Bookkeeper Associate

About the role

A detail-oriented Bookkeeper is sought to support a U.S.-based client and its small-business clients. The role covers maintaining accurate accounting records, processing routine transactions, completing reconciliations, organizing supporting documentation and preparing records for review and month-end reporting. It suits someone with 1-3 years of hands-on experience in bookkeeping or public accounting who follows established procedures, spots unusual transactions and communicates questions clearly.

Key responsibilities

• Record and classify income, expenses, deposits, bills, payments and journal entries
• Reconcile bank, credit-card, loan and other balance-sheet accounts
• Review transactions for missing support, duplicates, incorrect classifications or unusual activity
• Maintain accounts payable and accounts receivable records
• Assist with invoicing, bill entry, payment tracking and collections follow-up
• Prepare month-end bookkeeping schedules and basic financial reports
• Maintain organized digital workpapers and source-document folders
• Assist with cleanup and catch-up bookkeeping projects
• Track open questions and follow up with the client or internal reviewer
• Follow the firm's chart of accounts, closing checklist, naming conventions and review notes
• Protect confidential financial, payroll and customer information

Required profile

• 1-3 years of practical bookkeeping or accounting-support experience
• Ability to perform bank and credit-card reconciliations
• Clear written and spoken English for communication with U.S.-based teams
• Willingness to work within U.S. business hours when required by the client
• Preferred: exposure to a U.S. accounting firm, multiple small-business industries, payroll, sales tax, fixed assets, loans and owner distributions, and month-end close checklists
• Preferred: ACCA / CA or a degree in accounting or finance

Required skills

• QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop or a comparable accounting system
• Double-entry bookkeeping and basic financial statements
• Accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger maintenance
• Excel or Google Sheets, including sorting, filtering, formulas and basic lookups