Bookkeeping Manager

**About Northshore Bookkeeping** Northshore Bookkeeping is a growing full\-charge bookkeeping firm serving small to mid\-sized businesses. We provide accurate, timely, and personalized bookkeeping services that help clients understand their financial position and make informed business decisions. We are seeking an experienced **Bookkeeping Manager** with strong QuickBooks Online skills, excellent supervisory skills with good team\-management experience, and the ability to work directly with clients. The ideal candidate is a self\-starter who takes ownership, solves problems, and is a sound decision maker. **About the Role** The Bookkeeping Manager oversees bookkeeping operations, manages multiple client accounts, and leads a team of bookkeepers. This position combines hands\-on bookkeeping, financial statement review, client communication, problem\-solving, and team development. **Key Responsibilities** * Manage bookkeeping services for multiple small to mid\-sized business clients. * Maintain accurate, current financial records in QuickBooks Online, including transaction categorization and bank and credit card reconciliations. * Prepare, review, and deliver monthly financial statements and reports. * Review Balance Sheets and Profit \& Loss statements, identify discrepancies, and research and correct errors or unusual transactions. * Analyze financial information and clearly communicate findings to clients. * Ensure client work is completed accurately and on schedule. * Work directly with clients to answer questions and resolve bookkeeping needs. * Assist with clients onboarding and establish appropriate bookkeeping processes. * **Train, mentor, and supervise bookkeepers, providing direction, feedback, and support.** * Follow GAAP and company procedures while maintaining strict confidentiality and professionalism. **What We're Looking For** We are looking for more than someone who can enter transactions into QuickBooks. We need a **problem\-solver and critical thinker** who can look at a client's books, recognize when something doesn't make sense, determine what needs to be done, and follow through to resolution. The successful candidate will: * Have strong QuickBooks Online knowledge and experience. * Understand bookkeeping principles and GAAP especially financial statements. * Be highly detail\-oriented and committed to accuracy. * Have exceptional organizational skills. * Demonstrated ability to analyze financial information, identify discrepancies, and make appropriate corrections. * Successfully manage multiple clients and competing deadlines. * Have experience supervising and developing staff. * Strong written and verbal communication skills exhibited by communicating professionally and confidently with clients and team members. * Explain financial information clearly to non\-accounting professionals. * Take initiative, exercise sound judgment, and follow through on assignments. * Adapt easily to businesses of different sizes and