Onboarding Senior Accountant
Individual applicants only. Accounting firms should not solicit business based on this opening.
About Uplinq
Uplinq is not your average technology company. Using the power of data, machine learning, and trusted professional insight, Uplinq will change how businesses manage their bookkeeping, accounting, and tax; consequently, altering the way businesses access and share financial insights. We are very particular about our people and steadfast in our endeavor as a team of high-capacity, highly skilled professionals – who work hard and balance it with fun and family. Joining Uplinq will be a career changer for those seeking to build something meaningful and grow professionally!
The Onboarding Senior Accountant position is perfect for someone looking to develop as a professional in the FinTech space. We operate with a small, close-knit team that is incredibly passionate about the problem we are solving. With a mix of team members with successful past startup exits, significant experience within the finance industry, and prestigious machine learning experience, Uplinq can offer incredible mentorship and learning opportunities that can't be found in many other places. If you are a self-motivated go-getter ready to add value to an early-stage startup, this is the place for you.
Things You Will Do:
Lead onboarding new clients and their entity(s). This entails running the onboarding meeting via UPLINQ’s platform, pre and post-meeting communication, information and data gathering, and company setup prior to handoff to UPLINQ’s bookkeeping team
Further develop UPLINQ’s onboarding processes to ensure an frictionless client experience and an efficient internal process
Interact with high-value clients to ensure accounts are setup optimally for UPLINQ’s bookkeeping services
Communicate and meet with clients to answer questions, gather information, and explain financial data if needed
Collaborate with the engineering team to create valuable technology solutions within the onboarding process
Share responsibility for testing the financial feasibility of future financial goals of the product
First 30 and 60 Days:
In the first 30 days you will
Familiarize yourself with UPLINQ’s system and new onboarding process
Begin to co-run onboardings with our existing team
Drive company setup work with the support of our existing team
Identify pain points and solutions, both internally and externally, within the onboarding process
In the first 60 days
You will begin to run and manage onboardings
You will own all company setup work
You will work with engineering and the bookkeeping team to better the onboarding process alongside UPLINQ’s evolving processes
Must Have Requirements:
Experience with onboarding or company setup of new bookkeeping clients
5+ years of experience with cash and accrual bookkeeping
3+ years of experience should be focused on public accounting for SMBs
You likely have experience similar to a Senior Accountant at a public accounting firm
Professionalism and customer service skills
Experience collaborating with product and/or software engineering teams
Critical thinking and problem solving abilities — you are comfortable working with the unknown, learning, and solving bookkeeping challenges. You could look at any set of books and identify issues, create an action plan to solve them and execute or oversee the action plan
Experienced and comfortable working in fast-paced environments and have the business acumen to take complex data and simplify it for company owners. Attention to detail & ability to adopt new tools and methods quickly
The ability to communicate complex data in an understandable way
Exceptional organization skills
Willing to be mentored as well as mentor others
Bonus Points:
You have experience working with tax professionals
You have experience at an early stage startup
You are familiar with Plaid and other financial technology solutions
You have experience with dashboards and data analysis
Other Qualifications:
Education
Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, math, finance, or economics is highly preferred
Open to candidates without a formal education in the areas listed above, but with significant accounting experience. Please highlight this in the application questions and your resume or cover letter
Experience
5+ years experience in public accounting or finance, managing accounting and financial operations
Significant experience with QuickBooks Online and experience adapting to new processes and software very quickly
Reasons to choose Uplinq:
Work to build something you actually believe in and solve problems creatively
Unique growth and career opportunities of an organization that will scale rapidly
Apply critical thinking and explore solutions, no assembly line development
Respect for your contribution to a continually improving, collaborative environment
Own your work and outcomes in a supportive professional environment
The excitement of a product-led agile organization
A flexible balance between work from home and in person collaboration