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Advance Accountant

Teamswell
Full-time
Remote
El Salvador, El Salvador

ADVANCE ACCOUNTANT

Teamswell is a high-growth nearshore outsourcing company working for US companies. Our mission is to help small and medium-sized US businesses grow and become more profitable by having access to highly engaged, skilled, and experienced talent at a fair price, and to generate career opportunities for bilingual professionals in Latin America with fair compensation and opportunities for professional and personal growth.

We are currently looking for a Staff Accountant that will provide billable client accounting, bookkeeping, recordkeeping, and reporting to clients, and contributes to the development of the company’s Accounting Department. They are responsible for maintaining the integrity of client data, understanding reports, and identifying patterns, problems, and inaccuracies in accounting systems and financial statements. This position requires high integrity, excellent interpersonal skills, technical proficiency, and the ability to maintain full confidentiality of sensitive data.

In Teamswell every team member has an instrumental role and impact on the success of our business and our client’s success, so we seek to have highly motivated individuals who thrive in a fast-paced work environment, who are intelligent, eager to work hard, reliable, and able to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization. Our Staff Accountant will possess the skills and experience required and will also possess a positive attitude and ability to solve complex problems and work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. We value people who are good communicators, quick learners, scrappy about finding creative solutions to problems, and conscious of their work quality. We expect all our team members to deliver excellence in both technical expertise as well as in their everyday relationships with their team.

 

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Data Entry

  • Accounts Receivable: Create invoices, receive payments (to un-

  • deposited funds), deposit checks in QB

  • Accounts Payable: Enter bills and other A/P Functions

  • Process memorized transactions

  • Able to utilize Excel for basic financial analysis and updating KPI

  • reports

  • Able to make adjusting journal entries as needed

  • Set up clients with Online Banking

  • Import and categorize downloaded bank and CC transactions,

  • update procedures with categorization rules

  • Reconciliations

  • Reconcile Bank, Paypal, Credit Card, Loan, Payroll, Investments,

  • etc. against bank statements

  • Investigate and correct un-cleared transactions

  • Payroll

  • Process Payroll

  • Reporting

  • Prepare financial statements (P&L and Balance Sheet)

  • Address any unusual accounting problem if possible, or ask for

  • assistance if necessary

  • Ability to provide accurate data entry within Excel

  • Assist with implementation of budgets, financial goals, financial

  • controls, KPI reports, etc.

  • Prepare and provide Financial Reports as requested

  • Understanding of GAAP compliance accounting practices

 

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Must understand GAAP principles and financial statements

  • Minimum 3 years of work experience in an Accounting / Financial firm or as a full charge bookkeeper

  • Excellent administrative, organizational, time management, and follow-through skills

  • Detail-oriented, self-directed; takes initiative and conducts tasks without supervision

  • Excellent computer skills. Microsoft Office & Excel proficiency and familiarity with multiple financial systems, especially QuickBooks Online and Desktop. Must be able to adapt to new software systems such as Xledger, Sage, or NetSuite, as required by clients

  • Communicates professionally with clients and teammates; verbal and written

  • Open to new ideas and change, with the goal of always improving processes 

 

POSITION SCHEDULE DETAILS

  • Full-time remote position

  • Monday - Friday (40 hours/week)

 

BENEFITS & PERKS

  • Company-paid employee private health, emergency, basic life, and short-term disability insurance

  • 20 days PTO + floating holidays + 10 paid sick days

  • Internet and Electricity subsidy 

  • Coursera and EdX Education Bonus