Experienced Bookkeeper / Staff Accountant

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About the role
Saye & Associates, LLC is a second-generation, family-owned accounting and advisory firm in Battle Creek, Michigan. We manage full-cycle bookkeeping for a portfolio of small-business clients and we're hiring an experienced bookkeeper / staff accountant to own a set of those clients — keeping their books clean, closing their months, and being their regular point of contact in plain English.

What you'd be doing

• Record transactions, reconcile bank and credit card accounts, and keep clean general ledgers for your assigned clients in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable as client engagements require
• Run the monthly close — journal entries, accruals, and financial statement packages
• Handle sales tax filings and other state and local compliance
• Coordinate with our payroll team as needed
• Talk with clients regularly — answer questions about their books, request missing information, and explain variances in plain English
• Prepare year-end workpapers that hand off cleanly to our tax team
• Catch problems in client books before they become problems, and flag them

What you need

• Minimum 2 years of full-cycle bookkeeping or staff accounting experience at a firm or in industry (3+ preferred)
• Hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online (QBO) and QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) — able to clean up a messy file, not just enter transactions in a tidy one
• A solid grasp of accounting fundamentals — debits and credits, accrual basis, and how the books tie to the financial statements
• The ability to manage several client engagements at once without dropping things
• No degree required — we hire on experience and judgment

Nice to have (we'll train)

• Experience with AccountingCS, Karbon, or Truss
• Sales tax filing experience; multi-state a plus
• Industry-specific experience (construction, restaurants, professional services, nonprofits)
• Financial statement preparation for board or lender use

What we offer

• Salary: $38,000–$42,000 (pending your confirmation)
• Health insurance with shared premium cost
• SIMPLE IRA with a 3% firm match
• Paid sick time, paid vacation, and paid holidays
• Continuing education / CPE costs covered
• Year-round, full-time work with a predictable monthly close cycle
• Variety — a range of industries instead of the same accounts every day
• A small-firm environment where your work is visible and valued, and where we actually answer the phone

Schedule & location
Full-time, Monday–Friday, in-office at our Battle Creek location (491 E Columbia Ave, Suite 2). Some flexibility around month-end close.

How to apply
Send a resume and a short note about why this role interests you to amy@sayeandassociates.com, or call (269) 968-0932. We respond personally to every applicant.

Saye & Associates, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay: $42,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) 3% Match
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person