Full Time Bookkeeping Assistant

Who We Are:
Proficient Profits is a small and fast-growing accounting firm with a fully remote team based in Houston, TX. Our company has deep roots in Texas as most of our clients and team are located in Houston, TX but have clients all over the US and the world.

Proficient Profits was born out of our founder’s frustration from witnessing too many hard-working entrepreneurs with genius ideas fail due to poor cash management and lack of strategy.

We solve problems by helping our clients multiply our 4P’s of Growth: Purpose, Priority, Productivity, and Upgrade to see actual info is our purpose to grow our global economy by helping entrepreneurs successfully bring their ideas to the Upgrade to see actual info is our priority to work with inspired visionaries with inspired missions to bring their ideas to life. We obsess with increasing productivity in both finance and operations.

What Makes Us Different:
Accounting is our skill, problem solving is what we do, advisors are who we are.

Clients expect all accounting firms to produce accurate and timely financials. What makes us different is our clients rely on us to help them navigate the business landscape with best practices. Most importantly our clients rely on us to help them succeed.

We provide accounting as a service but operate as if we are partners in the business. We understand that our success is directly tied to their success and we seek to grow with them.

Who We’re Looking For:
We are seeking to hire a Bookkeeping Assistant to join our team and help us create more success for our clients. We’re looking for someone who is aggressively seeking to establish their career and gain valuable experience in accounting. A few traits of a great candidate are:

1. A love for problem-solving and learning
2. Have a "figure it out" mentality
3. Take accountability to get things done
4. Very detailed oriented
5. Exceptionally driven
6. Strong foundation in accounting principles (degree is optional)
7. Very tech-forward and savvy, able to troubleshoot most issues and use various software, e.g. Xero, Excel, gDrive, Slack, etc.
8. Independent and strong in time management
9. Agile when faced with challenges with a strong mental attitude
10. Strong communication within the remote team environment
11. Able to self manage, prioritize, work independently and mindful of deadlines

Duties & Responsibilities:
You’ll be working directly with our Senior Accounting Manager on a daily basis. Day to day tasks will include:

1. Bookkeeping in Xero, Quickbooks, and Excel
2. Accounting: Payroll, AR / AP, Sales tax
3. Research general tax questions
4. Managing client files and documents well
5. Project managing as lead and support on projects
6. Communicating with clients to drive projects forward
7. General accounting tasks as needed by clients
8. Assist in advisory projects

Requirements:
- Minimum 4 years of bookkeeping and/or accounting experience
- Ability to work and attend meetings during regular office hours (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm CST)
- Willingness to complete a paid test project prior to hiring in order to assess knowledge and skills

Job Structure:
- Full time position at ~40 hours per week at $Upgrade to see actual infoPHP/per hour for the first two weeks to one month.
- The intention is to earn a full time salaried position ranging from 40,000-50,000PHP/per month within 1 month. The offered salaried amount will depend solely on performance during that time.