Senior Accountant
Owl Bookkeeping and CFO Services
North Loop, Minneapolis | Full-Time
Put Your Accounting Skills to Work Across Growing Businesses
Owl Bookkeeping and CFO Services is seeking a hands-on Senior Accountant to provide recurring accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting support across multiple business clients.
You’ll work directly in QuickBooks Online, prepare reconciliations and adjusting entries, maintain supporting schedules, and help deliver accurate monthly financial statements. You’ll collaborate with bookkeepers, Controllers, and fractional CFOs while taking ownership of your assigned accounting work.
This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys working in the details, understands how transactions affect financial statements, and can independently move accounting work forward.
What You’ll Do
Complete monthly accounting and close work for assigned clients, managing deadlines and following up on missing information.
Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules to ensure account balances are accurate and supported.
Prepare financial statements for Controller review, investigating unusual balances, inconsistencies, and unexpected changes.
Resolve accounting discrepancies, including misapplied payments, clearing-account differences, transaction errors, and incomplete reconciliations.
Support accounting cleanups, identifying corrections and working with Controllers on more complex issues.
Maintain organized working papers that clearly explain balances, calculations, and adjustments.
Review transaction coding and bookkeeping work, provide helpful feedback, and escalate issues when needed.
Communicate with clients to obtain information, clarify transactions, and keep assigned work moving.
Improve accounting procedures and documentation, helping the team deliver consistent, dependable work.
What You Bring
5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including substantial responsibility for general ledger accounting and month-end close.
Recent experience personally preparing reconciliations, adjusting entries, supporting schedules, and financial statements.
Strong QuickBooks Online proficiency, including investigating transactions, reconciling accounts, and correcting accounting errors.
Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and preparing accounting schedules.
A solid understanding of accrual accounting and how the balance sheet and income statement connect.
Ability to identify accounting problems, research discrepancies, and recognize when an issue needs Controller input.
Strong organization and follow-through across multiple assignments and recurring deadlines.
Clear, professional communication with clients and teammates.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field, or equivalent relevant accounting experience.
Experience in outsourced accounting, client accounting services (CAS), or accounting for multiple small and midsize businesses is especially valuable. QuickBooks Desktop experience is a plus.
This position centers on ongoing accounting operations and monthly close. Candidates whose experience is primarily in tax preparation, audit, or financial analysis should also have substantial hands-on general ledger and close experience.
What Makes Someone Successful Here
You take ownership of your work. You complete assignments, follow up on open items, and communicate early when something could affect a deadline.
You look beyond the transaction. You understand why an entry belongs in an account and whether the resulting balance makes sense.
You’re resourceful and willing to learn. You investigate issues, ask thoughtful questions, and apply feedback to future work.
You work well with others. You share information, help bookkeepers strengthen their work, and collaborate with Controllers on accounting questions.
Why Owl?
You’ll gain experience across different businesses and industries while building ongoing relationships with the clients you support.
Our team includes bookkeepers, accountants, Controllers, and fractional CFOs. You’ll have opportunities to expand your accounting knowledge, contribute to better processes, and take on greater responsibility as your skills develop.
We value continuous learning, practical problem-solving, teamwork, and accurate, well-supported accounting.
Location and Work Arrangement
This position is based at our North Loop office in Minneapolis. Regular in-person collaboration is a long-term requirement, including after onboarding and training. Candidates should be comfortable maintaining our established office schedule. Work from home day Friday for full time team members.
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability insurance
401(k) with employer matching
Paid time off
WFH Day Friday for full time team members
On-site gym
Pay: $85,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
On-site gym
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
Describe your recent hands-on month-end close experience
Do you have experience working with multiple entities or clients throughout the month?
Describe how you manage recurring accounting deadlines and important due dates across multiple clients, companies, or assignments
How many years of hands-on QuickBooks Online experience do you have, and how recently have you used it?
This role requires regular attendance at our North Loop office in Minneapolis on an ongoing basis, including after onboarding and training. Are you willing to maintain the established office schedule long term, without expecting additional work-from-home days or reduced office attendance?
Education:
Bachelor's (Preferred)
Work Location: In person