Accountant whose looking to do more than just Bookkeeping!

Are you someone who is passionate about health, wellness & fitness? Do you have an accounting background but are wanting to do more than just crunch numbers? Does working in an advisory role providing clients recommendations to improve their business sound fun!? The Accounting Analyst is responsible for accurate, timely, and consistent financial record-keeping for ACC clients. This role ensures all transactions are properly categorized, reconciled, and documented, creating clean, reliable data to deliver strategic financial insights. Candidates are expected to grow into more advanced financial analysis than just basic P&L preparation. Our ideal candidate has availability during the first two weeks of the month to focus on the prior month close for our clients. The initial phase of this role is to own the month end close process. Upon successful demonstration, our ideal contractor has capacity and willingness to expand into an analyst role in assisting with client budget preparation, monthly P&L variance analysis, cash flow forecasting and misc model or data analysis. This role is a true introduction to consulting where you will be exposed to a multitude of areas of running a business. Active Core Consulting is where studio owners become CEOs. ACC designs custom strategy across finance, operations, and sales so your business runs with structure, makes real money, and grows with intention. Contractor Qualifications: - CPA license (or in process of obtaining) - QuickBooks Certification and/or SME in NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Sage - 2-3 years of experience as an Accountant performing the month end close process - 1-2 years of experience with budgeting, financial models and analysis - Finance Systems Experience: ADP, Gusto, Stripe, - Wellness Industry Systems POS (any of these a plus): Mariana Tek, Walla, Mindbody, Momence, Arketa, Wellness Living, Boulevard Key Responsibilities -Transaction & Weekly Management -Categorize transactions across all banking and payment platforms (banks, credit cards, Stripe, PayPal, POS systems) -Ensure each transaction is posted to the correct QuickBooks account, class/location, and vendor -Maintain timely transaction posting cadence -Monitor incoming payments, refunds, and chargebacks and ensure accurate recording -Record AP and AR invoices as required per client scope -Collect and maintain required W-9s from vendors and contractors subject to 1099 reporting Month-End Close & Accuracy -Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly (cash, credit cards, loans etc.) -Maintain accurate, consistent P&L and balance sheet data in accordance with client and industry standards -Prepare books for review by client-established month-end close deadlines -Ensure balance sheet accounts are accurate, reasonable, and supported month over month -Record revenue journal entries in alignment with client POS and revenue recognition standards -Prepare revenue trend analysis for each client -Prepare the payroll JE (or ensure payroll integration accuracy) for proper payroll expense, taxes and clearing account reporting -Responsible for all ad-hoc journal entries such as loan principal vs interest, intercompany payments, and client personal expenses, cash basis to GAAP adjustments -Reviewing the AR or AP aging to ensure open invoices are reported accurately and communicating to client when invoices are ready for payment and/or past due -Year end: 1099 preparation, balance sheet tie out, communication with client CPA for any questions Forecasting & Modeling -Assist in building 36-month financial projections -Support budget planning & scenario modeling -Prepare the monthly cash flow analysis -Prepare the P&L analysis template by running all reports from both bookkeeping and POS systems and populate all recurring variance explanations using the supporting KPI and trend analysis documents to support the explanations Systems, SOPs & Onboarding Support -Maintain organized financial folders, documentation, and supporting schedules -Follow and update internal SOPs as processes evolve -Understand how client systems (POS, payroll, payment processors) flow into QuickBooks and flag broken feeds or posting issues -Onboard all new clients onto QuickBooks Success Metrics -Completion of Financial reports timely and accurately -Accuracy and reliability of dashboards & reports -Clean, accurate, audit-ready books -Demonstrated ability to analyze data and provide insights -Issues identified and escalated early -Strong, reliable support to clients -Professional and proactive communication with clients Pay Model: - 1099, you must have your own business with active LLC -each client has a fixed monthly retainer based on the specific tasks for that client -retainer hour = $40-75 based on experience and familiarity with the brick & mortar business model - this consultant will onboard with 6 clients (est 30 hrs/mo to start)