Staff Accountant
Role Overview
The CEO’s Right Hand (TCRH) is hiring a Staff Accountant to join our remote accounting team. Based in Latin America, this role supports TCRH’s U.S. based client portfolio across a variety of industries, owning the work from transaction processing through month end close under the direction of an Accounting Manager. You are accountable for the quality of what you hand off: you review your own work through a defined close process and deliver it complete, reconciled and ready for review.
This position is ideal for an experienced accountant who is fluent in English, works independently, communicates proactively, and is looking for a long term role with a firm that invests in career growth and promotes from within. You will work alongside our controllers and fractional CFOs, with a defined path from Staff Accountant to Senior Staff Accountant and Accounting Manager.
Core Responsibilities
Transactions, Reconciliations and Close (55%)
Process day to day transactions in QuickBooks Online, including data entry, bank feed categorization and vendor bills coded against invoices and approvals
Reconcile bank, credit card and balance sheet accounts monthly; investigate differences and escalate those that need review
Record recurring accruals, prepaid releases, payroll and standard journal entries on schedule, each documented with supporting detail
Allocate revenue and expenses to classes, jobs or projects (job costing) under each client’s policy
Manage activity in client expense management platforms such as Ramp: receipts, coding, approvals and sync to the general ledger
Maintain subsidiary schedules (prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, loans and deferred revenue) and tie them to the general ledger each month
Apply customer payments only against a remittance or written instruction; hold and escalate unsupported items
Complete client specific work such as invoicing, collections follow up, billable expense tracking and KPI inputs for management reporting
Review and Analysis (15%)
Independently review the books through a defined review process before submitting work, resolving negative balances, uncategorized items, postings to parent accounts and misclassified revenue
Analyze results, identify trends and unusual movements, and flag them so the review is focused
Report close status accurately, confirming reconciliations tie and accruals are recorded, and list open items in each handoff
Client Communication and Escalation (15%)
Acknowledge client messages within 4 business hours and remain readily available to the team throughout the workday
Escalate blockers the same business day, with full context and a recommended next step
Follow up proactively with Accounting Managers and teammates; no discrepancy is too small to raise
Work within the scope of each engagement and the client’s instructions; ask before acting outside them
Process, Tools and AI (15%)
Work within TCRH’s delivery workflow and keep each client’s SOP and task list current
Use approved AI tools responsibly within TCRH’s framework, verifying all output against source documents
Record time accurately and daily against each engagement, and obtain approval before exceeding budgeted hours
Suggest process improvements once you know the workflow well
Technical Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and 2+ years of accrual basis month end close experience across multiple clients, or 5+ years of equivalent experience
Hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online (QBO ProAdvisor certification a plus)
Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
Strong command of accrual accounting, including accruals, prepaids, deferred revenue, fixed assets and reversals
End-to-end ownership of bank, credit card and balance sheet reconciliations
Working understanding of revenue recognition and how to book simple cases (advanced cases will be trained)
Payroll experience a plus but not required; training provided
Exposure to Ramp, Rippling, Gusto, ADP, Bill.com or Expensify a plus; training provided
Openness to using AI tools in the accounting workflow