Bookkeeper

Advisory Excellence LLC; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Advisory Excellence LLC in Tempe, AZ is seeking a mid-level Bookkeeper to join our growing team. The role anchors the monthly close, supports external audits, and partners with the Tempe controller on journal entries, deferrals, and accruals.

You will draft board decks to translate numbers into decisions, mentor junior staff, and help automate tax compliance and general ledger tasks. This position offers a clear path for growth within a flexible, mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action.
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain.
• An Advisory Excellence LLC mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow.
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your finance expertise.
• Strong working knowledge of Tax Compliance and General Ledger.
• An oddball-friendly bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Draft the board deck that turns numbers into a decision
• Mentor junior accounting staff and review their work for accuracy
• Lean on Tax Compliance and General Ledger to automate what used to be manual
• Forecast tax payments precisely enough to avoid an underpayment penalty
• Shepherd the year-end flexible audit from PBC list to signed opinion
• Sit beside the Tempe controller on accruals, deferrals, and journal entries

Skills

Time management

Written communication

Adaptability

Finance portfolio

Tax compliance

General ledger

Project ownership

Job description

A growing Advisory Excellence LLC means growing complexity, and that complexity needs a mid-level Bookkeeper based in Tempe. What Advisory Excellence LLC is really offering: $69,000 - $96,000 for 4 years of External Audit, plus growth that does not stall at the door.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft the board deck that turns numbers into a decision
• Mentor junior accounting staff and review their work for accuracy
• Lean on Tax Compliance and General Ledger to automate what used to be manual
• Forecast tax payments precisely enough to avoid an underpayment penalty
• Shepherd the year-end flexible audit from PBC list to signed opinion
• Sit beside the Tempe controller on accruals, deferrals, and journal entries

What You'll Bring

• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• An Advisory Excellence LLC mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your finance expertise
• Strong working knowledge of Tax Compliance and General Ledger
• An oddball-friendly bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery

Advisory Excellence LLC grew out of a Tempe, AZ research lab and never lost its genuinely-flexible, question-everything approach to CIA Certification. The unwritten rule in Tempe is simple: leave the codebase kinder than you found it.

Pair your Analytical Thinking with our $69,000 - $96,000, our mentors, our benefits, and our flexible Tempe, AZ culture, and the math works in your favor.