Remote Full-Charge Bookkeeper — Nonprofit Finances

Velora; Yorktown (VA); Remote; USD 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Paid time off

Training opportunities

Health insurance & retirement

Job summary

Velora is seeking a Bookkeeper to join our fast-growing Professional Services team. You will serve as a full-charge bookkeeper for moderate complex Medium customers, ensuring accurate and up-to-date financial records and delivering exceptional customer experience.

You will own problems end-to-end, stay outcome-focused, and leverage AI to move faster and improve accuracy. In this remote-first role, you will manage data entry, reconciliations, payroll, and donations across multiple clients, using

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years owning full-charge bookkeeping end-to-end with minimal oversight.
• A degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• Strong fundamentals in accounting and nonprofit bookkeeping; applies judgment to keep books clean, compliant, and decision-ready.
• Deep experience in Aplos (preferred) or similar systems; learns new workflows fast and uses tooling to work smarter.
• Strong Excel skills; uses templates, automation, and AI support to move faster without sacrificing accuracy.
• Builds trust with customers through proactive updates, clear expectations, and consistent follow-through.
• Clear, direct communicator who flags risks early and keeps everyone aligned.
• Outcome-focused and deadline-driven; prioritizes the work that moves the customer forward.
• Collaborative teammate who shares learnings, templates, and best practices to raise the bar for the whole team.
• High quality bar and attention to detail; catches issues early and prevents repeat errors.
• Comfortable using AI tools to accelerate research, reconciliation, and documentation while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
• Proactively identifies patterns (errors, missing info, process gaps) and proposes simple fixes that prevent repeat work.
• Operates with high autonomy; clarifies ambiguity, removes blockers, and drives work to completion.

Responsibilities

• Manage full cycle of bookkeeping services for multiple Medium customers concurrently, including data entry, reconciliations, payroll, donations and periodic accounting clean-up as necessary
• Use AI-native tools to streamline workflows and deliver faster, more accurate results for Aplos bookkeeping clients.
• Maintain an average of 70% of your working time spent on billable client work
• Understand organizational needs and provide valuable feedback, proposing solutions to enhance information clarity
• Maintain a high customer net promoter score (9 or 10) by building positive relationships with the customer, communicating proactively, and providing quality and satisfactory services.
• Adhere to established processes to ensure robust financial controls are in place
• Identify areas for process improvement, actively participating in collaborative knowledge-sharing with teammates

Skills

Full-charge bookkeeping

Excel skills

Communication

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business

Tools

Aplos software

AI-native tools

Payroll software

Job description

Velora is seeking a Bookkeeper to join our fast-growing Professional Services team. You will serve as a full-charge bookkeeper for moderate complex Medium customers, ensuring accurate and up-to-date financial records and delivering exceptional customer experience.

You will own problems end-to-end, stay outcome-focused, and leverage AI to move faster and improve accuracy. In this remote-first role, you will manage data entry, reconciliations, payroll, and donations across multiple clients, using