastery Certified Firms in the United States. That means we are the go-to experts in cash management and profitability for savvy small business owners who have cash in the bank to correlate to their profitability.

Even though our team stretches across the country, we work with a Staten Island hustle and a Brooklyn grind that our clients love.

Our team is growing! We need a Senior Accountant.

About Profit's Core Values

No A**holes: We promote positive interactions and are free from toxic behavior.
Friendly: We create a welcoming and approachable work environment.
Personable: We are genuine and create relatable interactions within the workplace.

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Key Responsibilities

#1. Complete clean-up for new clients - including fixing issues, reconciling accounts, completing client notes, and creating the REVIEW SHEET for the client's financials.
Measure of Success: New clients' books are ready for bookkeeping staff to begin ongoing monthly work within seven business days of initiating client onboarding

#2. Reply to customer emails quickly and efficiently.
Measure of Success: 100% of emails are acknowledged during the same business day with a thoughtful and helpful reply. 90% of client requests do not incur a second request/-inquiry from the client because their initial request was sufficiently fulfilled.

#3. Tee-up tax returns for Tax Managers to complete by reviewing clients' accounting files, reconciling balances to end-of-year bank account statements, flagging and getting resolution on any issues that would impact the accuracy of data in preparing the return, and completing data entry into the tax software.
Measure of Success: Complete daily assigned tax work in the budgeted time allotted for each work card in Carbon (project management software)

#4. Pull and review Monthly Financial Statements for assigned full-service bookkeeping and tax accounting clients, including:
Annual Comparison
% of Income Comparison by Month
Cross-check against clients' other applicable software/systems that feed or are reflected in their financials
Review balance sheet and corresponding accounts such as Sales Tax, Payroll, A/R, A/P, Inventory, etc.
Measure of Success: Provide feedback to bookkeeping staff to ensure 10% or less rate of recurring errors.

#5. Proactively identify the "out of the normal" exceptions, errors, and opportunities for improvement - especially when backing up Junior Accountant
Measure of Success: Complete regular, monthly 1:1 meetings with individual bookkeepers and interns - including providing written notes highlighting at least five learning and/or problem-solving points with each bookkeeper or intern

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field
At least 3 years of US bookkeeping experience with a US accounting firm
Required proficiency in QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) and QuickBooks Online (QBO)
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Tech-savvy, with proficiency in tools such as Excel and automation applications.
Night Shift in Philippines - 10a - 6p EST (New York City, USA)

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