If you love solving puzzles and you enjoy making an impact on small businesses, come join us!

This is a Full Time Remote position

The Company:

Breakwater Accounting & Advisory provides outsourced bookkeeping and accounting services for businesses and nonprofit organizations across the US. We embrace technology to work smarter not harder, and we strive to provide value-add service to each and every client. We are a Woman-Owned company, rated a top workplace by the Delaware News Journal 2 years in a row, and have been featured on the Inc 5000 list of fastest growing companies.

Our Philosophy:

Great people first, technology-forward thinking second – with just the right combination.

The Role and Responsibilities:

We are looking for a highly-motivated and talented Bookkeeping Associate for our Nonprofit team. The bookkeeper in this role must be a natural problem-solver and a purposeful communicator. The ideal candidate also understands accounting fundamentals, has exceptional client-facing communication skills, and thrives in a small business setting. In this role you will…

Use your aptitude for detail-orientation to record & classify financial account activity in accounting systems (mainly QuickBooks Online) and process payroll
Be an Accounts Payable whiz and record all vendor invoices and prepare bill payments
Be an Accounts Receivable pro and prepare customer invoices or sales receipts, receive payments, and follow-up on aging receivables
Be a key team member with monthly reconciliations and reporting
Use your meticulous organization skills to ensure the proper documentation and notes are submitted into accounting systems and client records
Help people on a daily basis through direct communication with our clients
Be a lifelong learner while growing expertise in new accounting platforms and softwares

Who are You?

A team player and effective problem-solver seeking a long-term fit with a fast growing company that truly values its employees and clients. You have a knack for working with multiple clients on their bookkeeping and accounting needs. You enjoy flexing your brain muscles with concepts like prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, class tracking, sales tax entries, payroll and payroll tax, cash vs. accrual, & journal entries! It's like a puzzle, and you love solving puzzles!

All of our team members are guided by Breakwater’s Core Principles. We are: proactive, positive, prepared, purposeful, protective, and principled. If these principles resonate with you, too, let’s talk.

You have at least 1 year of accounting and/or bookkeeping for a nonprofit organization, including Grant experience
Within the last 5 years you have used QuickBooks Online (QBO)
You are a time blocking/calendar champion, having experience working with multiple sets of books at one time (example: bookkeeping for clients with a CPA firm)
You are excited to learn new technology and resourceful in coming up with solutions
You pride yourself on being organized and detail oriented
Bonus points for: FACTS Software expertise, Church bookkeeping, Student Billing experience, multi-client experience

What would we offer you?

A supportive, friendly, fun culture that truly values work/life balance
A base salary of $44,000-$49,000
FIVE weeks of PTO on top of company-observed holidays
Health, vision, and dental benefits
We'll help you save for your golden years with a 401K company match

Breakwater Accounting + Advisory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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