Senior Accountant (Assistant Business Manager)

Why Leftbrain

We're not your father's accounting firm. At Leftbrain, we're rewriting the rules of business management for the creative industry. Here's what makes us unique:

• Innovative Approach: Founded in 2019, we've developed a revolutionary model that automates low-value tasks, allowing us to focus on high-impact client needs.
• Empowered Team: We believe in hiring the best, training them well, and giving them the freedom to excel. Promotions occur 30% faster than the industry standard, and our client satisfaction scores are 38.5% higher than average.
• Creative Impact: Your work will directly support artists in achieving their creative and financial goals.
• Flexible Work Environment: We offer a local-remote position allowing you the flexibility to work from home anywhere in Los Angeles with only in-frequent local travel requirements. This is not a hybrid position.

Your Role

As a Senior Accountant, you will serve as an Assistant Business Manager, taking on a wide range of responsibilities. You'll collaborate closely with a small yet experienced team. Your responsibilities will include:

• Onboarding new clients and managing ongoing client relationships.
• Handling client inquiries, financial emergencies, and day-to-day needs.
• Leading accounting and finance projects with a broad scope of work, including closing the books quickly and accurately, cleaning up problem accounts, and compiling review-ready workpapers.
• Developing and implementing innovative processes to enhance client services, including adopting and training the team on new technology.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for someone who is:

• Experienced: You have 4-6 years of accounting/finance experience, including at least 2 years in public accounting, with a strong command of the fundamentals: debits and credits, reconciliations, and a fast, accurate close.
• Proactive and Organized: You're a detail-oriented self-starter who can juggle multiple projects with ease and minimal oversight.
• Entrepreneurial and Curious: You're driven to challenge the status quo and create new solutions.
• Innovative Thinker: You embrace gray areas and see them as opportunities to innovate.
• Personable and Charismatic: You thrive on client interaction and excel at building and maintaining relationships.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting from an accredited university.
• 4-6 years of accounting/finance experience (public or private).
• At least 2 years of public accounting experience at a regional or larger CPA firm.
• A strong technical foundation: reconciling and cleaning up accounts, closing the books accurately, and producing review-ready workpapers with minimal oversight.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly.
• Reside in the Los Angeles area for occasional local travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online and Bill.com.
• Background in entertainment business management.

Pay Information

Base Salary: $85,000 - $110,000 per year.
Annual target bonus of 10% for all salaried employees.
Sign-on bonus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, & vision insurance.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 10 sick days per year.
• Supplement life insurance.
• Short term & long term disability insurance.

Details about the benefits are available upon request.