Bookkeeper

Sea Crow Search; Summerville (SC); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Sea Crow Search seeks an experienced accounting professional to own the books end to end in QuickBooks Online. You will report directly to the President and sit in board meetings, building a true activity-based costing discipline that reveals project and service-line margins.

From day one you will dive into the current system, design processes, implement them, and drive reconciliations and monthly close. The role offers autonomy, impact, and growth as the company scales.

Qualifications

• 5+ years bookkeeping experience; construction, contracting, or job-cost environments preferred.
• Track record building processes where none existed.
• Strong problem-solving and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of AP/AR, bank and credit card reconciliations, payroll coordination, month-end close.
• Design and implement an activity-based costing structure (QBO Projects, classes, cost tracking).
• Identify issues, create solutions, and implement them without being asked twice.
• Clean up historical records and establish lasting reconciliation discipline.
• Create, implement, and administer SOPs and process improvements across accounting.
• Deliver monthly financials and job-level margin reporting to the President and board.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Process design

Reconciliations

Attention to detail

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Job description

The company

A decades-old specialty construction and land work business serving the Lowcountry. Revenue is primarily project-based, with heavily recurring components across several revenue streams. The company was recently purchased and the founding owner has stepped down. New ownership is investing in the business, and the accounting function is the first place we're building. This is a rare chance to get in at the ground floor of a proven business entering its next chapter.

The role

You will be the only accounting professional in the business, and that's the opportunity. No layers, no committees, no waiting for permission. You'll report directly to the President, serve as a trusted advisor, and sit in quarterly board meetings alongside the President and our fractional CFO. You'll own the books end to end in QuickBooks Online and build something the company has never had: a true activity-based costing discipline that shows what every project and service line actually earns.

Fair warning: you'll be thrown into the deep end of our accounting system from day one. We won't pretend otherwise. We're looking for someone who reads that and gets excited.

What you'll do

• Take full ownership of all accounting processes: AP/AR, bank and credit card reconciliations, payroll coordination, month-end close
• Design, implement, and administer an activity-based costing structure (QBO Projects, classes, cost tracking) so project-level and service-line margins are visible and trustworthy
• Identify issues, create solutions, and implement them, without being asked twice
• Clean up historical records and establish lasting reconciliation discipline
• Create, implement, and administer SOPs and process improvements across the accounting function
• Deliver monthly financials and job-level margin reporting to the President and board

Who thrives here

• A self-starter who doesn't need, or want, to be micromanaged
• 5+ years of bookkeeping experience; construction, contracting, or other job-cost environments strongly preferred
• Someone with a track record of building processes where none existed, not just following ones handed to them
• Detail-obsessed, discreet, and energized by adding order to chaos
• Someone who wants their voice heard, wants to take charge of accounting, and wants to eventually build an accounting department around a growing business

Why it's worth it

We understand this role is demanding. That's the point. Hard work gets recognized here, and as the company grows, so will the opportunities inside it. You won't be a cog in an accounting department; you'll be the person who built it, with a direct line to leadership and a seat at the table from day one.

And the role is only the starting point. If you want more hours or responsibility beyond it, all you have to do is ask. Our operating model is simple: identify problems, create solutions, present them to the President, execute. People who run that loop get more of the business to run.

Details

On-site in Charleston, SC. Approximately 30-40 hours/week once the function is stabilized; expect more during the initial cleanup and implementation phase. $26-$32 per hour, based on experience.