Bookkeeper 20165

Role: Bookkeeper
Employment Type: Full-time Independent Contractor
Work Model: Remote (South Africa based)
Work Hours: Full US Eastern Standard Time (EST) Alignment

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly meticulous process-drivenBookkeeper based in South Africa to take full operational ownership of the day-to-day general ledger maintenance across our multiple US-based entities. This position is built for a senior numbers operator who goes beyond mechanical data entry to actively audit transactions run complex reconciliations and drive our month-end close workflows to a clean on-time completion.

Reporting directly to the Finance Operations Lead you will bridge day-to-day transactional accounting with financial statement preparation. The ideal candidate is deeply autonomous possesses a rigorous understanding of US bookkeeping workflows (including accrual accounting adjustments) and maintains flawless communication protocols inside a fast-moving remote environment.

Key Responsibilities

• General Ledger & Chart of Accounts: Maintain clean audit-ready bookkeeping records across multiple distinct entities inside QuickBooks Online or Xero ensuring precise transactional categorization.

• Month-End Close Acceleration: Own core components of the month-end close pipelineincluding preparing journal entries calculating monthly accruals adjustments and handling inter-company transactions.

• Advanced Reconciliations: Perform comprehensive monthly reconciliations across high-volume business bank accounts corporate credit cards and complex merchant gateway processors (e.g. Stripe PayPal).

• Payroll & Benefits Allocation: Reconcile US payroll runs (including salary hourly tracking and commissions) to the general ledger ensuring proper cross-departmental cost allocations.

• Liaison & Reporting: Package preliminary balance sheets and P&L statements for management review ensuring complete data synchronization across auxiliary operations platforms.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience:3 - 5 years of progressive full-charge bookkeeping or accounting experience ideally supporting US or UK-based corporate clients remotely.

• Educational Foundation: Degree or formal diploma in Accounting Finance or a related field. Professional registration with a recognized body (SAIPA or equivalent) is highly preferred.

• Software Mastery: Elite proficiency in QuickBooks Online or Xero alongside advanced Excel capabilities (pivot tables complex multi-sheet linking formulas).

• US Market Fluency: Solid operational understanding of US corporate workflows merchant clearing cycles and accrual vs. cash mechanics.

• Infrastructure Autonomy: Must have a dedicated quiet home office setup with a high-speed fiber internet connection and a verified inverter/UPS backup system to ensure continuous connectivity during regional grid outages (loadshedding).