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Position: Bookkeeper Location: Remote... Pay: $5-7/hour (10 hours/month) Solving IT is a Chicago-based crew of creative, collaborative, and curious consultants who deliver custom solutions to business and IT challenges. We are very excited to currently be in the market for a part-time Bookkeeper. We are searching for someone passionate about numbers and results, while also proving to be an effective communicator and team player. Our unrivaled reputation for quality is demonstrated through our Inavero Best of Staffing award that was won due to the feedback from our own clients and consultants. We work hard; we play hard. Join us to experience all that Solving IT has to offer! Responsibilities: •Own Month-End Close (MEC) tasks with accuracy, track KPIs, and explain trends in commentary of draft financials (P/L, B/S, Budget v. Actuals, and Monthly Forecasted P/Ls). • Handle general accounting tasks including but not limited to invoicing, bills, journal entries, remittance mapping, reconciliations, financial reports, statement reviews, vendor payments, bonus calculations, commission reporting, and expense reporting. • Contribute to scenario-based financial models that analyze historic and forecasted data for creative recommendations that Senior Leaders can use for strategic decisions. • Update annual budget reporting. • Support general operations including payroll and benefits tasks and validation, replying to corporate mail, handling inventory requests, etc. Requirements: • Eager to continuously learn advanced skills in our systems: Excel, QuickBooks Online (QBO), Salesforce, Bill.com, Fathom, clients’ VMSs, and Paylocity. • Excellent collaboration and communication skills (verbal and written). • Overlap working hours with US Central Standard Time (Solving IT hours: 9am to 5:30pm Chicago time). • Must support Ops Associate to meet deliverable deadlines for MEC (monthly), Budget (annually), etc. Skills: • Accounting Basics • Proactive and Effective Communication Skills (Verbal and Written) • Bookkeeping • Intuit QuickBooks / Accounting Software • Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable • Bank and Credit Card Reconciliation • Data Entry • Accounting • Payroll Accounting • Balance Sheet Management Solving IT is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law