Staff Accountant in Tifton, Georgia at SDA CPA Group, P.C.

Staff Accountant - Monthly Client Books (South Georgia)

SDA CPA Group, P.C. · Work from home in South Georgia · Full-time W-2 employee

We’re a CPA firm serving small business owners, and we’re growing in South Georgia. We’re looking for an experienced accountant who lives here and can take a group of clients' books from bank feed to finished monthly financial statements. You’ll work from home with a team based in the Atlanta area.

Compensation

• $25 an hour guaranteed, plus a monthly production incentive.

Benefits

• 80 hours of PTO from day one

• 8 paid holidays

• 401(k) match after 180 days.

• We provide your computer and equipment.

You’ll be a good fit if you have 3+ years of monthly books for multiple clients or entities, use QuickBooks Online daily, and are willing to learn AI tools. Georgia residents only.

To apply, send your resume, then complete the DISC assessment and screening questions. We can’t review applications without both. Finalists take a Kolbe A Index and complete a paid two-day working trial.

$25 hourly

• Own a group of client books from the bank feed through finished financial statements

• Reconcile accounts and close each month, including payroll entries, depreciation, and prepaid expenses

• Send statements to your manager for review, with your questions and proposed fixes already worked out

• Prepare and file sales tax returns, whether monthly, quarterly, or annual

• Answer clients’ QuickBooks Online and bookkeeping questions

• Clean up books for new or behind clients, and onboard new clients through the SDA Way process

• Use AI tools to speed up routine work and check the results before anything reaches a client, and keep ClickUp current

• 3+ years preparing monthly books and financial statements for multiple clients or entities at a CPA firm, a bookkeeping firm, or a business with several entities, such as a farm or property group

• Daily QuickBooks Online use and QBO ProAdvisor certification (Levels 1 and 2) within 90 days of hire

• Clear written and verbal communication with small business owners

• Comfortable with technology and willing to use AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT, following SDA’s rules for protecting client information

• Georgia resident authorized to work in the United States

• Preferred: sales tax filing experience, and an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field

SDA CPA Group is an accounting and tax firm that helps small business owners keep their books, payroll, and taxes in order all year, not just at tax time. Clients are in North Metro Atlanta and, increasingly, South Georgia. Our promise is simple: Relax, We Make Accounting Easy.

Most of the clients are owner-led businesses, including skilled trades, home services, healthcare, restaurants, and other service companies. We have offices in Dunwoody and Cumming, a team of 12, and plans to open in Tifton in early 2027.

SDA is a Christian-led firm. Six values guide how we work: Serve, Do the Right Thing, Communication, Process-Driven, Innovation, and Balance. We’re here for the long term with the clients and with our team.