Bookkeeper (QuickBooks Online)
2026-02-23T14:03:59+00:00
CDL Human Resource
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PART_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Human Services
Accounting & Finance,Admin & Office,Business Operations
2026-03-02T17:00:00+00:00
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About the Role
The high-end bookkeeper will support the client,an interior finish showroom.The Client helps homeowners and builders complete interior selections and installations (flooring, lighting, fixtures, cabinets, countertops, window coverings, etc.), delivering a streamlined “start-to-finish” experience.This role’s initial focus is cleaning up and maintaining the books in QuickBooks Online and delivering reliable monthly reporting.
Key Responsibilities
1) QuickBooks Online Bookkeeping & Cleanup
- Maintain accurate day-to-day bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online (QBO).
- Review and clean up historical transactions as needed to ensure the books are accurate and investor-ready.
- Ensure consistent transaction coding and a clean, usable chart of accounts (in alignment with the owner’s reporting needs).
2) Monthly Close, Reconciliation & Accuracy
- Reconcile all connected accounts monthly (bank account(s), line of credit, and credit cards).
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies (duplicates, missing entries, uncategorized items,miscoding).
- Keep accounts current so financials reflect the real-time health of the business.
3) Financial Reporting for Management
- Produce clear monthly financial reports, including:
- Profit & Loss (P&L)
- Balance Sheet
- Cash flow visibility (as needed)
- Provide reporting that helps leadership answer practical questions like “what does it cost?” and “where is margin going?”
4) Payables/Receivables Support (as applicable in QBO)
- Support accurate vendor/expense tracking and documentation.
- Help keep customer invoices/receipts organized within the bookkeeping workflow (as applicable).
5) Documentation & Process
- Maintain organized digital records (receipts, supporting docs, reconciliations).
- Create simple, repeatable bookkeeping procedures to reduce month-end friction.
Future Scope (as Finir grows)
- Light budgeting support and simple forecasting views.
- Basic KPI tracking (e.g., gross margin trends, operating expense trends).
- Coordination with Finir’s external accountant during tax time (books handed off cleanly; no tax filing required in this role).
Requirements
Qualifications & Skills
- 3+ years of high-level bookkeeping experience (small business preferred).
- Strong proficiency in QuickBooks Online (required).
- Must have 3+ years of working experience with a US Based company doing quickbooks online.
- Strong proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets (formulas, accuracy checks, clean reporting).
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to clean, audit-ready books.
- Clear, professional English communication (written and verbal); able to summarize issues and next steps concisely.
- Comfortable handling high transaction volume and working independently with deadlines.
- Strong integrity and confidentiality with financial information.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting construction, trades, home services, or project-based businesses(helpful, not required).
- Experience improving bookkeeping processes and cleaning up historical records.
Tools & Systems
- Houzz Pro (required familiarity): Candidate should be comfortable learning/using Houzz Pro as an industry-specific system used by the business (user access will be provided).
- Google Drive (strong proficiency required): Candidate must be highly organized managing documents, receipts, and supporting files in Google Drive.
Work Style & Personal Attributes
- Proactive, dependable, and steady follow-through.
- Patient with detail-heavy tasks; enjoys reconciling and getting things “to zero.”
- Solutions-oriented: flags problems early and proposes fixes.
- Comfortable collaborating with a U.S.-based team during U.S. business hours (Central Time).
- Able to onboard into the client's workflows and communicate clearly to bridge process/context gaps.
Equipment Requirements
- Personal laptop and phone, high-quality headset.
- Reliable high-speed internet connection suitable for daily remote work.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary:commensurate with skills/experience.
- Performance bonuses
- Remote work flexibility.
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Maintain accurate day-to-day bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online (QBO).
- Review and clean up historical transactions as needed to ensure the books are accurate and investor-ready.
- Ensure consistent transaction coding and a clean, usable chart of accounts (in alignment with the owner’s reporting needs).
- Reconcile all connected accounts monthly (bank account(s), line of credit, and credit cards).
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies (duplicates, missing entries, uncategorized items,miscoding).
- Keep accounts current so financials reflect the real-time health of the business.
- Produce clear monthly financial reports, including: Profit & Loss (P&L), Balance Sheet, Cash flow visibility (as needed).
- Provide reporting that helps leadership answer practical questions like “what does it cost?” and “where is margin going?”
- Support accurate vendor/expense tracking and documentation.
- Help keep customer invoices/receipts organized within the bookkeeping workflow (as applicable).
- Maintain organized digital records (receipts, supporting docs, reconciliations).
- Create simple, repeatable bookkeeping procedures to reduce month-end friction.
- Light budgeting support and simple forecasting views.
- Basic KPI tracking (e.g., gross margin trends, operating expense trends).
- Coordination with Finir’s external accountant during tax time (books handed off cleanly; no tax filing required in this role).
- QuickBooks Online
- Excel / Google Sheets (formulas, accuracy checks, clean reporting)
- Attention to detail
- English communication (written and verbal)
- Independent work
- Integrity and confidentiality
- Houzz Pro familiarity
- Google Drive proficiency
- 3+ years of high-level bookkeeping experience (small business preferred).
