Accounting Team Leader

If Empowering an Accounting Team while Making a Difference to the Small Business Community Sounds Exciting to you - This is your Calling!

This is a Full Time position with the option of working Remote or Onsite (if local to Wilmington, DE)

Breakwater Accounting & Advisory provides outsourced bookkeeping and accounting services to businesses and nonprofit organizations across the U.S. We embrace technology to work smarter, not harder, and aim to deliver value-added service to every client. We are a Woman-Lead company, rated a Top Workplace by the Delaware News Journal for four years in a row and featured on the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.

At Breakwater, we offer a flexible, positive, and energetic workplace where teamwork and initiative are highly valued. Our culture thrives on positivity and a customer service-oriented focus.

Our Philosophy is:
Great people first, technology-forward thinking second – with just the right combination.

At Breakwater, our Team Leaders play a vital role in delivering high-quality accounting services while developing a team of dedicated professionals. This is a people-first leadership position, focused on client service, staff development, and operational excellence.

• Empower and mentor junior staff - helping them grow themselves and their careers
• Lead regular check-ins, build relationships with your team and guide them with a focus on quality work
• Provide solutions to the challenges your staff faces, removing roadblocks for them to achieve their goals
• Foster a positive, accountable environment that supports our people

• Directly manage clients, ensuring service quality and building trusted relationships.
• Oversee and contribute to financial account activity, including classifications, reconciliations, and month-end entries.
• Partner with specialists and associates to delegate appropriately and maintain quality standards.
• Proactively manage communications and maintain long-term, high-satisfaction partnerships.
• Monitor pricing, scope, and workflow efficiency. Raise concerns and discuss scope adjustments with leadership at least quarterly.

A team-first, detail-savvy leader who can coach, manage, and elevate a group of accountants and bookkeepers while championing workflow efficiency and high-quality delivery across the company.

All of our team members are guided by Breakwater’s Core Principles. We are: proactive, positive, purposeful, protective, prepared, and principled.

• 8+ years of experience in bookkeeping/accounting; multi-client experience strongly preferred
• Strong working knowledge of Quick Books Online and other cloud-based tools
• Prior experience coaching or managing accounting professionals
• Deep understanding of financial reporting workflows and accounting operations
• Ability to drive accountability, performance, and process improvement
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• A proactive, tech-forward mindset and a collaborative approach to leadership

• A base salary of $70,
• FIVE WEEKS of PTO on top of company-observed holidays
• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• We'll help you save for your golden years with a 401K company match
• A supportive, friendly, fun culture that fundamentally values work/life balance

Breakwater Accounting + Advisory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.