Senior Accountant - Public Accounting

Senior Accountant

Abacus! is an independent, full-service accounting and advisory firm specializing in accounting and consulting services for businesses and individuals. Join a rapidly growing organization with a strategic vision and dynamic plan. Join Abacus! Where Your Career is Adding Up! We are seeking a Senior Accountant to join our Accounting Services team in Louisville, KY. This is a client-facing role with responsibility for managing multiple client relationships, overseeing deliverables, and supporting both staff and leadership in a high-volume environment. This position is well-suited for someone who enjoys variety, can manage competing priorities, and is comfortable navigating ambiguity while maintaining professional standards and client trust.

What to Expect in This Role

Public accounting at Abacus! is demanding. Workloads can be heavy, priorities can shift, and deadlines are firm. While we are actively working toward greater balance and structure, the current environment requires flexibility, resilience, and strong time-management skills. This is a dynamic role where priorities can evolve and initiative matters. In return, the position offers meaningful responsibility, high visibility, and a genuine opportunity to influence how the firm operates as it continues to grow.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Quality & Compliance

Ensure compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, and firm policies

Review and oversee the accuracy of client deliverables

Conduct account reviews and resolve accounting issues as they arise

Client Relationship Management

Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned clients

Manage ongoing client communications and expectations

Conduct client meetings and address questions or concerns in a timely manner

Account Oversight & Service Delivery

Manage multiple client accounts and deadlines simultaneously

Coordinate with accounting, tax, and advisory teams to meet client needs

Address issues proactively in a fast-paced environment

Business Development & Growth

Identify opportunities to expand services for existing clients

Assist with proposals, renewals and client transitions

Support firm initiatives related to growth, process improvement and scalability

Reporting & Analysis

Prepare client performance and financial reports

Analyze financial data for insights to clients

What We're Looking For Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field

35 years of public accounting or client-facing experience

Strong accounting knowledge

Proficiency in QuickBooks both Online and Desktop

Strong communication and organizational skills

Ability to manage multiple clients and deadlines concurrently

Preferred Qualifications

CPA or progress toward CPA

Experience with complex client accounts

Work Environment & Schedule

Full time, salaried, exempt position

In-person role based in Louisville, KY

Occasional client travel

Standard MondayFriday schedule, 8 am -5 pm, with additional hours required during peak periods

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation for this role is designed to reflect both core responsibilities and individual contribution. This position is paid on a salary basis using a total compensation model, which includes a base salary plus performance-based incentive pay through the firm's Balanced Scorecard (BSC) program. Incentive pay is earned and a portion paid monthly based on individual performance and is included as part of the role's total compensation.

Compensation is determined based on experience, qualifications, and role alignment.

Flexible scheduling and Unlimited PTO are offered, with the understanding that time off must be planned around client and business needs

Health, and Dental Insurance with fully paid employee-only options

Company-Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance

Company-Paid Life Insurance

Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer contributions

Professional development and LinkedIn Learning access

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory duties of staff accountants. He or she will have the Senior Manager as a supervisor.

Physical & Position Demands

This position requires regular communication, close vision, and the ability to focus on detailed financial information. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The physical demands described are representative of those necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Your Abacus Experience: You'll find that things are distinctively different here at Abacus, and we're proud of it. We center on one key component: people. We foster an environment of growth, trust, and confidence and you'll see it in daily interactions, hear it regular conversations, and live it as part of our Abacus Culture.

Our Award-Winning Firm: We're proud to be recognized by local, regional, and national organizations for our distinctive culture, great work environment, and our focus on ethics, quality and economic impact. Abacus' distinctions include:

• Inside Public Accounting's Top 300 Firm in the U.S. #280 2024, 2025
• An Inside Public Accounting's Fastest Growing Firm in the U.S. - 2024
• Accounting Today's No. 16 Fastest-Growing Firm in the U.S. 2024
• An Accounting Today's Top Regional Leader in the Midwest 2023, 2024
• Inside Public Accounting's Best of the Best Firms 2023
• A Biz 417's Best Place to Work 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• An Accounting Today's Top 100 Best Firms to Work For 2009, 2010, 2020
• 2021 Better Business Bureau Torch Award Recipient highlighting ethics and quality
• Finalist for Springfield Business Journal's Economic Impact Awards 2021, 2023

Abacus! is an independent member of the Crete Professionals Alliance, is the brand name under which Abacus CPAs, LLC and Abacus Business Consulting, LLC provide professional services. Abacus CPAs, LLC and Abacus Business Consulting, LLC practice as an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations, and professional standards. Abacus CPAs, LLC is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients, and Abacus Business Consulting, LLC provide tax and business consulting services to their clients. Abacus Business Consulting, LLC is not licensed as a CPA firm. The entities falling under the Abacus! brand are independently owned and are not liable for the services provided by any other entity providing the services under the Abacus! brand. Our use of the terms "our firm" and "we" and "us" and terms of similar import, denote the alternative practice structure conducted by Abacus CPAs, LLC and Abacus Business Consulting, LLC.

Crete Professionals Alliance is an equal opportunity employer, considering all applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state of federal law.