The posting
This role is ideal for someone who is confident working end-to-end, from messy source data and bookkeeping cleanup through month-end close and financial statement preparation, using both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop.
- End-to-End Accounting Ownership: Own the full accounting cycle, from bookkeeping cleanup and reconciliations through month-end close and financial reporting.
- Diverse Client Exposure: Manage multiple client accounts across different industries, providing broad and varied accounting experience.
- Hands-On QuickBooks Expertise: Work extensively with both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop, strengthening highly marketable technical skills.
- Direct Client Partnership: Build trusted relationships with clients and serve as a key accounting point of contact.
- Career Growth & Leadership: Go beyond individual accounting work by mentoring team members, reviewing workpapers, and helping improve team standards.
- Process Improvement Opportunities: Have a real voice in improving workflows, introducing automation, and developing SOPs and standardized close processes.
- High-Impact Role: Your work directly contributes to accurate financial reporting, better client decision-making, and consistently clean, review-ready books.
Client Bookkeeping & General Ledger Management
- Manage full-cycle bookkeeping for multiple clients across industries.
- Maintain accurate general ledgers, including transaction coding, class/location tracking, and documentation standards.
Perform bookkeeping cleanups and historical catch-up work as needed.
Reconciliations & Data Quality
- Reconcile bank, credit card, loan, payroll, and key balance sheet accounts monthly.
- Identify errors, missing transactions, and misclassifications; correct issues with clear audit trail support.
Improve transaction descriptions and ensure consistent categorization.
Month-End Close
- Execute month-end close processes on a deadline-driven schedule.
- Prepare and post adjusting journal entries (accruals, prepaids, depreciation, payroll entries, etc.).
Review account fluctuations and investigate variances.
Financial Reporting
- Prepare monthly/quarterly financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and supporting schedules.
- Build management-ready reporting packages and client-facing summaries.
Assist with budgeting, cash flow tracking, and KPI reporting when requested.
Client Communication & Account Ownership
- Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned clients on accounting matters.
- Gather documents, clarify discrepancies, and communicate status updates clearly and professionally.
Maintain strong internal documentation so work is easy to review and hand off.
Team Support & Review
- Train and mentor staff on bookkeeping standards, close checklists, and best practices.
- Review workpapers and deliver constructive feedback to improve quality and consistency.
Help manage workload planning and deadlines across the team.
Process Improvement
- Identify workflow bottlenecks and recommend improvements (templates, checklists, automation, standardized close).
Champion the use of tools for efficiency (QBO/QBD features, apps, data import tools, reporting add-ons).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 4+ years of accounting experience with increasing responsibility (public accounting or outsourced accounting preferred).
- Strong working knowledge of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop (required).
- Demonstrated experience owning the workflow from transaction-level work through financial close and reporting.
- Solid understanding of GAAP fundamentals and balance sheet integrity.
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, lookups, large datasets).
- Strong written and verbal English communication, including client-facing messaging.
Organized, deadline-driven, and comfortable managing multiple client engagements.
- Additional relevant knowledge or experience related to the above requirements will be considered an advantage.
