Bookkeeping Specialist

Aplos; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Paid time off

Training support

Health coverage

Retirement match

Job summary

Velora is seeking a full-charge Bookkeeper to join the Professional Services team. You’ll manage bookkeeping for multiple Medium customers, ensuring accuracy and currency of financial records, while delivering an outstanding customer experience.

You’ll own problems end-to-end, leverage AI-native tools, and focus on outcomes. You’ll work remotely as part of a remote-first company, with strong emphasis on nonprofit bookkeeping, Aplos expertise, and collaborative knowledge sharing to raise the bar

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years owning full-charge bookkeeping end-to-end with minimal oversight.
• Strong fundamentals in accounting and nonprofit bookkeeping; keeps books clean and decision-ready.
• Deep experience with Aplos or similar systems; learns new workflows quickly.
• Excellent Excel skills; uses templates, automation, and AI support to move faster.

Responsibilities

• Manage full cycle of bookkeeping for multiple Medium customers concurrently.
• Use AI-native tools to streamline workflows and deliver faster, more accurate results.
• Maintain an average of 70% of working time spent on billable client work.
• Understand client needs and provide feedback, proposing solutions for clarity.
• Maintain a high customer net promoter score (9 or 10) with proactive communication.
• Adhere to processes to ensure robust financial controls; identify process improvements.

Skills

Full-charge bookkeeping

Nonprofit bookkeeping

Strong judgment

Autonomy

Proactive communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business

Tools

Aplos

Excel

Job description

About Velora

Check out our company website: joinvelora.com

Our Product Websites

• keela.co
• raisely.com
• aplos.com

Velora is a unified company formed by Aplos, Raisely, and Keela with a shared mission to help nonprofit organizations thrive. We continue to offer the products you know and love while operating as one team focused on simplifying fundraising, donor management, financial tracking, and communications for nonprofits.

About the role

Location

• US: CA, CO, GA, FL, ID, MD, MA, MN, NC, NV, OR, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA
• Canada: British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta

We are seeking a Bookkeeper to join our fast-growing Professional Services department. As a crucial member of our dynamic team, your primary role will be to serve as a full-charge bookkeeper for our moderate complex Medium customers, collaborating with them to ensure the accuracy and currency of their financial records and delivering an exceptional customer experience. You own problems end-to-end, stay outcome-focused, and use AI to move faster, raise accuracy, and improve the customer experience for Aplos bookkeeping clients.

What will you be doing (your role)

• Manage full cycle of bookkeeping services for multiple Medium customers concurrently, including data entry, reconciliations, payroll, donations and periodic accounting clean-up as necessary
• Use AI-native tools to streamline workflows and deliver faster, more accurate results for Aplos bookkeeping clients.
• Maintain an average of 70% of your working time spent on billable client work
• Understand organizational needs and provide valuable feedback, proposing solutions to enhance information clarity
• Maintain a high customer net promoter score (9 or 10) by building positive relationships with the customer, communicating proactively, and providing quality and satisfactory services.
• Adhere to established processes to ensure robust financial controls are in place
• Identify areas for process improvement, actively participating in collaborative knowledge-sharing with teammates

What we’re looking for (requirements)

We value ownership, strong judgment, and AI-native problem solving.

• 3–5+ years owning full-charge bookkeeping end-to-end with minimal oversight.
• A degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• Strong fundamentals in accounting and nonprofit bookkeeping; applies judgment to keep books clean, compliant, and decision-ready.
• Deep experience in Aplos (preferred) or similar systems; learns new workflows fast and uses tooling to work smarter.
• Strong Excel skills; uses templates, automation, and AI support to move faster without sacrificing accuracy.
• Builds trust with customers through proactive updates, clear expectations, and consistent follow-through.
• Clear, direct communicator who flags risks early and keeps everyone aligned.
• Outcome-focused and deadline-driven; prioritizes the work that moves the customer forward.
• Collaborative teammate who shares learnings, templates, and best practices to raise the bar for the whole team.
• High quality bar and attention to detail; catches issues early and prevents repeat errors.
• Comfortable using AI tools to accelerate research, reconciliation, and documentation while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
• Proactively identifies patterns (errors, missing info, process gaps) and proposes simple fixes that prevent repeat work.
• Operates with high autonomy; clarifies ambiguity, removes blockers, and drives work to completion.

Why work with us?

• Salary – $22/hr - $24/hr USD for US candidates and $60,000 - $65,000 CAD for Canadian candidates.
• Paid Time Off
  • Canada: 4 weeks paid leave plus 11 days of public holidays, plus an end of year shutdown of 2 weeks. Additional generous paid sick leave.
  • US: Open or paid discretionary time off, 11 days public holidays, plus an end of year shutdown of 2 weeks. Additional generous paid sick leave.
• Work remotely – We’re a remote-first company, live and work wherever you’re happiest.
• Training – We’ll support you when you want to learn new skills or pay for conference or course tickets.
• Health Coverage & Retirement
  • Canada & US: Robust medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverages with a 4% retirement match.

If you have any questions or require accommodations in the interview process, please reach out to [e-mail].

Velora's Commitment to Equal-Employment, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

We know with diversity comes strength. Aplos, Raisely and Keela provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.