Achen Henderson (“AH”) is looking for a full-time* Leader of Bookkeeping Operations *who will work directly with our GURU Customers and our fast-growing GURU Team. Our Leader of Bookkeeping Operations will mentor and oversee a team of experienced bookkeepers and must have substantial customer service experience and be comfortable operating in an entirely cloud-based software environment.
The Leader of Bookkeeping Operations reports directly to the Founders at AH and is responsible for all aspects of the bookkeeping business including:
On a strategic level, you will work directly with our leadership team to understand our client’s accounting and reporting challenges and continually develop scalable, cloud-based solutions as technology changes. You will oversee client deliverables and ensure our team has met these deliverables. You and your team are the technical gurus, innovating and delivering results. This role is highly engaging and highly interactive.
You will have the ongoing support of all AH resources, including our various professional teams, to deliver timely and accurate accounting and payroll services. Extensive leadership, accounting and bookkeeping experience are required.
AH is 100% cloud-based and uses only cloud-based accounting platforms. A detailed working knowledge and advance certifications in Xero, QBO, Dext, Hubdoc, Plooto, Wagepoint, Payment Evolution, Microsoft 365/Teams and others cloud-based apps are a plus. If you don’t already have them, you will be expected to become certified when you start.
We welcome entrepreneurs who already own bookkeeping practice and have their own clients, provided they are willing to roll those clients into our broader offering in order to focus on the business. Salary, wages, benefits, and bonuses are determined by your experience and fit. All our Stakeholders are paid near the top 5% in their respective areas of expertise.
Who are we and why do we exist?
AH is a cutting edge, fast-growing and well-established business success, and professional services firm. We hire self-managed, highly motivated individuals who embody our shared Vision and Mission. AH deploys an innovative combination of technology and professional services that is unique in Canada. We offer flexible and remote work opportunities, broad professional growth potential, profit sharing, and benefits.
Our Vision
AH is a leading-edge technology-based financial services firm. We are tier 1 service providers and we are here to help entrepreneurs and business leaders build great companies.
We believe that business leaders should have support to allow them to focus on the future and on increasing the value of their company. We believe that precise and immediate financial results, insights, and guidance are critical for business leaders to realize their potential. We believe that technology is best suited to quickly and accurately capture and process data; and that people should be engaged in data entry as little as possible.
We believe in matching our destiny to our client’s successes, which is why we charge based on value, not based on time.
We see problems as opportunities, and we say “no” to working with companies who do not share our Vision so that we can give the ones that do our focus.
We believe that our sum is greater than anyone of us and that, together, we will increase the rate of private company success.
Our Mission
We deliver custom Managed Financial Services; we become our client’s virtual finance department known as Guru.
We engage in mindful collaboration with our clients so that we can understand their goals and objectives. We form strategic alliances for our clients to ensure growth and opportunity.
We give business leaders the tools, information, and guidance they need to thrive, grow revenues, manage costs, make more informed decisions, and focus on what matters the most – their clients.
Our Core Values
What is GURU?
AH manages and oversees the integrated and seamless combination of technology, strategic alliances, and in-house expertise to provide our clients with a high-performance virtual finance department. We package these services together and charge a flat monthly fee that is based on the value that we create for our clients. We provide up-to-date information to business leaders about their companies, in easy-to-understand terms, so that they can make more informed decisions. We call this “GURU.”
GURU Services include:
Job Description – Leader of Bookkeeping Operations
AH’s Leader of Bookkeeping Operations will oversee a team of bookkeepers who take care of the bookkeeping for our GURU Clients. Specifically, you will oversee:
Ethos and Skills
Job Experience Requirements
While we are primarily focused on the Ethos of a stakeholder while making hiring decisions, the Leader of Bookkeeping Operations position is a senior level position that requires a degree of requisite experience:
Other items
AH has well established and documented process maps for all internal functions. We use a comprehensive workflow management suite to keep track of ongoing work and to notify us of upcoming work. We offer comprehensive, on-the-job training to get you up to speed with our systems and your job requirements.
Guru is a new service that we have spent a good amount of time building and documenting. You will start with the systems that we have built and the lessons that we have learned and then make the role your own with a focus on accurate and timely deliverables. You_ are expected to refine existing systems and bookkeeping policies and design new ones in order to ensure a seamless and positive experience for our clients._
Sales
Although it is not a requirement, you are encouraged to participate in sales and marketing. We offer a commission to any Stakeholder who organically secures new business for AH.
Accountability
AH is a participation age company. All AH Stakeholders are accountable to all other AH Stakeholders and, of course, to our clients. You are expected to provide regular (at least bi-weekly) progress reports as to the status and progress of your work to the entire team during team check-ins.
You are expected to participate in various AH cross-functional leadership teams depending on your desires and competencies. Cross-functional teams may include Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Process Design, Compliance, Administration.
Performance metrics
Each Stakeholder at AH is encouraged to participate in setting out their own performance metrics based on their abilities and contributions. Below are examples of performance metrics on which you will be measured for the purposes of profit-sharing:
Compensation
We offer a base salary which will vary widely depending on the ethos, experience, and fit of the candidate + sales commissions after 6-months + profit sharing after 1-year + on the job training. We offer a great medical and insurance benefits package after 3 months of employment, including an HSA and a wellness account. We welcome you to work in our South Calgary office, and we also provide great technology for working remotely.
Job Type: Full-time
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