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Job Title: Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Remote Based)
Hiring Company:
You’re a skilled accounting professional with previous experience handling bookkeeping and tax prep for multiple clients and you’re looking for a modern and vibrant accounting firm to call home. You have your CPA or EA (or are in pursuit of one of these licenses) and you’re looking for a home where you can put it to use as a Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer. See below, we’ve found your match!
Job Type:
Full time or Part time, W2
Location: REMOTE within the US
Compensation: $30-$35 per hour
Our client, a progressive cloud accounting firm is seeking a REMOTE Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer to join their growing team. You will work on a portfolio of clients, while intimately getting to know them and their businesses while working for a firm focused on building relationships with their clients.
Responsibilities Include:
Your tasks in this role will vary day to day. Our client has built-in, recurring deadlines that will need to be met. They keep routine, but avoid the mundane.
- Record bank, credit card, and merchant account information in the general ledger via bank feeds in the client’s accounting software
- Accounts receivable and accounts payable
- Bank, credit card, merchant account, clearing account, and other balance sheet account reconciliations
- Review data recorded during the period and close the books monthly/quarterly; prepare reports on both a cash and accrual basis
- Create and maintain workpapers for clients
- Bank, credit card, merchant account, and balance sheet account reconciliations
- Troubleshoot various software integrations (Xero, QBO, HubDoc, Expensify, Zapier, Shopify, Square, Stripe, etc)
- Sales tax preparation
- Tax projections
- Research
- Work with various state and federal agencies to register businesses, obtain EINs, register payroll, and respond to notices
- Payroll management including onboarding new employees, terminating employees, managing payroll integrations with the accounting software for proper mapping, troubleshooting payroll notices, new client setups, and payroll processing for hourly employees
- Annual income tax preparation (individual and business)
- Budget and forecasting preparation and analysis
- Work with clients to obtain necessary information and supporting documents
- Advise clients on their small business accounting and tax needs
- Keep client files organized digitally (the only time we mess with paper is when we’re counting it)
Qualifications:
If this ad speaks to you, please apply even if you feel like you might not have all of the skills below. This is just a general list, it’s by no means a requirement.
- At least five years of accounting experience, managing multiple clients preferred
- CPA preferred
- Experience working with small businesses (specifically closely held pass-through entities)
- Experience with accrual / GAAP reporting and workpapers
- Experience with preparing and advising on small business taxes (Schedule C, S-Corp, C-Corp and Partnerships)
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- A love for technology and intuitive computer skills
- Ability to take ownership, while realizing when it’s time to reach out for help
- A deep understanding of the financial statements; the relationship between them, what it all means, and the ability to explain the numbers to clients in their language
- Strong excel skills; you don’t need to know how to build macros but if a string of formulas goes awry you should be able to troubleshoot and correct
Requirements:
- Willing to undergo a background check
Current Client Benefits Offered:
- PTO
- Health insurance stipend
- 401k match
- Advancement opportunities
- Flexible schedule
- Summer Fridays
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