Part-Time Accountant

PART-TIME REMOTE ACCOUNTANT

LedgerGurus is looking to hire a remote part-time accountant to join our eCommerce accounting team! Are you excited to gain more accounting experience? Do you enjoy working with a variety of clients in diverse industries? Are you looking for an opportunity to work from home with a very flexible schedule in a supportive atmosphere? Do you want to build a career and have engaging work on a part-time schedule? If so, please read on!

This part-time accounting position earns a competitive wage of $23-$27/hour. We provide excellent benefits, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs), 401(k) match program, and a laptop with computer equipment. Our part-time employees can also accrue PTO to use for whatever they choose! If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, apply today!

ABOUT LEDGERGURUS

Founded in 2014, we are a remote, virtual outsourced accounting firm that specializes in eCommerce accounting. eCommerce businesses hire us to become the accounting department or to work with their existing finance team. We pride ourselves as one of the first firms to specialize in this new industry. We provide each client with an accounting team to perform the following: analyze data for a client's eCommerce and Inventory services, consultations, create financial statements, invoicing, bill payments, budgeting, bookkeeping, financial analysis and more.

Employee satisfaction is the main focus in our business model. In fact, we have won the title of "Best Business to Work for in Utah" by Utah Business Magazine several years in a row! We offer a great home/work-life balance, remote work, and flexible scheduling. We are currently able to hire anywhere from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, Arizona and Florida. LedgerGurus is very employee-focused, which shows up in the training and the attention that we put into making sure everyone is happy with their position. It also shows up in perks like profit sharing and lots of internal growth potential for our employees. We strive to provide our team members with a supportive work environment and engaged management.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A REMOTE ACCOUNTANT

  • An accounting/finance degree or equivalent work experience
  • 3+ years of accounting experience
  • 2+ years of experience with QuickBooks Online
  • Ability and confidence to trouble shoot independently and communicate with clients

Experience with small business accounting or an eCommerce business is a plus. Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) experience is highly valued.

We're looking for a dedicated individual who is eager to dig in, values teamwork, and is motivated to grow within the company.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A REMOTE ACCOUNTANT

As a remote eCommerce accountant for LedgerGurus, you will work directly with many of our clients. You will handle a variety of eCommerce tasks for each client such as calculating sales, returns, discounts, and reconciling sales figures between sales channels and payment processors; assisting in calculating cost of goods sold and inventory balances each month; and processing vendor invoices and bills, reviewing invoices and bills, and preparing them for payment. This is in addition to regular finance tasks including transaction coding; bank and credit card reconciliations; AP and AR documentation; customer invoicing; payroll processes; maintaining fixed asset schedules; month-end and year-end close duties; and 1099 filings. You will communicate with clients through e-mail or video conferencing to help explain problems and issues when they arise, as well as communicate across teams to collect correct information and problem solve. You will need to be able to troubleshoot problems independently.

You will be trained by a dedicated manager, as well as collaborate with several accounting managers who will use the numbers you produce. You will be trained on SOPs, advance your knowledge base, and strengthen your skills within the company. You will learn about the novelties of eCommerce accounting while working remotely from your home office.

WORK SCHEDULE

This position offers part-time work at 25+ hours a week. We require 3-4 hours of availability during normal business hours for meetings and client communication. Additional work can easily be done outside of normal business hours if desired. All of our employees work remotely from home 100% of the time!

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM?

If you feel you would be right for this remote, part-time accounting position and would like to work from home, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!

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