Senior Bookkeeper (QBO + Xero) for US/Canadian CPA Firm | $1,100-$1,500/mo + 13th Month | Long-Term

We're a fast-growing cross-border CPA firm (US + Canadian clients) hiring our first bookkeeper. Not an agency, not a BPO. You'd be employee #1 on the delivery team, working directly with the firm's founder, a dual-licensed US/Canadian CPA.

Two things make this role different from the other bookkeeping posts you're reading:

1. We pay at the top of the market on purpose. $1,100-$1,500 USD per month depending on experience, plus 13th month, a health (HMO) allowance after your first 3 months, and paid leave. Paid twice monthly via Wise, always on time. Raises are written into the plan at 6 and 12 months. We'd rather pay well and keep you for years.

2. You'll work inside an AI-driven operating system. Most of the firm's drafting, checklists, and workpapers are prepared by AI tools inside documented workflows, and you get full access to the same tools the founder uses. If you want to learn how a modern firm actually automates, this is the seat.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own end-to-end books for a portfolio of US and Canadian small-business clients (QBO and Xero)
• Monthly reconciliations, AP/AR, payroll entries, month-end close, management reports
• Clean-up projects: catch-up books, coding-error hunts, migration tidy-ups
• Prepare year-end working papers so returns can be prepared from your files without rework
• Self-review everything before it reaches the founder; his review should find nothing

YOU'RE A FIT IF YOU HAVE

• 3+ years bookkeeping for US or Canadian clients (not PH-only experience)
• Advanced QBO and advanced Xero (or the reverse)
• Real command of accrual accounting: you can explain a balance sheet variance, not just categorize transactions
• Excellent written English; your reconciliation notes will be read by a CPA
• Reliable fiber internet and a quiet workspace

Nice to have: payroll (US or Canadian), sales tax/GST-HST exposure, experience at an accounting firm rather than a single company.

SCHEDULE: at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern mornings (roughly 9am to 1pm ET), so questions get answered the same day. The rest is yours to arrange.

GROWTH: the firm is scaling fast. This seat grows into senior/lead bookkeeper as the pod grows under you.

HOW TO APPLY (read carefully; applications that skip a step aren't reviewed):
1. Put "BLUE + your full name" in the first line of your application.
2. Attach your resume.
3. Answer in writing: (a) years with QBO and with Xero, (b) the US or Canadian clients/firms you've worked with (industries, not names), (c) your expected monthly salary, (d) your internet speed (screenshot).
4. Record a 2-minute Loom: who you are, the messiest set of books you ever fixed, and what you did.

Shortlisted candidates get a paid test task ($25 for ~2 hours), then a video interview with the founder.