Senior Bookkeeper Finance Operations Lead |
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
- Location: Fully Remote
- Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week). Daily live overlap 9:00 AM 5:00 PM ET required.
- Compensation: $2000 $3000 USD/month base (depending on experience).
- Engagement: Long-term contractor.
- Start Date: ASAP.
We are a fast-growing founder-led B2B SaaS company operating at the intersection of real estate property management and listing platforms. We serve institutional single-family rental owners property managers and Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) counting some of the largest names in residential property management among our clients.
With a tight-knit team of under 20 people we are expanding our finance department. Backed by a fractional CFO and a US CPA we are now hiring our first dedicated in-house Finance Operations Lead to own our financial machinery end-to-end.
As the Senior Bookkeeper / Finance Operations Lead you will sit at the center of our financial ecosystem. You will execute everything between the high-level strategy handled by our fractional CFO and the annual filings managed by our US CPA.
This is a build-from-scratch role. You arent just maintaining a system; you are the architect of our future finance operations. You will build the standard operating procedures (SOPs) establish the monthly cadence and completely de-risk this function for our leadership team.
- Manage end-to-end AR for 40 recurring B2B clients (invoice generation delivery tracking and collections).
- Establish and enforce an AR aging cadence (Day 30 / 45 / 60) utilizing professional documented follow-up scripts.
- Handle full-cycle AP bill-pay execution and credit card/merchant processor reconciliations.
- Resolve routine billing disputes and accurately apply incoming payments.
- Maintain absolute ownership of QuickBooks Online (expense categorization chart of accounts management and bank reconciliations).
- Deliver a comprehensive monthly close package by Business Day 7 including AR aging AP register reconciliations P&L balance sheet and variance commentary.
- Maintain an audit-ready digital trail of receipts and documentation specifically tracking R&D credit-qualifying expenses.
- Own a 90-day forward-looking compliance calendar covering payroll tax sales tax BOI state registrations and 1099s.
- Triage IRS and state tax mail resolving administrative issues and escalating strategic inquiries to the CFO.
- Run US payroll via Gusto and execute approved compensation or headcount updates.
- Coordinate annual tax document collection and R&D credit substantiation with our US CPA.
- Manage vendor onboarding (collecting W-9s setting up ACH) and maintain the vendor master file.
- Deliver a weekly cash flow snapshot to the Founder every Monday morning.
- Author and continually optimize SOPs for all recurring financial processes.
- Experience: 7 years of dedicated bookkeeping experience working directly with US-based clients.
- Certification: Active QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor certification (fully completed not in-progress).
- Technical Compliance: Proven experience handling US multi-state payroll sales tax and 1099 reporting.
- Portfolio: Direct experience managing a recurring B2B AR portfolio (SaaS professional services or PropTech preferred).
- Communication: Exceptional written English with a polished professional client-facing email voice.
- Availability: Strict ability to work full-time hours overlapping 9:00 AM 5:00 PM ET.
- Experience in Property Management Real Estate or the PropTech sector.
- Familiarity with modern fintech tools: Stripe Ramp Brex or Gusto.
- Background tracking and documenting R&D tax credit expenses.
- Build Your Legacy: As our first dedicated finance hire you get to skip the corporate red tape. You will shape our tooling stack design the processes and build the function from the ground up.
- Direct Impact & Visibility: You will work directly with the Founder and Fractional CFO. Your voice matters your work is visible and your impact will be felt daily.
- Stability & Growth: This is not a short-term gig. We are looking for a long-term partner who wants to grow alongside the company unlocking expanded scope and compensation milestones as we scale.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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