Finance Lead: Own Month-End Close & AI-Driven Bookkeeping

Self Publishing, Inc.; Texas; Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO + paid holidays

401(k) option

Monthly self-care stipend

4 day MBA program

Job summary

selfpublishing.com is seeking a finance leader to own the numbers, close the month, and improve financials for an 8-figure company.

This in-office role (5 days a week) in West Lake Hills requires strong QuickBooks skills, attention to detail, and willingness to leverage AI daily to drive speed and accuracy in all financial processes.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of bookkeeping or accounting experience.
• Owned the finance function somewhere, ideally at a company doing $3M or more.
• Impeccable attention to detail.
• High integrity + discretion with confidential info.
• Great communication and time management.
• Strong QuickBooks experience, and you are willing to use AI daily.
• Experience with Rippling or payroll prep.
• Familiarity with financial forecasting.
• Experience in online/service-based businesses.
• A love for learning and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own all day-to-day bookkeeping (QuickBooks is your jam).
• Reconcile bank & credit card statements like a boss.
• Manage A/P, A/R, commissions and payouts.
• Own the month end close and the P&L, not just the data entry.
• Work directly with our CEO, our GM, our outside accounting firm and our family office.
• Use AI every day to work faster and more accurately.

Skills

QuickBooks

AI usage

Financial forecasting

Attention to detail

Communication

Payroll prep

Tools

Rippling

Payroll preparation

Job description

Do you love bringing order to financial chaos?
Do you spot patterns in numbers like Neo sees the Matrix?
Do your reconciliations reconcile so well they could win awards?

At selfpublishing.com, we help authors transform lives by writing, publishing, and launching their books. But behind every bestselling story is a company that runs on clarity, accountability, and rock-solid financials. That’s where YOU come in.

We are looking for someone to run the finance function for an 8 figure company. Not a task doer. The person who owns the numbers, closes the month, and makes the numbers better.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing:

• Own all day-to-day bookkeeping (QuickBooks is your jam)
• Reconcile bank & credit card statements like a boss
• Manage A/P, A/R, commissions and payouts
• Own the month end close and the P&L, not just the data entry
• Work directly with our CEO, our GM, our outside accounting firm and our family office
• Use AI every day to work faster and more accurately

🚫 Please don’t apply if you:

• Have less than 2 years of real bookkeeping or accounting experience
• Aren’t confident in QuickBooks
• Struggle with accuracy or attention to detail
• Live more than 30 minutes from West Lake Hills. This role is in office, 5 days a week
• Are not willing to use AI to do the job better really love them

✅ Required:
✔️ 2+ years of bookkeeping or accounting experience
✔️ You have owned the finance function somewhere, ideally at a company doing $3M or more
✔️ Impeccable attention to detail
✔️ High integrity + discretion with confidential info
✔️ Great communication and time management
✔️ Strong QuickBooks experience, and you are willing to use AI daily

• Experience with Rippling or payroll prep
• Familiarity with financial forecasting
• Experience in online/service-based businesses
• A love for learning and process improvement

💰 The Pay: $50,000–$70,000/year (depending on experience)

• PTO + paid holidays
• 401(k) option
• Monthly self-care stipend
• A mission driven team with BIG goals, plus we put you through a 4 day MBA program

If you want a seat where the numbers actually drive decisions, and you want to be in the room when they do, you just found it.

📩 Apply now or send this to someone who’d be a perfect fit!

The pay range for this role is:

50,000 - 70,000 USD per year (Westlake Office)