Overview

Career Team is a leading workforce development organization on a mission to transform lives. We blend cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes in the lives of job seekers across the country. We solve today's unemployment challenges with smart software, world-class trainers, dedicated case managers, dynamic job developers, and innovative partners.

Role Summary

The Accounting Supervisor is responsible for all financial activities across multiple projects and leads the day-to-day operations of the accounting team. Primary responsibilities focus on overseeing invoicing, analyzing, and reporting project financial status for various projects across our continuously expanding organization. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient, and must maintain a high level of accuracy and confidentiality.

This position reports directly to the VP of Finance, is fully remote, and requires the candidate to live in MST or PST time zone.

Salary: $85,000 - $90,000 based on experience

Key Supervisory and Strategic Responsibilities

• •Team Leadership: Supervise, mentor, and train accounting staff; manage workload distribution to ensure all departmental deadlines are met.
• •Review and Approval: Perform first-level review of journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements prepared by staff to ensure accuracy and GAAP compliance.
• •Process Improvement: Identify, develop, and implement streamlined accounting procedures and internal controls to enhance department efficiency.
• •Compliance Oversight: Ensure the team follows procedures and policies to facilitate effective financial reporting and compliance with Federal WIOA, local, State, and corporate policies.
• •Fiscal Management: Direct fiscal operations relating to financial planning, funds management, accounting, and reporting.
• •Budgeting and Strategy: Lead the preparation and maintenance of project budgets, forecasts, and working capital requirements.
• •Executive Liaison: Serve as a primary point of contact for senior leadership, Executive Directors, and contracts/customers, providing high-level financial insight and performance reporting.

Operational Duties

• •Policy Compliance and WIOA Stewardship: Ensure that projects fulfill all financial obligations in a timely and economic manner in accordance with established policies and WIOA guidelines.
• •Contractual and Project Coordination: Coordinate accounting activities for assigned projects, including the establishment and monitoring of contract-specific procedures.
• •Disbursement and Payroll Oversight: Oversee the processing of employee expenses, participant expenses, vendor project invoices, and program payroll analytics.
• •Revenue Cycle and Board Liaison: Manage the preparation of monthly project advance requests, invoices, and supporting documentation; interface with Workforce Boards to ensure timely payment.
• •General Ledger and Month-End: Lead month-end closing activities, including the review of Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• •Audit Management and External Relations: Manage annual audit deliverables and serve as the lead contact for periodic program audit requests.

Position Requirements

• •Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• •Experience: 7+ years of accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role.
• •Technical Expertise: Advanced knowledge of GAAP; ability to reconcile complex balance sheets and profit/loss reports.
• •WIOA/Grant Knowledge: Proven experience with budgeting and forecasts across multiple funding streams, specifically WIOA or government contracting, is highly preferred.
• •Software Proficiency: Advanced MS Excel and accounting software skills; QuickBooks, Adaptive Workday, and Expensify experience a plus.
• •Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to manage a team, foster a collaborative environment, and work effectively in a remote setting.
• •Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to translate complex financial data for non-financial management and staff.
• •Organizational Skills: High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities and meet strict month-end deadlines.
• •Integrity: Must possess high ethical standards and maintain strict confidentiality.
• •Travel: Minimal travel required to meet Project Teams and Board Staff.

About Career Team

Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization. Career Team's record of accelerating the human condition has resulted in numerous honors including recognition by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies, the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation, and features by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, and the BBC. The organization was also invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider.