Remote Senior Full-Charge Bookkeeper

Senior Full-Charge Bookkeeper

AccountingDepartment.com is the leader in outsourced virtual accounting services for businesses - and our family is growing! Perhaps your next career adventure awaits! AccountingDepartment.com never settles with status quo. We strive to make sure our staff have plenty of opportunities that broaden skill sets and ultimately enhance career satisfaction while working here. If you're someone who wants to make a difference, is a confident communicator, loves a good challenge, and happily embraces change, then we sound like a perfect match! It's been an exciting 21 years at AccountingDepartment.com! We hope you will join us as we continue this exciting revolutionary journey we are on. Your role :

The Senior Full-Charge Bookkeeper role is designed for an experienced professional who is ready for the next step in their accounting career. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, meticulous and enthusiastic with a can-do attitude. This position is responsible for handling complex accrual-based accounting tasks for multiple clients, requiring minimal direction from Controllers. The Senior Full-Charge Bookkeeper must possess strong analytical skills, excellent technical knowledge, and the ability to deliver accurate and timely results. A person in this role is comfortable using relevant knowledge, know-how and skills to convey clear and concise thoughts and ideas to clients and internal teams, both in written format and during virtual meetings. Adaptability is key to thriving in this fast-paced environment, as the role demands responsiveness to changing expectations and processes to provide exceptional value to clients.

Essential duties & responsibilities :

• Maintain books for multiple clients on an accrual basis, often with the help of an Assistant or Accountant as needed
• Completion of timely and accurate monthly close process and financial reporting, including class reporting, job-costing, analysis of account categories and defining trends
• Manage all aspects of the accounts receivable process, including unbilled revenue, deferred income, and bad debt allowances
• Manage all aspects of the accounts payable process, including vendor bills, and online payments
• Prepare cash management flash report
• Responsible for properly tracking inventory and identifying unusual or unexpected results
• Responsible for fixed asset and intangible asset management, including maintaining depreciation and amortization schedules and posting related journal entries for acquisitions and disposals
• Payroll processing using Intuit or other third-party payroll applications and review quarterly and annual reports such as : W-2, W-3, 941, and state U / E. Ability to identify and resolve payroll issues
• Support management with gathering documentation for budgets, forecasts and annual audits
• Record and maintain financing transactions, such as loans and investments, including proper classification of short-term and long-term commitments
• Evaluate lease contracts to determine short-term / long-term classification
• Calculate and prepare tax forms and payments, such as sales & use tax, property tax returns, and client-specific business tax and franchise tax filings
• Assist with review and preparation of 1099s and year-end payroll inclusions
• Updating and maintaining data for established KPIs
• Responsible for updating various dashboards and reports and budgets in Jirav
• Take full ownership of writing and updating the Client Procedure Manual to ensure it is complete and accurate at all times
• Use critical thinking to research issues and provide meaningful solutions
• Independently interpret, research, and apply knowledge to resolve technical accounting issues
• Embraces various technologies and applications to make process improvement recommendations
• Be a proactive change-agent; take the lead in identifying cumbersome processes and explore options of applying new technology to increase job efficiency and effectiveness
• Lead client meetings and provide a high-level of customer service
• Partner with client third-party advisors for exchange of data and reports
• Tracks time on client engagements and manages work to meet deadlines within established time budgets; able to explain budget variances
• Assists on special projects and additional responsibilities as needed
• Pursues opportunities for continuous learning

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Working at AccountingDepartment.com, LLC :

The people at AccountingDepartment.com, LLC are passionate about their work and are driven by innovation. Each and every day we strive for excellence. Our work environment is equal parts casual and professional. We're serious about our business and delivering the best service to our clients, but we also make it a priority to keep things fun and exciting.

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Attention Military Spouses :

For the last 21 years, we've proudly offered 100% remote, W-2 positions, and we've built an environment where career continuity is more than just a buzzword it's a reality! Whether you're stationed at a new base or relocating for a PCS, we offer military spouses the unique opportunity to continue your career without disruption. As an accounting professional, you can take your position with you and keep your career on track no matter where life takes you. We believe in family first and are proud to be a family-friendly company with an award-winning culture. In fact, we've been nominated