Senior Bookkeeper

Custom Bookkeeping; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Custom Bookkeeping is seeking a Senior Bookkeeper for an on-site role in Edmonton, AB. You will manage daily bookkeeping for a client base using QuickBooks and Xero, keeping ledgers, reports, and documentation up to date.

You will be the primary contact for clients, handling their financial needs and ensuring accuracy while contributing to a small, dedicated team committed to an on-site culture.

Qualifications

• Strong bookkeeping skills and ability to manage day-to-day financial records and transactions.
• Hands-on experience posting and reviewing journal entries and maintaining general ledgers.
• Solid understanding of basic tax concepts and compliance; asset if tax-focused experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping activities and maintain documentation for clients.
• Serve as primary contact for a set of clients and address their financial needs.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial records and reports.
• Collaborate with small team in Sherwood Park to maintain on-site operations and culture.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Client-focused

Education

Diploma in accounting/finance

Tools

QuickBooks

Xero

Job description

Company Description

Custom Bookkeeping is a full-service bookkeeping and tax firm supporting a wide range of individual and business clients. The company provides accurate, compliant, and timely financial record-keeping, as well as personal and "light" T2 tax preparation and filing services.

Custom Bookkeeping is known for being flexible to the client's needs and designing systems that match them where they're at. We work entirely out of our Sherwood Park location on site.

Role Description

The Senior Bookkeeper is a full-time, on-site role based in Edmonton, AB. This position is responsible for managing day-to-day bookkeeping activities, including maintaining all the documentation one would expect from QuickBooks and Xero.

The bookkeeper will have a set of clients that they will look after on a regular basis as their primary contact. They will serve us whatever financial needs that client has.

We are a very small team of 5 in Sherwood Park. All work is done on site, where we can ensure that we are building the culture where all employees get to excel at whatever they choose to do. We do have a fairly open-door policy in terms of working hours, vacations, time off, etc

Qualifications

• Strong bookkeeping skills, with the ability to manage day-to-day financial records and transactions.
• Proficiency with accounting software and related tools used for data entry, reporting, and reconciliation.
• Hands-on experience posting and reviewing journal entries and maintaining accurate general ledger accounts.
• Solid understanding of basic tax concepts and compliance; prior work in a tax-focused environment is an asset.
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple client files and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a client-focused approach.
• Diploma or similar education in accounting, finance, or a related field.