Outsourced Accounting Specialist

Yeo & Yeo; Saginaw (MI); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Competitive salaries

401(k) plan

Health, dental, vision plans

Bonuses

Job summary

Yeo & Yeo, a Michigan-based accounting and advisory firm, seeks an Outsourced Accounting Specialist to learn and apply accounting skills within a supportive team. Responsibilities include processing invoices, AP/AR tasks, payroll, journal entries, and month-end close with coaching and supervision.

You will contribute to accurate reporting, maintain confidentiality, and support the firm’s paperless initiatives, while growing professionally with flexible work options.

Qualifications

• 1+ years' accounting and bookkeeping experience in office setting.
• Associates degree in Accounting or related business curriculum.
• Experience in AP, AR and payroll.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to handle confidential material with discretion.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Process invoices, verify PO’s and post to vendor accounts.
• Perform journal entries and month-end for AP and AR.
• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate reports.
• Ensure payroll transactions are accurate and timely.
• Manage workflow to complete tasks on time and within budget.
• Develop documentation and reporting from data analyses.
• Increase adoption of firm technology and paperless systems.

Skills

Accounting basics

AP/AR processing

Payroll processing

Journal entries

Data analysis

Confidentiality

Detail orientation

Communication skills

Education

Associates degree in Accounting

Tools

Accounting CS

QuickBooks

MS Excel

Job description

It's people like you that make us great!

At Yeo & Yeo, we recognize that the champions behind our success are our people. We are a people-first organization fully committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values your contributions, supports your professional growth, and allows you to enjoy life outside the office with flexible remote, hybrid, and in-office work options.

Make an Impact

Yeo & Yeo is a leading Michigan-based accounting and advisory firm offering a full range of business consulting, assurance, tax, technology, and wealth management solutions. We help our clients navigate their challenges, discover new opportunities, and achieve their business and individual goals. Seeing their success - and being a part of itmakes for a great workday.

When it comes to delivering outstanding business solutions, only the best people make that happen. With over 200 professionals across our family of Yeo & Yeo companies, you join a diverse team of passionate, forward-thinking people collectively working together to positively impact our clients and our communities.

Position Summary

Outsourced Accounting Specialists are responsible for learning and applying technical accounting skills and working as part of a team to carry out tasks with coaching and supervision.

Key Objectives

• Understand basic accounting principles
• Use of debits & credits and relationship between accounts
• Apply checks to customer accounts
• Process refunds returned checks and bad debts.
• Must be proficient in processing invoices (incoming & verifying PO's or receiving tickets), posting to vendor accounts and processing cleared checks
• Perform Journal entries and month-end for AP and AR areas
• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely
• Bring projects to completion on time and within budget
• Synthesize and analyze data to construct concise and clear documentation for reporting
• Growing use and knowledge of applicable firm technology, paperless systems, tools, and processes
• Develop and awareness of the Firm's vision, core values and business strategies

Qualifications

• 1+ years' experience in accounting and bookkeeping in office setting
• Minimum Associates degree in Accounting or other related business curriculum
• Experienced in AP, AR and payroll
• Possess excellent decision-making ability
• Qualified written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills
• Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material
• Strong attention to detail

Preferred Abilities

• Communicate effectively in a variety of professional situations
• Participate actively in all on-the-job and formal learning and development opportunities to understand role and responsibilities
• High degree of professionalism
• Ability to accept and adjust to changing priorities and circumstances

Leadership

• Take charge and be action-oriented and persist until the task or job is completed

Technology

• Strong PC skills
• Familiarity with MS Office particularly excel
• Accounting CS and QuickBooks preferred
• Adaptability to a paperless environment
• Understand and stay current on new technology
• Incorporate new techniques and ensure minimal disruptions to productivity

Benefits & Perks!

At Yeo & Yeo, we offer a great career with industry-leading benefits, and that's why we're repeatedly ranked among Michigan's Best Places to Work.

Some of our benefits include flexible work options; competitive salaries; generous PDO/paid holidays, excellent medical, dental and vision plans; bonuses; referral programs; life insurance; 401(k) plan; an award-winning CPA certification program; community service opportunities; dress for your day attire; continuous feedback and so much more.

We focus on developing our careers and prioritize fostering each person's unique talents and strengths. We succeed as a team when our individuals succeed. We celebrate our successes and take time to cultivate our friendships. From team retreats and office (and Zoom) parties to our Yeo & Yeo sports teams - we love what we do and having fun too!

Yeo & Yeo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace.