Bookkeeper — Senior

IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc.; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc. seeks a Senior Bookkeeper to manage recurring bookkeeping and month-end close for U.S.-based clients. You will work independently, handle complex reconciliations, and mentor junior team members, with direct client communication when authorized.

The role requires 4–7 years of hands-on bookkeeping, strong QuickBooks skills, and advanced Excel. You will maintain accurate ledgers, prepare reports, and ensure quality control across multiple client accounts.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of hands‑on bookkeeping, general‑ledger, or small‑business accounting experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing books for multiple clients or business entities
• Strong QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop experience
• Strong knowledge of reconciliations, month‑end close, journal entries, and financial statements
• Ability to analyze balance‑sheet accounts and trace activity to source documentation
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, conditional logic, pivot tables, and data cleanup
• Ability to work independently while maintaining clear status updates and documentation
• Strong written and spoken English for U.S. client and team communication
• Consistent judgment about when to resolve an item, ask a question, or elevate an issue

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual bookkeeping cycles for assigned clients
• Perform and review bank, credit-card, loan, payroll, intercompany, and other balance-sheet reconciliations
• Investigate unreconciled differences, stale items, unusual transactions, and historical errors
• Maintain accurate general ledgers and supporting schedules
• Prepare month-end close packages and management reports for review
• Support accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, depreciation schedules, loans, owner activity, and equity accounts
• Assist with cleanup, conversion, catch-up, and chart-of-accounts projects
• Review accounts payable and accounts receivable workflows for completeness and accuracy
• Prepare client questions that are specific, organized, and easy to answer
• Document accounting policies, recurring procedures, and unresolved issues
• Review junior bookkeepers’ work and provide actionable feedback
• Coordinate deadlines across multiple clients and escalation risks early
• Maintain confidentiality and follow the firm’s quality-control procedures

Skills

Bookkeeping

General Ledger

Multi-client mgmt

QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Desktop

Bank Reconciliations

Month-end Close

Excel / Sheets

English Communication

Independent Worker

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Bookkeeper to manage recurring bookkeeping and month-end close activities for U.S.-based clients. The Senior Bookkeeper should be able to work independently, handle more complex reconciliations and cleanup projects, communicate directly with client contacts when authorized, and review the work of junior team members.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual bookkeeping cycles for assigned clients
• Perform and review bank, credit-card, loan, payroll, intercompany, and other balance-sheet reconciliations
• Investigate unreconciled differences, stale items, unusual transactions, and historical errors
• Maintain accurate general ledgers and supporting schedules
• Prepare month-end close packages and management reports for review
• Support accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, depreciation schedules, loans, owner activity, and equity accounts
• Assist with cleanup, conversion, catch-up, and chart-of-accounts projects
• Review accounts payable and accounts receivable workflows for completeness and accuracy
• Prepare client questions that are specific, organized, and easy to answer
• Document accounting policies, recurring procedures, and unresolved issues
• Review junior bookkeepers’ work and provide actionable feedback
• Coordinate deadlines across multiple clients and escalation risks early
• Maintain confidentiality and follow the firm’s quality-control procedures

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• 4–7 years of hands‑on bookkeeping, general‑ledger, or small‑business accounting experience
• Demonstrated experience managing books for multiple clients or business entities
• Strong QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop experience
• Strong knowledge of reconciliations, month‑end close, journal entries, and financial statements
• Ability to analyze balance‑sheet accounts and trace activity to source documentation
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, conditional logic, pivot tables, and data cleanup
• Ability to work independently while maintaining clear status updates and documentation
• Strong written and spoken English for U.S. client and team communication
• Consistent judgment about when to resolve an item, ask a question, or elevate an issue

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a U.S. CPA firm, outsourced accounting practice, or client-accounting-services team
• Experience with multi‑entity bookkeeping, intercompany activity, or consolidated reporting
• Familiarity with payroll reconciliations, sales tax, 1099 support, inventory, fixed assets, and debt schedules
• Experience improving close checklists, standard operating procedures, or bookkeeping workflows
• Experience coaching or reviewing junior accounting staff
• Familiarity with practice‑management and document‑management platforms
• ACCA / CA or graduate in accounting or finance