- Strong proficiency in QuickBooks Online (required).
- Must have 3+ years of working experience with a US Based company doing quickbooks online.
- Strong proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets (formulas, accuracy checks, clean reporting).
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to clean, audit-ready books.
- Clear, professional English communication (written and verbal); able to summarize issues and next steps concisely.
- Comfortable handling high transaction volume and working independently with deadlines.
- Strong integrity and confidentiality with financial information.
- Experience supporting construction, trades, home services, or project-based businesses(helpful, not required).
- Experience improving bookkeeping processes and cleaning up historical records.
- Houzz Pro (required familiarity)
- Google Drive (strong proficiency required)
- Proactive, dependable, and steady follow-through.
- Patient with detail-heavy tasks; enjoys reconciling and getting things “to zero.”
- Solutions-oriented: flags problems early and proposes fixes.
- Comfortable collaborating with a U.S.-based team during U.S. business hours (Central Time).
- Able to onboard into the client's workflows and communicate clearly to bridge process/context gaps.
- Personal laptop and phone, high-quality headset.
- Reliable high-speed internet connection suitable for daily remote work.
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Vacancy title:
Bookkeeper (QuickBooks Online)
[Type: PART_TIME, Industry: Human Services, Category: Accounting & Finance,Admin & Office,Business Operations]
Jobs at:
CDL Human Resource
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, March 2 2026
Duty Station:
This Job is Remote
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 23 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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About the Role
The high-end bookkeeper will support the client,an interior finish showroom.The Client helps homeowners and builders complete interior selections and installations (flooring, lighting, fixtures, cabinets, countertops, window coverings, etc.), delivering a streamlined “start-to-finish” experience.This role’s initial focus is cleaning up and maintaining the books in QuickBooks Online and delivering reliable monthly reporting.
Key Responsibilities
1) QuickBooks Online Bookkeeping & Cleanup
- Maintain accurate day-to-day bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online (QBO).
- Review and clean up historical transactions as needed to ensure the books are accurate and investor-ready.
- Ensure consistent transaction coding and a clean, usable chart of accounts (in alignment with the owner’s reporting needs).
2) Monthly Close, Reconciliation & Accuracy
- Reconcile all connected accounts monthly (bank account(s), line of credit, and credit cards).
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies (duplicates, missing entries, uncategorized items,miscoding).
- Keep accounts current so financials reflect the real-time health of the business.
3) Financial Reporting for Management
- Produce clear monthly financial reports, including:
- Profit & Loss (P&L)
- Balance Sheet
- Cash flow visibility (as needed)
- Provide reporting that helps leadership answer practical questions like “what does it cost?” and “where is margin going?”
4) Payables/Receivables Support (as applicable in QBO)
- Support accurate vendor/expense tracking and documentation.
- Help keep customer invoices/receipts organized within the bookkeeping workflow (as applicable).
5) Documentation & Process
- Maintain organized digital records (receipts, supporting docs, reconciliations).
- Create simple, repeatable bookkeeping procedures to reduce month-end friction.
Future Scope (as Finir grows)
- Light budgeting support and simple forecasting views.
- Basic KPI tracking (e.g., gross margin trends, operating expense trends).
- Coordination with Finir’s external accountant during tax time (books handed off cleanly; no tax filing required in this role).
Requirements
Qualifications & Skills
- 3+ years of high-level bookkeeping experience (small business preferred).
- Strong proficiency in QuickBooks Online (required).
- Must have 3+ years of working experience with a US Based company doing quickbooks online.
- Strong proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets (formulas, accuracy checks, clean reporting).
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to clean, audit-ready books.
- Clear, professional English communication (written and verbal); able to summarize issues and next steps concisely.
- Comfortable handling high transaction volume and working independently with deadlines.
- Strong integrity and confidentiality with financial information.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting construction, trades, home services, or project-based businesses(helpful, not required).
- Experience improving bookkeeping processes and cleaning up historical records.
Tools & Systems
- Houzz Pro (required familiarity): Candidate should be comfortable learning/using Houzz Pro as an industry-specific system used by the business (user access will be provided).
- Google Drive (strong proficiency required): Candidate must be highly organized managing documents, receipts, and supporting files in Google Drive.
Work Style & Personal Attributes
- Proactive, dependable, and steady follow-through.
- Patient with detail-heavy tasks; enjoys reconciling and getting things “to zero.”
- Solutions-oriented: flags problems early and proposes fixes.
- Comfortable collaborating with a U.S.-based team during U.S. business hours (Central Time).
- Able to onboard into the client's workflows and communicate clearly to bridge process/context gaps.
Equipment Requirements
- Personal laptop and phone, high-quality headset.
- Reliable high-speed internet connection suitable for daily remote work.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary:commensurate with skills/experience.
- Performance bonuses
- Remote work flexibility.
- Career advancement opportunities.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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