Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant | Brooklyn, NY · $100,000-$140,000 - 2668

Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant | Brooklyn, NY · $100,000-$140,000

About the Role

A growing company based in Brooklyn is looking for an organized, detail-oriented Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant to keep our books accurate and our cash flow on track. You'll work closely with the billing and office team and be the go-to person for day-to-day accounting, reporting to the CFO/Controller.

This is a full-time, in-office role in Brooklyn, NY, Monday–Friday.

Key Responsibilities

Financial oversight and cost control

• Develop a working knowledge of the company's organizational and entity structure, financial position and strategic objectives.
• Scrutinize all expenditures for validity, appropriate payment method and correct cardholder.
• Classify every transaction accurately by account, class and job.
• Monitor profitability at the company, division and individual job level.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the company's job-pricing methodology and refine and update it based on actual job results.
• Perform job-costing reconciliations, comparing estimated pricing with actual results per job and company-wide.

Day-to-day bookkeeping

• Record daily transactions in QuickBooks: sales, expenses, deposits and payments.
• Track and categorize employee and business expenses.
• Manage accounts payable: enter vendor bills, schedule and process payments.
• Coordinate with the billing team on invoicing and collections.
• Prepare sales reports and calculate sales commissions accurately and on schedule.
• Review subcontractor fees, verify the accuracy of their billing and manage their payments.
• Reconcile bank and credit card accounts monthly.
• Support month-end and year-end close.
• Prepare accurate, timely monthly financial reports: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, AR/AP aging.
• Prepare financial statements and reporting packages for banks, lenders and creditors as required.
• Prepare and file sales tax and payroll tax reports; keep 1099 and W-9 records current.
• Work with the outside CPA on tax returns and audits.
• Keep financial records organized, accurate and confidential.

Qualifications

Required

• 2+ years of bookkeeping or accounting experience.
• Strong working knowledge of QuickBooks (Online or Desktop).
• Strong grasp of accounting fundamentals: double-entry bookkeeping (debits and credits), the chart of accounts, accrual vs. cash basis, journal entries, account reconciliations and month-end close.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Tech-savvy with accounting systems and integrations: able to set up and manage automated data imports, exports and syncs between platforms (e.g., bank feeds, payroll, billing and QuickBooks).
• Able to handle confidential information with discretion.

Preferred

• Completed CPA coursework (or currently enrolled).
• Payroll experience (Fingercheck or similar).
• Experience in a service business or with multiple entities.
• Familiarity with sales tax and payroll tax filings.

Skills

• Organized, reliable and able to meet deadlines.
• Clear communicator with staff, vendors and customers.
• Comfortable working independently.

Salary: $100k - $140k/Year

Interested? Send your resume to: [email protected]