Remote | Part-Time | W-2 Employee

$25-$30/hour, depending on experience

Somerville Accounting Solutions is seeking an experienced part-time Staff Bookkeeper to support our growing portfolio of clients.

We provide outsourced bookkeeping, accounting, controller, and CFO services to businesses, churches, and nonprofit organizations throughout the United States.

This is a hands-on bookkeeping position working directly with the owner. We are looking for someone who can take responsibility for assigned bookkeeping work, meet deadlines, identify problems, and deliver accurate records that are ready for controller review.

This is a U.S.-based W-2 employee position. We are not hiring an independent contractor, offshore provider, bookkeeping company, or staffing agency.

What You'll Do

• Maintain client books in QuickBooks Online
• Categorize and review transactions
• Reconcile bank and credit card accounts
• Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable
• Record deposits, payments, transfers, and journal entries
• Assist with payroll entries and reconciliations
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts
• Assist with month-end close
• Maintain vendor records and W-9 documentation
• Research discrepancies and unusual transactions
• Maintain supporting documentation
• Follow client-specific accounting procedures and internal controls
• Keep assigned work organized across multiple clients
• Clearly communicate questions, outstanding items, and deadlines
• Prepare clean and accurate accounting records for Controller/CFO review

What We're Looking For

Required

• 5+ years of professional bookkeeping or accounting experience
• Strong QuickBooks Online experience
• Solid understanding of debits, credits, and basic accounting principles
• Strong bank and credit card reconciliation skills
• Experience working with multiple accounts, entities, or clients
• Ability to research discrepancies and determine why an account does not reconcile
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organization and follow-through
• Comfortable learning multiple accounting and cloud-based systems
• Able to work independently in a remote environment
• Strong written communication skills
• U.S.-based and authorized to work in the United States

Preferred

• QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor certification (required to obtain within three months)
• Experience working for a bookkeeping, accounting, or outsourced CFO firm
• Nonprofit or church accounting experience
• BILL or similar accounts payable platform experience
• Payroll system experience
• Month-end close experience

Who Will Do Well Here

You don't need to know every system we use on day one. You do need to understand accounting and know how to investigate a problem.

We're looking for someone who notices when something doesn't make sense, researches it, asks thoughtful questions, and follows an issue through to resolution.

You should be comfortable managing work for multiple clients while keeping each client's records, deadlines, and procedures organized.

Reliability matters. If you say something will be completed by a certain date, we need to be able to depend on that.

This position has the potential to grow as the firm continues to grow.

Schedule

• Approximately 15-20 hours per week initially
• Potential for increased hours over time
• Remote
• Consistent weekly availability required
• Work generally completed during normal U.S. business hours
• Some scheduling flexibility is available

Compensation

$25-$30 per hour, depending on experience.

This is a W-2 employee position.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and complete the screening questions included with this posting.

We are specifically hiring an individual employee to join our team. Please do not apply on behalf of an accounting firm, bookkeeping company, staffing agency, or offshore service provider.

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 15.0 – 20.0 per week

Application Question(s):

• Are you currently located in the United States and legally authorized to work in the U.S.?
• Are you seeking a W-2 employee position rather than independent contractor/1099 work?
• How many years of professional bookkeeping or accounting experience do you have?
• How many years of QuickBooks Online experience do you have?
• Have you been responsible for completing bank and credit card reconciliations from beginning to end?
• Have you previously managed bookkeeping for multiple clients or entities at the same time?
• A bank reconciliation is off by $2,500. Briefly describe the steps you would take to determine the cause
• You are preparing a client's books for month-end close and notice that a balance sheet account has an unusual balance. What would you do before sending the books to your supervisor for review?

Work Location: Remote