Senior Accountant

Sound Income Group LLC•Fort Lauderdale, FL

1h•Onsite

About The Position

At Sound Income Group, our mission is to help independent financial professionals and their clients thrive, especially those approaching or in retirement. We provide a full suite of resources across financial education, investment strategies, marketing, and practice management to support long-term success. We foster a collaborative, performance-driven culture rooted in integrity, innovation, and service. If you’re enthusiastic about making a measurable impact in the financial services space, we invite you to grow with us. The Senior Accountant is responsible for the daily accounting operations of an assigned company, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank and inter-company reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance. In addition, the role provides multi-entity oversight of expense-management workflows, ensuring accurate review, coding, and system integration across Concur, Pivot Payables, and AmexGBT. The Senior Accountant works closely with the Controller to support month-end close, financial statement preparation, and regulatory reporting.

Requirements

Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on accounting experience.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and directly relevant accounting experience may be considered.
Strong understanding of GAAP, month-end close processes, and financial statement preparation.
Demonstrated experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance.
Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines effectively, prioritize competing tasks, and maintain a high level of accuracy in all work.
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and escalate issues appropriately.
High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and commitment to data integrity.
QuickBooks – advanced proficiency required.
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel heavy).
Ability to work for extended periods at a desk using a computer.
Ability to lift up to 10 pounds if/when necessary.
Routine use of telephone and email.
Office-based role with potential travel to conferences, events, and satellite offices as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with expense-management systems and supporting cross-departmental workflows a plus.
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise version a plus.
Prior experience with Concur Expense Management a plus.

Responsibilities

Accurately record and apply all incoming deposits in QuickBooks for the assigned company, ensuring proper coding, classification, and documentation.
Perform daily cash reconciliation for assigned company, ensuring all activity is accurate and up to date.
Enter customer invoices into QuickBooks for the assigned company, ensuring accuracy and proper coding.
Review the A/R aging summary for the assigned company and contact past-due customers to support timely month-end collections.
Review and process vendor payments in QuickBooks, ensuring accuracy, proper coding, and timely disbursement.
Retrieve or request the FINRA prepaid account activity report and record related expenses in QuickBooks for the assigned company.
Process the monthly expense-sharing agreement payment to Sound Income Group for the assigned company.
Replenish the FINRA prepaid Flex account as needed, ensuring timely funding and accurate recording of related transactions.
Review and scrub all operating-expense sections of the general ledger for each company on a weekly basis, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and proper entry of memos, classes, and supporting documentation, and bring any issues to the attention of the assigned accountant.
Collect and organize all required paperwork for new vendors, including W-9s and other compliance documentation.
Maintain up-to-date vendor records in QuickBooks, ensuring all ACH vendors have a current W-9 on file with an accurate vendor type assigned.
Manage the day-to-day maintenance of the Concur system, including user support, troubleshooting, and training, escalating complex matters to the Controller as needed.
Resolve all vendor mismatches in Pivot Payables, ensuring accurate coding, timely corrections, and clear communication with relevant internal teams.
Monitor the expense-report workflow through Pivot Payables, ensuring all reports are transmitted accurately into QuickBooks and resolving any connection issues.
Ensure all departments and individual credit-card holders submit and approve their reports on time, providing follow-up and reminders as needed and informing the Controller of any significantly delayed reports.
Serve as the secondary point of contact, after the Controller, for Concur, Pivot Payables, and AmexGBT, providing support and coordination as needed.
Perform monthly bank reconciliations to ensure all cash activity is accurately recorded and aligned with financial records for the assigned company.
Complete inter-company reconciliations each month and ensure all balances are cleared by month-end.
Review and audit monthly financial statements for the assigned company to ensure accuracy, completeness, and readiness for the Controller’s final review.
Upload all required financial statements, bank reconciliations, and supporting documentation to the FINOP consultant following the Controller’s final review to support timely completion of the FINRA Focus report.
Generate the consolidated balance sheet and profit-and-loss report after the Controller has provided final approval of all underlying financial statements.
Prepare 1099 forms for the assigned company, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
Support year-end close by reviewing, auditing, and preparing financial statements and adjustments for the Controller’s final review and subsequent submission to the tax accountant and auditor.
Assist with the year-end audit by providing all requested documentation, schedules, and supporting materials in a timely and accurate manner.
Oversee and track state business filings for the companies, collaborate with Cogency on managed filings, and complete required submissions for any entities not covered, with oversight from the Controller.
Monitor the Accounting Department and SIW-Accounting email inboxes, respond to inquiries promptly, and route escalated or specialized requests to the Controller or appropriate team member.
Collaborate with the accounting team and assist with additional tasks or projects as assigned.