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Are you committed to accounting as a career, but ready for something with less bureaucracy and more dynamic opportunities to expand your skill set? Do you like the idea of having an immediate impact on growing businesses and working more closely with their owners? Does playing a core role in shaping the future of a financial operations consulting company appeal to you?

LUCA is a team of financial operations experts that currently serves dozens of clients across the Southeast with cloud-based accounting and finance services. We are currently looking for an energetic Director of Accounting Services who is ready to play a crucial role on our growing team and help us hit the gas on our expanding client base.

Here is what you’ll do:

• Onboard new clients by performing financial cleanups and learning all aspects of their core business operations
• Interact regularly with clients to answer questions and build relationships
• Guide our Financial Operations Associates and meet weekly with them to organize and streamline internal operations
• Review Financial Operations Associate work for accuracy and efficiency
• Analyze, prepare, and discuss client financial statements on a monthly basis
• Perform special finance projects on an ad-hoc basis
• Become a cloud integration specialist capable of building and managing tech-enabled workflows and business processes

Here are your skills and abilities:

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Analytical and operational bias (with a splash of creativity, of course!)
• Experience communicating professionally with managers and clients
• Tax experience, both state and local, as well as corporate income
• Knowledge of system design, technology implementation and configuration
• Effective time management, especially in a remote working environment
• Ability to organize and manage time-sensitive projects
• Ability to build and effectively lead a team
• Honesty and integrity in all things
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and cash flow planning

Education and Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years of accounting experience, either with a firm or business
• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent experience
• Preferred: CPA, extensive experience with QuickBooks, Xero, Netsuite, or other ERP and accounting systems.

Salary and benefits depend on experience and are negotiable.

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To apply, email your resume and a brief cover letter to hello@lucahq.com.

At LUCA, we are seeking to redefine the way small- and medium-sized businesses connect with accountants and financial experts. Our clients trust us as their accounting and finance partners. In exchange we work diligently to bring visibility, scale, and strategic advice to their businesses.

You can expect to work in a laid-back, flexible environment in the heart of downtown Birmingham - Morris Avenue - or occasionally from one of the local co-working spaces or coffee shops when you need a change of scenery. All we ask for in return is someone who loves to work hard, and play even harder, as fits the occasion.

What you'll do:

• Provide exceptional account management services for our diversified portfolio of clients, including:
• handle bank reconciliations and transaction processing
• manage accounts payable and accounts receivable
• prepare and file business license applications and renewals
• manage payroll, new employees,and terminated employees
• prepare financial reports for review and exception handling
• coordinate with clients on information requests
• Work on special tasks and projects that will undoubtedly arise each week, including onboarding new clients and attending client meetings in a support role
• Troubleshoot service-related problems, adapt to the needs of our clients, and recommend specialized solutions
• As you become familiar with the needs of our clients, provide feedback to the team on what is working well and what improvements can be made
• Build relationships with our clients and with us! We have personalities, really!

What we're looking for:

• Someone with exceptional attention to and love of detail and all things organized
• 2-3 years bookkeeping/accounting experience preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Business or completion of a certified bookkeeping course preferred (tax experience is a major plus)
• Someone with cloud-based accounting experience (e.g.,Quickbooks, Xero, Netsuite, Intacct, Accounting Seed)
• Someone who can represent themselves and LUCA well to our clients, whether in person, on the phone, or via email
• Someone who is excited to grow with our start-up and is understanding of, and adaptable to, the entrepreneurial expressway

Salary and benefits depend on experience and are negotiable.

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To apply, email your resume and a brief cover letter to hello@lucahq.com.