Online Bookkeeper (CAD)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Online Bookkeeper (CAD) based in Canada. As an Online Bookkeeper, you will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records and delivering reliable bookkeeping services to a diverse portfolio of clients. You will manage day-to-day financial transactions, perform reconciliations, and prepare month-end reports while ensuring that client accounts remain organized and up to date. Working in a fully remote, technology-driven environment, you will leverage modern accounting software and digital tools to streamline workflows and improve efficiency. You will collaborate directly with clients to address bookkeeping questions, resolve discrepancies, and provide timely financial support. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple client accounts in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting. You will also have the opportunity to contribute ideas, improve processes, and help shape the way a growing virtual accounting practice operates. If you are a proactive accounting professional who enjoys technology, autonomy, and collaborative teamwork, this position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while developing your career. Accountabilities - Day-to-Day Bookkeeping: Manage weekly bookkeeping activities for multiple clients using both accrual and cash accounting methods, ensuring that all transactions are recorded accurately and consistently. - Financial Record Management: Maintain complete, accurate, and well-organized client books, including monitoring debits and credits, clearing accounts, invoices, accounts payable, tax rates, and other essential accounting records.

- Bank and Account Reconciliations: Perform regular bank reconciliations and review financial transactions to identify discrepancies, investigate inconsistencies, and maintain the integrity of client accounts. - Month-End Reporting: Prepare month-end financial reports and ensure that client records are current, reconciled, and ready for reporting and any subsequent accounting activities. - Client Support and Communication: Respond to client questions related to bookkeeping, explain financial information clearly, and provide professional, timely assistance to resolve issues and maintain positive working relationships. - Workflow and Deadline Management: Coordinate multiple client accounts and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, using task management tools to track progress, organize workloads, and meet established deadlines. - Technology and Process Improvement: Use cloud-based accounting platforms and digital document management tools to improve accuracy and efficiency. Identify opportunities to automate repetitive tasks, optimize workflows, and support continuous improvement across bookkeeping operations. - Team Collaboration: Work independently while maintaining effective communication with colleagues, contributing ideas, sharing knowledge, and supporting a collaborative, inclusive, and continuously evolving remote team. Requirements - Professional Experience: At least five years of bookkeeping experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, with the ability to manage multiple client accounts simultaneously. - Accounting Knowledge: Excellent understanding of accrual-based bookkeeping, cash accounting, payroll, debits and credits, clearing accounts, bank reconciliations, invoicing, accounts payable, applicable tax rates, and general accounting system workflows. - Accounting Software Proficiency: Practical experience using Xero and QuickBooks Online (QBO). Familiarity with Hubdoc, Dext, and other cloud-based accounting or document management platforms is a strong asset.