Join Our Team as a Senior Accountant (Assistant Business Manager) for Musicians
Are you a strong technical accountant ready to merge your expertise with your passion for the music industry? At Leftbrain, we're revolutionizing financial services for musicians, songwriters, and producers, and we're searching for a talented Senior Accountant who can take ownership of the work and solve it. Join our fast-growing team!
Why Leftbrain?
We're not your father's accounting firm. At Leftbrain, we're rewriting the rules of business management for the creative industry. Here's what makes us unique:
- Innovative Approach: Founded in 2019, we've developed a revolutionary model that automates low-value tasks, allowing us to focus on high-impact client needs.
- Empowered Team: We believe in hiring the best, training them well, and giving them the freedom to excel. Promotions occur 30% faster than the industry standard, and our client satisfaction scores are 38.5% higher than average.
- Creative Impact: Your work will directly support artists in achieving their creative and financial goals.
- Flexible Work Environment: We offer a local-remote position allowing you the flexibility to work remotely while being based in the Greater Los Angeles area for occasional local travel.
Your Role
As a Senior Accountant, you will serve as an Assistant Business Manager, taking on a wide range of responsibilities. You'll collaborate closely with a small yet experienced team. Your responsibilities will include:
- Onboarding new clients and managing ongoing client relationships.
- Handling client inquiries, financial emergencies, and day-to-day needs.
- Leading accounting and finance projects with a broad scope of work, including closing the books quickly and accurately, cleaning up problem accounts, and compiling review-ready workpapers.
- Developing and implementing innovative processes to enhance client services, including adopting and training the team on new technology.
This is an opportunity to join an extremely fast-growing firm at its early stages and gain hands-on experience working alongside industry experts.
The Ideal Candidate
We're looking for someone who is:
- Experienced: You have 4-6 years of accounting/finance experience, including at least 2 years in public accounting, with a strong command of the fundamentals: debits and credits, reconciliations, and a fast, accurate close.
- Proactive and Organized: You're a detail-oriented self-starter who can juggle multiple projects with ease and minimal oversight.
- Entrepreneurial and Curious: You're driven to challenge the status quo and create new solutions.
- Innovative Thinker: You embrace gray areas and see them as opportunities to innovate.
- Personable and Charismatic: You thrive on client interaction and excel at building and maintaining relationships.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting from an accredited university.
- 4-6 years of accounting/finance experience (public or private).
- At least 2 years of public accounting experience at a regional or larger CPA firm.
- A strong technical foundation: reconciling and cleaning up accounts, closing the books accurately, and producing review-ready workpapers with minimal oversight.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly.
- Reside in the Los Angeles area for occasional local travel.
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA designation.
- Experience with QuickBooks Online and Bill.com.
- Background in entertainment business management.
Bonus Package
- Annual target bonus of 10% for all salaried employees.
Company Description
Leftbrain is a tech-forward business management firm dedicated to transforming how musicians and their teams handle finances. We automate and streamline low-value tasks to focus on what matters most: our clients. Our bottom-up meritocracy empowers staff to control their careers and achieve their goals on their own timeline.
While our management style isn't for everyone, the results speak for themselves. Join us and be part of a team that's setting new standards in business management for the music industry.
If this sounds like your dream role, we want to hear from you! Apply today and help us redefine what's possible in the world of accounting and financial services for creatives.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $85,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Work from home
Education:
Experience:
- public accounting at a mid-sized to large CPA firm: 2 years (Required)
- accounting (public or private; in-house or external): 4 years (Required)
Location:
- Los Angeles, CA (Required)
Work Location: Remote
