Client Financial Onboarding Auditor

**Client Financial Onboarding Auditor** **Department: myFranchise Bookkeeper** **Reports To: Network Managers** **Location: East Liverpool, Ohio / \[Remote or Hybrid, if applicable]** **Position Summary** The Onboarding Accounting Specialist plays a critical role in successfully transitioning new franchise locations to myFranchise Bookkeeper (MFB). This position is responsible for assessing the financial records of existing businesses joining MFB, identifying accounting and bookkeeping issues that must be corrected, developing a defined scope of work for cleanup projects, and executing the necessary cleanup under the direction of the Network Manager. Once the cleanup is complete, the Onboarding Accounting Specialist manages the location's bookkeeping production during the onboarding period until the account meets MFB standards and is ready to transition to its permanent production team. The ideal candidate combines a strong accounting foundation with excellent technical and problem\-solving skills. This person should be comfortable opening a set of books they have never seen before, identifying what is wrong, determining what needs to happen next, and methodically getting the books to a clean, accurate, production\-ready state. This is not simply a bookkeeping position. It is an accounting troubleshooting and implementation role that serves as the bridge between onboarding and ongoing production. **Key Responsibilities** Financial Assessment \& Cleanup Scoping * Work directly with Network Managers to evaluate the financial condition of newly onboarded franchise locations. * Review existing QuickBooks Online files, financial statements, account reconciliations, transaction history, balance sheet accounts, and other available financial records. * Compare accounting records to available tax returns and other source documentation to establish an accurate financial starting point. * Identify unreconciled accounts, incorrect balances, misclassified transactions, duplicate entries, missing transactions, historical accounting issues, and other discrepancies. * Determine the extent of cleanup required before the location can enter MFB's standard production process. * Prepare a clear cleanup assessment and recommended scope of work for review and approval by the Network Manager. * Estimate the complexity and work required to complete each cleanup project. * Identify issues requiring escalation to the Network Manager **Cleanup Execution** * Execute approved cleanup projects under the direction of the Network Manager. * Reconcile bank, credit card, loan, merchant processing, and applicable balance sheet accounts. * Correct historical transaction coding and account classifications. * Research and resolve discrepancies between QuickBooks and supporting financial records. * Correct or establish beginning balances when appropriate. * Review and correct Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, loans, fixed assets, owner contributi