Bookkeeper

The Bookkeeper coordinates and communicates with client staff to gather information for keeping accurate accounting records.  Maintains records of financial transactions for clients.  Verifies, allocates, and posts details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts – posting from sales slips, invoices, receipts, check stubs, and computer printouts.  Summarizes details in separate ledgers and transfers data to general ledger.  Reconciles and balances accounts.  May compile reports to show statistics, such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to operation of business. May calculate employee wages and prepare checks for payment of wages.  May prepare payroll tax deposits, quarterly payroll tax returns and annual payroll reporting forms.

Bookeeper Duties & Responsibilities     

• Maintains a thorough understanding of departmental procedures and company policy
• Performs detailed research/adjustment functions
• Assists other staff to balance workloads in the department and cross train on clients
• Ensures adequate coverage of all duties is maintained in order to meet daily deadlines and acts as back-up to cover staff shortages
• Responsible for compliance with established departmental procedures and processes 
• Utilizes appropriate departmental checklist and standard forms
• Resolves processing problems

Bookkeeper Required Education, Skills, & Qualifications

• Potential candidates should have good communication and computer skills and be team players who are motivated to work in a fast-paced environment 
• Must be customer focused and able to juggle multiple tasks
• Develop collaborative relationships with diverse people and points of view
• Interpersonal Communication
• Business writing skills
• Communicate effectively across various cultural groups
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• QuickBooks desktop and QuickBooks Online certification and/or experience required
• Four-year accounting degree or equivalent experience required

**This position may be required to work weekends depending on workflow and busy seasons.