Business Management Specialist (Bookkeeper)

Elliott Davis; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off & holidays

Flexible work schedules

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Professional coaching

Job summary

Elliott Davis Nashville is seeking a detail-oriented bookkeeping professional to support multiple clients with accounts payable/receivable, payroll, and monthly closing tasks. The role emphasizes accuracy, timeliness, and strong client service.

Bachelors degree preferred; 3 years of bookkeeping experience; strong communication skills. This role offers growth, competitive benefits, and a collaborative culture in a busy CPA firm environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting preferred but not required.
• 3 years of bookkeeping experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidentiality is crucial for this role.
• Significant attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple clients and priorities.
• Experience preparing quarterly tax estimates is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Complete tasks with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.
• Multi-task and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Process payroll.
• Manage clients budgets.
• Credit card expense reporting.
• Prepare bank reconciliations.
• Adjust monthly journal entries.
• Reconcile investment accounts.
• Tour accounting tasks such as road reports and itineraries.
• Compile monthly financial statements.
• Prepare quarterly tax estimates as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Confidentiality

Flexible

Education

Bachelors Degree in Accounting

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Elliott Davis pairs forward‑thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry‑leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. Audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC(doing business in NC and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC), a licensed CPA firm.

Who You Are

This person will be responsible for multiple clients and is expected to provide the highest level of client service. Timeliness and attention to detail are a must in order to be successful in your daily tasks and accomplishing goals. We serve a very specific client base whose expectations are superbly high and for whom we will excel. Tasks include processing accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, budgets, bank reconciliations and monthly adjusting journal entries. Knowledge of prepping quarterly tax estimates a plus. Bachelor’s degree preferred but will give strong consideration to experienced applicants. Must possess excellent people and communication skills!

Who Your Internal Clients Are

This role supports multiple external clients and serves as additional support as needed on other accounts, including tax.

Role Responsibilities

• Completing all tasks with a high degree of accuracy, timeliness, and attention to detail
• Ability to consistently multi-task and effectively manage multiple priorities
• Processing accounts payable/receivable
• Processing payroll
• Managing clients’ budgets
• Credit card expense reporting
• Preparing bank reconciliations
• Adjusting journal entries monthly
• Investment account reconciliation
• Tour accounting (reconciling road reports, meeting road managers, preparing itineraries, etc.)
• Compiling monthly financial statements
• Preparing quarterly tax estimates, as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred; not required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confidentiality is crucial for this role
• Significant attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple clients, competing priorities, and expectations
• Able to be flexible and provide excellent client service is a must
• Experience preparing quarterly tax estimates is a plus
• 3-5 years of experience in bookkeeping
• Strong organizational skills

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WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

• generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• first‑class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• one‑on‑one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• access to Beyond: a one‑of‑a‑kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally

ADA Requirements

The physical and cognitive/mental requirements and the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and to talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
• Required to have specific vision abilities which include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Cognitive/Mental Requirements

• Use written and oral communication skills.
• Read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Observe and interpret situations.
• Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and
• Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work.