If you do not like hard work and lack a sense of humor, our firm is not for you. If you know you can make a positive impression and can be trusted to contribute to the firm’s growth, we want to hear from you. Compensation for this position is on a pay for performance basis. Equal opportunity employer. Candidates may be subject to criminal background checks and drug screenings.
We are a boutique law firm with a strong entrepreneurial focus, seeking a confident, organized, self-motivated bookkeeping professional to help create our dream team. Our practice focuses on inventions, branding and business matters for clients in the restaurant, bar, winery and microbrewery industries. We are in the business of finding solutions to the problems and challenges our clients encounter. Every day brings something new and we use our talents to creatively implement a practical and affordable legal strategy to get the job done.
About You: You have a flare for numbers and customer service. You are too honest for your own good. Accuracy is your middle name. You know how to maintain a confidence. You know all of the customers and treat them like friends. With years of experience, you know how to handle difficult people and situations with finesse. You know how to deal with no pay and slow pay customers, and when a client has circumstances that merit a bit of leeway. You understand that clients judge us by how we treat them and make them feel and this is a key to our success. Each contact is an opportunity to make them glad they hired us. You take pride in delivering your best so every customer comes back again and again. Customers know your bills are accurate and their payments are posted correctly. They know what they are paying for from the description on the bill. You understand that quality is not an accident, it is the result of carefully managed systems. When someone comes to you to get something done, they know it will not only be done on time, but done right. As someone who always aims for excellence, you thoroughly enjoy managing processes that already exist, with a constant focus on improvement. You love systems and identifying discrepancies while developing a sequential procedure that is flawless and rock solid. You thrive on being in control of procedures and planning all steps from A to Z in an established system. You seek to understand all of the moving parts of a process and how they fit together from conception to implementation. You take complete ownership of the system and are responsible for the resulting outcomes. You are skilled at identifying glitches and then fixing them. You thrive on establishing plans, timelines and new ideas with a goal to complete the project at hand with excellence.
You’re completely comfortable with coordinating multiple tasks and managing deadlines. You communicate well with others and consider yourself a “go-to guy or gal” when it comes to the business books and numbers. You’re self-motivated with clear goals, eager to take action, jump right in and do whatever it takes to see a project completed fully with all details covered and in order. Your sunny disposition and ability to collaborate well with others only enhances our team-spirit atmosphere.
If you’re looking for a long-term commitment with a company whose mission is to serve others and improve businesses, then we want to talk to you!
About the Position: We are looking for a rock star part-time bookkeeper who has the proven ability and passion to:
- Be a key participant in the firm’s customer centric program for client communications and meetings, continue to optimize and streamline our customer/client experience – help every client feel like they are getting VIP treatment
- Help the firm develop genuine relationships with clients and strategic partners from the front lines
- Create technical systems and processes that support the day-to-day administrative operations of the business
- Enhance customer retention and referrals through superior customer service, which in turn will allow us to provide better services and a stronger user experience for the clients we serve
- Continue to focus on improvement and excellence, with the ability and desire to problem-solve, troubleshoot roadblocks and provide ongoing support when needed
Your Essential Skills and Characteristics: Our core philosophy, when it comes to hiring new team members, is that skills can be taught, but attitude and integrity cannot. We only hire people that are 100% team players and love working in a collaborative environment with a fun and energetic team. Any sign of “entitlement” and “not my problem” just does not fly with us. If you possess the following essential skills and characteristics, chances are you’ll fit well into our organization:
- Perpetual positive, helpful, “can-do” attitude and enthusiasm
- Thrives on everything numbers
- Open and nonjudgmental of others
- Enjoys problem solving and learning new things
- Reliable and dependable
- Energetic/eager/proactive
- Strong organizational skills
- High attention to detail with laser focus on the task at hand
- Extremely flexible and does not easily get flustered with multi-tasking
- Ability to take direction well and work independently
- Ability to thrive in entrepreneurial environment
- Loves a focus on constant improvement
- Lives for systems, procedures and processes that support a common goal
- Coordinates needs of others and takes full ownership to make it happen
- Creates plans, timelines and sets up sequential systems to be modeled in the future
- Passion for excellence
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal, including grammar, punctuation, spelling)
- Strong computer skills and ability to self-learn new programs and applications
- Can work effortlessly with diverse (working style, attitude, culture) group of team members and clients
Activities and Responsibilities:
- A/R with single digit overdue receivables
- A/P with self-auditing for accuracy
- Payroll company coordination
- Ensures all client bills are delivered on time and without error
- Prepare financial reports
- Be a key part of the firm’s customer centric program for clients, continue to optimize and streamline our customer/client experience – help every client feel like they are getting VIP treatment. Be our brand ambassador
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for all areas of day-to-day operations
- Coordinate with firm accountant for tax filings and financial reports
- Maintain all financial records and documents in an organized system
- Implement firm policies and contribute to developing them
- Develop and implement payment plan options or third party finance plans
- Process credit card payments and IMS barter system account transactions
- Reconciliation of operating, trust (IOLA) and merchant accounts
Essential Requirements/Technical Skills/Experience:
3 years experience as a full charge bookkeeper for a small professional office, particularly involving Quickbooks, credit card processing, customer service, collections,