Manager, Client Accounting & Advisory Services (Restaurant, Franchise, & Hospitality)

Aprio•Conyers, GA

34d

About The Position

Aprio is seeking a Manager, Client Accounting Advisory Services for its Restaurant, Franchise & Hospitality practice to lead accounting engagements for clients in those industries. The Manager serves as the primary accounting contact and trusted advisor for assigned clients, combining technical expertise, operational insight, and team leadership to provide accurate and timely financial reporting. The role coaches and develops accounting professionals and drives quality, process improvement, and technology adoption across engagements. The Manager owns client accounting and reporting deliverables, leads month-end and year-end close, and prepares and reviews documentation and workpapers. The position also leads client financial reviews, helps clients improve reporting and workflows, and develops team members through coaching and feedback. It maintains quality, privacy, documentation, and internal control standards while monitoring engagement scope, efficiency, and profitability and identifying ways to improve processes with technology, automation, and AI. Aprio is a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm with 40 U.S. office locations, international offices, and more than 3,200 team members who speak over 60 languages. The firm describes a flexible working environment with remote and hybrid options and offers professional growth opportunities and benefits for full-time team members.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on workpaper preparation, account reconciliations, month-end close, and financial statement preparation or review.
Strong knowledge of GAAP and core accounting processes, with professional judgment to evaluate information critically.
Experience guiding, supervising, or reviewing the work of other accounting professionals.
Ability to connect financial results to business operations and explain data-driven insights clearly to non-accounting leaders.
Judgment and organization to manage multiple clients, competing priorities, and deadline-driven deliverables.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, comfort with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools, and curiosity about technologies that improve accounting and advisory work.

Nice To Haves

CPA or equivalent certification.
Experience supporting restaurant, franchise, hospitality, multi-entity, or multi-location businesses.
Background in outsourced accounting, CAS, public accounting, or another multi-client professional-services environment.
Experience improving accounting, reporting, analytics, or client-service workflows through technology or automation.

Responsibilities

Own accounting and financial reporting for assigned clients, including agreed-upon deliverables, deadlines, responsibilities, and scope.
Lead month-end and year-end close, using technology and automation where appropriate to improve consistency, identify exceptions, and accelerate routine work.
Prepare and review complete, accurate, well-supported workpapers documenting account activity, reconciliations, conclusions, and the audit trail for financial reporting.
Establish consistent workpaper preparation standards and keep supporting schedules organized, current, and ready for review.
Apply accounting expertise and professional judgment to identify trends, investigate anomalies, and recommend practical solutions.
Serve as the primary accounting contact and trusted advisor for assigned clients.
Lead financial reviews that connect operational context and financial data and make results and performance drivers clear and actionable.
Help clients improve reporting, forecasting, and workflows to increase business visibility and support decision-making.
Coach engagement teams and develop their technical, advisory, and leadership capabilities.
Provide timely review and feedback while reinforcing firm standards and sound accounting practices.
Set priorities, balance workloads, and foster accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and thoughtful technology adoption.
Take on increasing leadership responsibility across client relationships, team development, and engagement performance.
Maintain quality, data privacy, documentation, and internal control standards across engagements.
Identify and lead process improvements, including appropriate uses of automation and AI, to enhance accuracy, efficiency, analysis, and client experience.
Monitor engagement scope, efficiency, and profitability and help scale successful workflows across engagements.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance beginning on the first day of employment.
Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account.
401(k) with profit sharing.
9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure.
Parental leave coverage for primary and secondary caregivers.
Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with a cash incentive upon completion.
Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group, and individual performance.
Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales.
Wellness program.
Flexible working environment, including remote and hybrid options.
Competitive compensation.
Professional growth and continuous learning opportunities.