About the job
About Kitchen Table Consultants & Taste Profit Marketing
Kitchen Table Consultants (KTC) and Taste Profit Marketing (TPM) are sister companies on a mission to help farm and food businesses be profitable for good. We work with hundreds of farm and food businesses across the United States to help them build a new kind of food system – one that is healthier for people, better for the environment, socially responsible, and strengthens local communities.
After establishing our firm over the last 15 years we are seeking to further expand our ability to positively impact the agricultural and food systems. This means growing our team significantly. If you are looking for a career in professional services and want to work alongside an eclectic group of passionate farm and food enthusiasts then please apply!
We know that sometimes how our careers look on a resume doesn’t really explain or capture who we are as people and what we are capable of. Please use your cover letter to give us that insight!!
We also encourage you to include one solid farming or food pun or a brief explanation of your favorite tomato variety.
We look forward to getting to know you!
Benefits For All Full Time Positions
- Flexible scheduling, all work is remote
- Health, Vision & Dental
- 401k with company match
- Life Insurance
- Paid personal time off, observance of paid federal holidays and paid winter break
- Time and expenses covered for professional development
- Monthly stipend for office expenses
- bi-annual performance based bonuses
- employee ownership after 2,000 hours
- and more, apply to learn.
About The Role
Remote Full-Time. This role is part of the KTC Accounting Services team and reports directly to our Director of Accounting Services. This role is focused on providing customized managerial bookkeeping services to our clients within the context of on-going bookkeeping services or as incorporated into projects with other team members providing business consulting expertise. This is a challenging role working with complex business models in the farming and food system.
- Limited travel required (1-2 times/year) to attend in-person All Team Retreat, client in-person visits and/or attendance at conferences.
Join us and play a pivotal role in improving our clients’ financial clarity and performance while contributing to the growth and success of our team.
Target Start Date: September 9, 2024
What You’ll Do
- Create financial foundations for clients to stand on using KTC’s existing financial management structure and approach.
- Reorganize clients’ existing chart of accounts to fit KTC’s established COA standards.
- Develop and maintain QuickBooks files for clients, including enter in daily or weekly transactions, monthly reconciliations of bank, credit card, and loan accounts, post journal entries for certain accounting adjustments, and forensic cleanup and troubleshooting, as needed.
- Develop and execute monthly financial reporting packages and virtual client meetings to review them.
- Virtually teach and train clients through effective communication on business processes.
- Validate clients’ complete understanding of their financial systems by effective follow-through.
- Collaborate with KTC consultants to provide bookkeeping support to business consulting projects.
- Work with the KTC Bookkeeping Team to further develop sustainable and repeatable financial practices and processes for our clients to use.
- Assist KTC consultants with advanced analyses of accounting-related subjects, development and implementation of complex accounting processes, curating relevant client-facing tools and resources, and other such collaborations.
- Ongoing bookkeeping, which includes basic transaction maintenance; sales and accounts receivable; expenses and accounts payable; and payroll.
- Initial Setup / Cleanup, which includes set up QBO account; convert desktop file, implement COA, connect bank feeds, etc.
- Develop and refine basic accounting processes, including checks & balances for data accuracy.
- Develop client-facing simplified SOPs for any of the above (including any of the regular ongoing bookkeeping tasks).
Who You Are
- Entry level experience in accounting: Principles, theory, and application. Specific expertise in QuickBooks Online.
- One year of QuickBooks experience, QBO ProAdvisor certification preferred (required post-hire).
- Tech Savvy: Highly proficient in Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Slack, and project management software. Previous remote work experience.
- Process Improvement: Strong ability to learn from, follow, and develop written procedures for internal work and as resources for clients.
- Analytical: Fearlessly determined to dig into clients’ books, determine the appropriate courses of action in collaboration with team members, and educate clients on better processes appropriate for their level of understanding.
- Project Management: Capable of efficiently and decisively managing a multitude of tasks; highly self-directed
- Emotionally Intelligent: Exemplary skills related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
Preferred Experience & Skills
- Fluency in Spanish & English
- Experience in the farming and agriculture industry.
- Firm understanding of GAAP CPA.
- Understanding of nationwide sales tax and payroll processes.
The Pay Range For This Role Is
50,000 – 55,191 USD per year(Remote – United States)