Job Opportunity: Junior Accounting Consultant
Employment type: 1099 Contractor
Location: This is a remote position – physically located in either the Eastern of Central time zone
Hours: Flexible, part-time schedule; set your own hours (could grow to full-time)
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Pay rate: $25 – $30/hr
Travel requirements: Intermittently as requested
Position Purpose: This is the opportunity to join a highly professional, tech-savvy accounting consulting team focused on small and medium-sized businesses. Make a meaningful impact as a key contributor while fast-tracking your own skill growth in values-based business management, servant leadership and accounting management. Learn from a seasoned CFO who has a heart for solving clients’ financial business challenges and empowering them to become successful. Skistad Consulting is dedicated to removing their clients’ financial, accounting and payroll fears by offloading them to experts. The end result is business growth. We leverage cutting-edge tools, innovative applications, and industry best practices to streamline processes, optimize efficiency and productivity, while also improving the organization, accuracy, timeliness, and security of financial data.
Key Responsibilities:
•Supporting the CFO
•Communicating with clients and building trusted relationships
•Receipt and Time Tracking
•Assisting with clients’ payroll and payroll taxes
•Managing records and preparing monthly financial statements
•Verifying the accuracy of invoices or financial data
•Invoicing vendors and Purchase Order (PO) management
•Investigating data inconsistencies
•Account reconciliation
•Problem identification and problem-solving
Qualifications: Familiarity with generally acceptable accounting principles (GAAP), adept with Intuit QuickBooks Online (QBO), Google Workspace and Microsoft Office Suite. Professional communications skills, good listener, and consultative style. Proven strong work ethic, self-motivated and self-directed. Fast learner willing to take direction. Goal-oriented, problem-solver, organized and process-efficiency focused.
Education and Experience: Minimum of Associate’s Degree in Accounting or Finance plus 3 years of related professional work experience.
Requirements:
• Pass an Employer Background Check.
• Complete a Personality Test.
• Provide verifiable, applicable professional references.
• Provide a secure work environment without visibility or access to client data.
• Supply own computer/laptop with current security, printer/scanner, mobile phone and stable high speed Internet.