Senior Bookkeeper

Backyard Bookkeeper

Senior Bookkeeper managing accounts and financial reporting for multiple clients with flexible hours at Backyard Bookkeeper. Requires strong accounting knowledge and experience in Quickbooks and other platforms.

Posted 6/14/2026part-timeSalt Lake City • Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $26 - $30 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Keeping the books (data entry, reconciliation, review, financial statements) for a handful of regular clients.
Taking responsibility for enterprise clients with more complex financial reporting.
Helping with incoming large projects that require cleanup or setup before we can transition them to "maintenance mode" bookkeeping.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Daytime availability for meetings and client calls.
Prepared to work a minimum of 20 hours per week.
Good at managing multiple ongoing projects across several clients.
Able to provide good, consistent service to clients who are sometimes assertive and demanding.
At least three years of full-charge accounting experience in a small business environment (including data entry, A/R, A/P, reconciliations, etc).
Thorough understanding of general accounting/double-entry bookkeeping principles, comfortable making journal entries correctly.
Excellent communication skills, including through email, phone, video chat, and other online media; be able to respond to messages within one business day.
Self-motivated, able to work effectively under deadlines without much supervision, excellent follow-through.
Have your own computer with a number pad, headset, and webcam, along with a good internet connection.
Type at least 50 WPM, not afraid of data entry (sometimes it gets tedious, but we do our best to mix it up with more interesting work).
Generally tech savvy on computers, Windows, Microsoft Office, and internet; able to learn new software quickly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible hours
On the job training and development
Work from the comfort of your own home
Interact with lots of interesting people and companies in varying industries
Have a variety of ongoing projects, rather than keeping the same routine every day and week
Mileage and home office expense reimbursements
Company IRA matching up to 3%
Each team has an in-person meeting (usually lunch or dinner) once a quarter - attendance is required in most cases
We hold two events each year in the SLC, Utah area: a company retreat in the fall and a holiday party in early December. Attendance is required at both events if you live within reasonable traveling distance (mileage is reimbursed). If not, the company will pay for a plane ticket to at least one of the semiannual get-togethers.

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-charge accountingdata entryreconciliationfinancial statementsaccounts receivableaccounts payablejournal entriesdouble-entry bookkeepingproject management

Soft Skills

communication skillsself-motivatedtime managementclient serviceadaptabilityfollow-throughproblem-solving