About the role
Senior Bookkeeper | Full-Cycle Accounting, AP/AR & Month-End Close
Salary: PHP 45,000 per month
Schedule: Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours
Location: Philippines-based candidates only
We are hiring an experienced Senior Bookkeeper to support the finance team of a U.S.-based company.
This role requires strong accounting fundamentals, practical QuickBooks experience, and the ability to take ownership of daily bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and assigned month-end close activities.
You should be comfortable reviewing existing records, identifying errors, investigating discrepancies, and bringing unresolved items to a clear resolution. We need someone who understands how transactions affect the financial statements and can recognize when an entry or account balance needs further review.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day bookkeeping in QuickBooks, ensuring accurate account coding, appropriate accounting treatment, and complete supporting documentation
- Own assigned AP workflows, including bill review, approval tracking, payment preparation, vendor statement reconciliation, and discrepancy resolution
- Manage assigned AR activities, including invoicing, payment application, aging review, and follow-up on outstanding or unapplied balances
- Independently reconcile bank and credit card accounts, investigating missing, duplicate, incorrectly recorded, or unmatched transactions
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts and maintain supporting schedules for assigned accounts
- Prepare and post supported journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, and corrections, subject to required review and approval
- Support month-end close by completing reconciliations, reviewing account activity, and identifying missing entries or unusual balances
- Review AP and AR aging reports and investigate old, inconsistent, or unexplained items
- Prepare routine financial reports and explain significant discrepancies or unusual activity to the finance team
- Identify recurring bookkeeping problems and recommend practical improvements to processes and controls
- Maintain a clear list of outstanding items, communicate progress, and follow each issue through to completion
Required Experience & Skills
- At least four years of hands-on bookkeeping or accounting experience, including direct support for a U.S.-based business
- Professional QuickBooks experience managing full-cycle bookkeeping, including reconciliations, journal entries, and reporting
- Demonstrated responsibility for both accounts payable and accounts receivable
- Experience independently completing bank and credit card reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
- Hands-on experience supporting month-end close and reconciling balance sheet accounts
- Strong understanding of debits and credits, accrual accounting, the chart of accounts, and how transactions affect the balance sheet and profit and loss statement
- Ability to distinguish expenses from assets, recognize prepaid expenses and accrued liabilities, and identify transactions requiring clarification
- Experience handling high transaction volumes while meeting recurring deadlines
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, SUMIFS, pivot tables, and reconciliation schedules
- Clear written and spoken English, including the ability to explain accounting issues and request missing information
- Sound judgment, strong attention to detail, and consistent follow-through
- Ability to manage recurring responsibilities independently and raise issues before they delay reporting or payments
- Consistent availability and prompt communication during agreed U.S. business hours
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Experience maintaining books for multiple entities or business units
- Experience cleaning up historical bookkeeping errors or reconciling accounts with unresolved balances
- Experience working directly with a U.S. accountant, Controller, or finance manager
- QuickBooks certification supported by substantial practical experience
Please Read Before Applying
We are looking for an experienced accounting professional who can take ownership of assigned work with limited day-to-day supervision.
You must be able to explain the accounting behind your entries, describe the accounts you personally reconciled, and provide examples of discrepancies you investigated and resolved. Experience limited to data entry, invoice encoding, bank-feed matching, or bookkeeping courses will not meet the requirements of this position.
Shortlisted candidates may be asked to complete a practical assessment covering reconciliations, correcting entries, AP/AR discrepancies, and month-end accounting.
How to Apply
Please include:
- Your years of relevant experience, including experience supporting U.S.-based businesses
- The QuickBooks versions you have used professionally and the bookkeeping functions you personally managed
- A brief summary of your AP, AR, and reconciliation responsibilities, including approximate monthly transaction volume
- Your specific responsibilities during month-end close, including accounts reconciled and journal entries prepared
- One example of a challenging reconciliation or bookkeeping issue, how you investigated it, and how you resolved it
- Your availability during U.S. business hours and earliest start date
Work Requirements
- Based in the Philippines
- Available full-time during agreed U.S. business hours
- Reliable computer, high-speed internet, and a suitable home workspace
Compensation: PHP 45,000 per month
If you bring strong accounting knowledge, communicate clearly, and take pride in maintaining accurate books and resolving outstanding issues, we would like to hear from you.