Job Description
Location: Remote/Virtual
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
Company Overview:
Our client offers a full suite of bookkeeping and accounting support services, from basic full-charge bookkeeping, payroll services, financial reporting, to outsourced CFO solutions.
Started in Northern Colorado in 2010, the firm now serves clients nationwide. We work with clients from all industries, with deep expertise in the nonprofit, legal and construction sectors. We aim to make a profound impact on the local economy by supporting small business owners with the highest level of accuracy and integrity in their financials. In addition to giving back to our community via volunteering and donating, they launched a bookkeeping academy in 2023. This is a mission-based school offering certification in in-depth bookkeeping and payroll training based on real-life business experience.
Job Summary:
Our client has consistently achieved double-digit growth and is expanding its team. We’re seeking a highly motivated Full-Charge Bookkeeper who shares our values of client service, collaboration, and problem-solving. People who succeed in our culture are adaptable go-getters. They’re fired up to find solutions to the gnarliest client challenges, and approach their work with curiosity, flexibility and positivity.
This role requires someone capable of running full-charge bookkeeping for multiple clients, as well as financial reporting and clean-up work. It’s not just transaction entry and reconciliation; it’s about flexing your brain muscles with concepts like prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, class tracking, sales tax entries, payroll and payroll tax, cash vs. accrual, and journal entries.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Maintain and update accounting data in QuickBooks for various clients, including account reconciliations, journal entries, sales tax filings, and generating 1099s/W-2s.
- Prepare month-end closing and year-end adjusting entries, along with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
- Process payroll and tax payments for multiple clients, managing updates, terminations, and benefit withholdings.
- Detect and reconcile payroll and payroll tax payment issues, file quarterly payroll tax returns.
- Cultivate strong, professional relationships with clients, through responsiveness, problem-solving and education.
Desired Skills And Experience
- 3+ years of experience as a Full-Charge Bookkeeper in an accounting firm or other environment with multiple clients.
- Deep knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, including AP, AR, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
- Bonus if you’ve obtained a bookkeeping certification through NACPB, AIPB, or Intuit.
- Expertise in transaction entry using GAAP, functional expense allocation, reconciliation, and financial report analysis.
- Proficiency in QuickBooks (Desktop and Online), Microsoft Excel, and other cloud-based accounting software (Xero, ADP, Gusto, Melio, Bill.com, etc.).
- Ability to multitask and manage priorities across several clients; You may touch 15 client files/month.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, the emotional intelligence, and the professionalism to inspire trust with clients.
- Comfortable in a team-oriented environment, taking direction from peers and supervisors.
- Experience with the unique funding, operational goals, and reporting requirements of nonprofits is highly desirable.
What We Offer:
- Our typical hiring range is $28-32/hr, depending on experience. We specialize in concierge-type work, aiming to serve and excel in our service delivery.
- 401K matching at 3% after a predetermined period.
- Health insurance contribution for Colorado residents.
- 100% employer-covered vision plan.
- Elective dental coverage.
- PTO/Sick Pay in addition to company-observed holidays.
- A fun-packed first quarter with exciting activities during tax accounting season!
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
