Accounting Supervisor Role

WCG CPAs & Advisors / About Us / Accounting Supervisor Role

Posted Friday, May 31, 2024

Thank you for your interest in WCG. The following is high-level information for our Tax Manager role on the Tax team. We also have a Senior Tax Manager role which is very similar to the following, but with increased expectations and responsibilities including compensation.

Team Overviews

WCG CPAs & Advisors is a mid-size yet boutique tax and accounting firm with 7 partners, about 65 full-time employees and $9.2M in 2024 revenue ($11M in 2025) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We primarily engage with small business owners (S Corps, Partnerships, PCs) and complex individual tax preparation. We take a consultative approach to our client engagements by offering routine consultation and a strong focus on planning and business advisory services. However, we are still a compliance-forward, good ol’ fashioned CPA firm.

Charge hours? Not us. Tracking billable time to the 6-minute increment? No way. While WCG has hourly rates for open-ended projects and other craziness, our approach to tax and accounting engagements is very unique. We were one of the first CPA firms to offer Business Advisory Service (BAS) plans with a fixed value-based fee structure including our newly added Tax Patrol Services (TPS).

Tax Prep and Tax Support

The Tax team uses Thompson Reuters UltraTax and is self-hosted by our own servers. We also use SurePrep for electronic tax binders and annotation including their 1040SCAN solution. The Tax team will prepare about 4,100 tax returns for the 2023 tax return year (due in 2024), with a nice split of 60% individual and 40% business entity tax returns. The Tax team has a particular fondness for summers and as such we attempt to prepare 65% of our tax returns by April 15, with only 35% being extended. May, June and July are primarily tax planning months.

Tax Support does front-end and back-end support. They collect initial data from the client and assemble it into an electronic binder using SurePrep. They also collect payments and obtain efile authorizations through Canopy. The Tax Support team files about 75% of our tax return extensions with the remainder filed by the Tax team.

WCG has 27 Tax team members plus our 10 team members in India. Our Tax Support team has 7 full-time people plus 6 seasonal team members.

Accounting Services

WCG defines Accounting Services as Bookkeeping + Analysis and is an incredible value to the client from accurate financial and tax reporting to real-time tax planning and decision-making.

The Accounting Services Team currently has 8 people, including a small group in India. An Accounting Services team member works with 25-30 clients and primarily prepares monthly, bi-monthly, quad-monthly, or ad hoc financial statements using QuickBooks Online (exclusively). In addition, Accounting Services prepares and files sales and use tax including personal property tax.

Payroll Processing

Currently WCG has 6 dedicated payroll specialists who process payroll for over 800 small businesses using ADP exclusively. The Payroll team does not process payroll using a client’s platform or any type of hybrid system; either WCG does it all or we do not touch it all. Payroll is way too critical to have various systems and interactions.

Operations

WCG uses Canopy for our workflow solution, and our Operations team directly includes a Manager and two Supervisors, plus many other “stakeholders” from other teams.

Business Development

Our Business Development team has two dedicated people who draft and update proposals, repaper existing client engagements, handle corporate governance matters such as formation and S Corp elections and monitors the onboarding process for Business Advisory, Tax Patrol and Investor Patrol engagements.

Accounting Supervisor Basics

Must have 3-5 years of prior accounting, bookkeeping and / or tax experience in a public accounting firm. The pace and volume of a public accounting firm is like no other.

Must be proficient with QuickBooks Online. Must have or be willing to obtain ProAdvisor Certification.

Must be proficient with a paperless environment and workflow management concepts.

$80,000 to $95,000 total compensation. Bonuses, if offered, are considered in addition to total compensation.

Bonuses are subjectively determined and based on qualitative intangibles.

Accounting Supervisor Role Responsibilities

You will be working directly with other Accounting Services team members and be a direct report to an Accounting Services Manager. Your duties include-

1. Guiding WCG along the path of success,

2. Promoting WCG culture, and encouraging excellence and high team morale,

3. Developing and implementing WCG goals, procedures, and policies in coordination with other Partners, Directors, Managers, and employees,

4. Identifying overall improvement gaps and assisting with deploying corrective measures,

5. Providing feedback, concerns and recommendations to WCG leadership to continuously evolve Accounting Services into a better service line,

6. Assisting with development of internal policies relating to accounting, bookkeeping and analysis, and implementation of policies into existing practices,

7. Assisting in management of the Accounting Services team and its processes which includes preparing financial statements, preparing sales and property tax filings, providing accounting consulting, and other closely related functions,

8. Managing the Accounting Services onboarding process for new clients and ensuring a positive client experience,

9. Connecting with clients to gather essential information,

10. Preparing accounting records, including financial statements and other financial reports, to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standards,

11. Conducting monthly, bi-monthly, quad-monthly and ad hoc account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting, ledger maintenance, and balance sheet accounts,

12. Rebuilding prior period account reconciliations, and correcting prior deficiencies,

13. Analyzing financial statements for discrepancies and other issues,

14. Reviewing financial statements prepared by other Accounting Services team members, providing timely feedback and improvement suggestions,

15. Processing client payrolls through ADP (very limited, as secondary or backup to the payroll team)

16. Preparing personal property tax returns, sales tax returns, and use tax returns,

17. Delivering and reviewing management-use only financial statements with clients, and representing WCG and the public accounting community with integrity,

18. Resolving sales and property tax notices and other related issues,

19. Researching complex or unusual accounting questions, and drafting memos and conclusions,

20. Promoting new ideas and business solutions to existing clients and prospective clients,

21. Answering client phone calls and emails,

22. Filing and organizing electronic documents,

23. Training and leading fellow employees, and managing team members,

24. Coordinating client-centric efforts with other teams,

25. Helping to keep the workflow moving, and

26. Other tasks related to accounting, taxes and consultation.

Accounting Services Supervisor role responsibilities and duties will change from time to time depending on circumstances, your skillsets and requests, and other factors. They are reviewed, modified if necessary and agreed to during Employee Reviews.

Other Requirements

All salaried positions must work 2,000 hours annually / 12-month trailing period. Holidays and other office closures count towards the 2,000 hours (e.g., Thanksgiving would contribute 8 hours towards the 2,000-hour requirement). PTO and other employee-requested leaves do not count towards the 2,000-hour requirement. Please refer to the WCG Associate Handbook for additional information.

Accounting Services Career Path

The career path for Accounting Services includes Supervisor, Manager, Director and Partner. All new team members are considered “in-training” for a period of time which temporarily alters the role responsibilities above.

Accounting Services team members can easily transition to tax return preparation or payroll processing. Many people simply enjoy preparing financial statements while others want to explore other options. WCG does not limit any employee who wants to grow and develop, and eventually find their career path.

WCG Careers

Learn about our comprehensive training process, made to balance team experience and client service.

2024 Benefits

WCG 2024 benefits summary outlines health insurance (United Healthcare Choice Plus HDHP, employee-only), dental, and vision coverage.

Associate Handbook

This Associate Handbook was developed to describe some of the expectations we have for all associates and what you can expect from WCG.

WCG CPAs & Advisors is a full service consultation and tax preparation firm located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and we look forward to working with you!

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