Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Breakwater Accounting + Advisory is a woman-led, technology-forward accounting and advisory firm that helps nonprofits and small businesses understand their numbers, improve operations, and grow with confidence. The Bookkeeper – High Net Worth Accounting Associate will support the Private Client Segment by handling bookkeeping, reconciliations, reporting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll processing, client onboarding, documentation, and direct communication with high net worth families and their advisors.
Responsibilities
- Use your aptitude for detail-orientation to record & classify financial account activity
- Be a key team member on reconciliations, reporting, AP, AR, and payroll processing duties
- Use your meticulous organization skills to ensure the proper documentation and notes are submitted into accounting systems and client records
- Assist in onboarding new clients from other service providers and systems
- Help clients on a daily basis through direct communication with their family members, vendors and advisors
- Be a lifelong learner while growing expertise in new accounting platforms and softwares
Skills
- You have at least 1 year of accounting and/or bookkeeping for High Net Worth families
- Have familiarity with Trusts and Estates and various types of entities
- 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
- Ideal candidates will be based in EST or CST
Benefits
- Fully remote work environment with culture-building events 2x annually
- Collaborative, low-ego team culture
- Technology-forward approach to accounting operations
- Five weeks PTO plus holidays
- Full benefits package + 401(k) match
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