Bookkeeper
Meriwether, Wilson and Company, PLLC is an Iowa based firm with offices in West Des Moines and Perry. We are a full-service accounting firm dedicated to providing our clients with professional, personalized services and guidance in a wide range of financial and business needs. We have proudly served a wide range of clients throughout the Midwest for more than seventy years.
Our Perry office is currently recruiting for a Bookkeeper to work closely with our bookkeeping clients to provide them with QuickBooks expertise and consulting services. The position will provide clients unique solutions to address their specific needs!
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert QuickBooks support and training on QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online
- Perform general bookkeeping duties, including downloading and manual entry of expenses, deposits and other transactions into QuickBooks to ensure accurate billing and data for clients
- Analyze and reconcile accounts and prepare a variety of reports, including statements of cash flow, balance sheets, income statements, and other reports as needed for analysis by businesses
- Manage invoicing, AP/AR, payroll and other tax or insurance payments per individual client needs
- Conduct period end accounting for review by firm Partners and for tax return preparation
- Handle payroll and sales taxes
- Create financial statements and perform general bookkeeping tasks
- Maintain and update fixed asset schedules
- Prepare a trial balance from bank statement activity
- Record activity from brokerage account statements
- Collaborate in an office environment with other stakeholders and all levels of an organization
- Drive results and ensure quality outcomes in a timely and organized manner
- Listen actively, ask clarifying questions, quickly assess issues, and develop action-oriented plans
Qualifications:
· QuickBooks certification (or ability to gain certification within 6 months of hire date)
· 2-3 years of experience with QuickBooks strongly preferred
· 1099 and W-2 knowledge preferred
· Payroll and Sales Tax experience preferred
· Associate degree or higher in accounting, finance, or related field required
· Experience with Microsoft Office Excel required
· Strong interpersonal skills are a must for client communications
· Self-starter with the ability to prioritize
· Excellent organizational skills to ensure meeting deadlines
· Analytical skills with detail orientation required
· Ability to work as an effective member of a team
· Motivated to work in a fast-paced environment
· Possess strong written and oral communication skills to produce regular communications to various stakeholders with various personalities, including employees, clients, and vendors
· Committed to maintaining excellent client service and delivery
· Ability to meet revenue targets as outlined in performance expectations
· Maintain flexibility to meet client and business schedules and industry fluctuations
Why Meriwether:
- 4 day work week in off-season, 5 day work week during tax season
- Small-Medium sized firm gives daily access to partners and their knowledge base
- Smaller firm allows for your voice and opinions to be acted upon to help shape firm strategy, culture and future
- With a wide-ranging client base of different sizes and industries each day provides something new
- Low turnover allows for relationships with colleagues beyond work
- Competitive Salary and Benefits
Meriwether, Wilson and Company, PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: $24.56 - $29.57 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
