Jr Accountant-Bookkeeper

Overview

This role involves full-cycle accounting and bookkeeping support for a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries, including government contractors (GovCon). The position is part-time and requires an experienced bookkeeper/accountant who can work independently, manage recurring client deadlines, and produce accurate, well-supported books for senior review with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate general ledger and chart-of-account records for assigned clients.
• Perform full-cycle bookkeeping.
• Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable, including:
  • Prepare invoices and record receipts
  • Enter vendor bills
  • Apply payments and credits
  • Monitor outstanding balances
• Complete payroll accounting, including:
  • Record payroll activity
  • Employer taxes
  • Deductions and payroll liabilities
  • Payroll clearing accounts
• Perform monthly bank and credit-card reconciliations.
• Reconcile applicable balance-sheet accounts, including:
  • A/R, A/P, payroll liabilities, loans, prepaid expenses, and accruals
• Prepare routine and adjusting journal entries.
• Review the general ledger for:
  • Duplicate transactions
  • Misclassifications
  • Unusual balances
  • Missing transactions
  • Other discrepancies
• Complete assigned month-end close procedures.
• Prepare and/or review:
  • Balance Sheets
  • Profit and Loss Statements
  • Trial Balances
  • A/R and A/P aging reports
  • Supporting schedules
• Maintain complete supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Communicate directly and professionally with clients regarding missing information, questions, reconciliations, and deadlines.
• Independently research and resolve routine accounting discrepancies.
• Escalate unusual, material, or technically complex matters for senior review.

Requirements

• Minimum five (5) years of professional bookkeeping or accounting experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on QuickBooks Online experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on QuickBooks Desktop experience.
• Demonstrated experience with full-cycle bookkeeping, including:
  • Accounts payable and accounts receivable
  • Payroll accounting
  • General ledger maintenance
  • Reconciliations
  • Journal entries
  • Month-end close
• Experience supporting multiple clients or business entities simultaneously, with the ability to move efficiently among differing accounting structures and priorities.
• Strong practical knowledge of debits and credits, accruals, prepaid expenses, payroll liabilities, loans, fixed assets, and adjusting entries.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, sorting/filtering, lookup functions, and reconciliation schedules.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, confidentiality, and time-management skills.
• Ability to take ownership of assigned client books and move the accounting process through transaction recording, reconciliation, and month-end close.
• Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to data entry, bank-feed categorization, or basic transaction processing without responsibility for reconciliations, general ledger review, and month-end close will not meet requirements.

Government Contracting (GovCon) Experience

• GovCon experience is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with direct and indirect cost classification, fringe/overhead/G&A accounts, job or contract cost tracking, labor and payroll allocation, timekeeping reconciliation, contract billing support, unallowable-cost segregation, and DCAA-ready accounting environments is highly desirable.
• The role does not require a GovCon compliance expert, but the candidate must follow established GovCon accounting procedures and recognize when escalation is needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification preferred.
• Experience in an accounting, bookkeeping, CPA, outsourced accounting, or professional-services firm.
• Experience with ADP or another payroll platform is a plus.
• Experience with job costing, class/project tracking, indirect-cost structures, and government-contracting accounting is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

No compensation or benefits details were provided.

Location

Remote position.