Expert Accountant Needed (Accounts Receivable, Bookkeeping, QuickBooks Management)

We're currently seeking a highly-experienced, full-time accounting VA (35 - 40 hours per week) to take over our company's accounting department.

One of our co-founders, who would be the first to tell you that he's not an experienced accountant, has become overrun with day-to-day accounting and needs to transition those responsibilities to someone else. The perfect candidate for this role would have strong accounting knowledge, fluent written English, be a very motivated self-started who likes to take initiative, and someone who has strong logical faculties to create dependable accounting standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Your day-to-day accounting tasks will include:

• Downloading invoices from our web ordering portals and uploading them to QuickBooks
• Identifying and fixing invoice errors before they're sent to clients for payment
• Posting paid invoices within QuickBooks
• General bookkeeping
• Initiating withdrawal of invoice balances from client's financial accounts
• Troubleshooting and overcoming software bugs that cause client invoices to not reflect accurate charges
• Communicating with clients through our support system regarding accounting questions (resending past invoices, questions about invoices, etc.)

One of our biggest challenges is inconsistencies/bugs in the accounting portion of one of our ordering ---------- often creates data and invoices that require a lot of manual intervention to reconcile before sending them to our ---------- can be a bit tedious and time-consuming, but as long as you can identify these bugs/errors and logically rectify the account without deleting important records (our co-founder will help teach you how to do this), we're going to be THRILLED with your help and performance in this role.

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Benefits:

• $8 - $12 USD per hour (depending on experience).
• Includes 10 days paid time off (PTO) each year.
• PhilHealth and SSS included.
• Flexible work hours: apart from the first 2-4 weeks when you're getting on-boarded (which will require working U.S. hours to video conference with our co-founder) you will set your own work schedule as long as you're working the agreed-upon hours each week.
• Generous end-of-year bonuses for dependable tea ---------- mbers who consistently work hard and fulfill their responsibilities.

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Position Requirements:

• Above all else: you have to be a dependable person with high integrity. This is the hands-down the most important requirement for this position.
• Strong understanding of the cash accounting method.
• Complete English fluency and a strong command of written English.
• Comfort and confidence when communicating directly with client accounts regarding accounting inquiries.
• Outstanding time management and organization skills.
• Extensive experience with QuickBooks.
• Detail-oriented and diligent in catching accounting errors before invoices are sent to clients.
• Someone who works autonomously/independently, but also knows when to ask for help.
• A minimum typing speed of 30 WPM. 50+ WPM would be even better.
• A reliable computer.
• A dependable high-speed internet connection that will ensure you don't miss work regularly due to internet or power issues.
• The ability to have weekly calls — preferably video but audio-only is also fine.
• A willingness to log your hours using Hubstaff or similar time / productivity trackers.
• A TransferWise account that I can use to pay you twice monthly (1st & 15th of every month).

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Desired/Preferred Skills Not Strictly Required

If you have any of the following, please call attention to them within your cover letter:

• Experience designing, implementing, and following standard operating procedures (SOPs), especially with complex processes.
• Documenting SOPs (either in written or video form) for future tea ---------- mbers to follow.
• Strong logical faculties.
• Experience scaling and/or managing an accounting team.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them when submitting your application. Our start date could be as early as immediately (ideal) or 2-4 weeks out (not ideal, but possible for the right candidate).

Thank you for taking the time to review this job description, and we look forward to working with one of you soon!