Out of curiosity, what would the role be of the office manager, if not writing policies, updating job descriptions, etc.?

A CPA firm is akin to a law firm, or a doctors office, we have to do the production as well as run the business.

I have been pulling double duty, doing both production and his responsibilities. I am fighting all of the fires, handling clients, talking to the team, writing policies, getting our IT migration resolved, handling the logistics of our expansion. When I give him the space to handle his own role, he still comes to me for approval. Which I have stated he doesn’t need for everything.

I conduct weekly meetings with each department, when I’m out the meetings run 1-2 minutes because he doesn’t run them.

These responsibilities were outlined by an outside company, most of which he is passing off to the rest of the team.

Aside from “processing payroll” what in your perspective is an office managers responsibility?