Bookkeeper

Staff Accountant (Part-Time, Remote)

Multi-Unit Restaurant Group | 20–30 hours per week, with potential to increase

Summary

Position Summary: The Staff Accountant supports the accounting team of a multi-location restaurant group that is bringing its accounting in-house and catching up historical activity. The role focuses on reconciling bank accounts, cleaning up older unreconciled activity, and completing the daily sales reconciliation for each location, with support for accounts payable and balance sheet reconciliations. This is a part-time role starting at 20–30 hours per week, with potential for more. Strong analytical and investigative skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage a varied daily workload are essential for this position.

Essential Functions of the Role:

Bank Reconciliation & Cleanup (approximately 65% of the time)

• Reconcile 13 bank accounts and bring historical, unreconciled bank activity current

• Research payments with missing backup and help locate missing vendor invoices

• Identify and clean up transfers between bank accounts and entities

• Reconcile deposits, including cash deposit logs submitted by the stores

• Find, investigate and resolve variances between the POS, the general ledger and the bank

Daily Sales Reconciliation (approximately 15% of the time)

• Reconcile daily sales for approximately 18 locations, matching POS sales and tenders to the general ledger

• Reconcile credit card settlements and third-party delivery and online payments

Accounts Payable & Vendor Management (approximately 10% of the time)

• Review vendor invoices and expense reports; manually enter invoices as needed

• Download invoices from vendor payment portals and process select approved payments

• Maintain vendor information, including contacts, payment terms and remittance details

• Work with vendors to move payments from check to ACH and update our payment process

Balance Sheet Reconciliations (approximately 8% of the time)

• Clean up suspense and clearing accounts

• Reconcile gift card and event sales activity

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and ad hoc accruals

Administrative (approximately 2% of the time)

• Ad hoc administrative requests, including non-accounting tasks, as needed

And any other duties and tasks to support business needs as directed by management.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience

• 2+ years of accounting experience with hands-on bank reconciliations

• Experience with catch-up or cleanup projects involving high transaction volumes

• Strong understanding of general ledger, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations

• Advanced proficiency with spreadsheet software (MS Excel and Google Sheets)

• Excellent analytical, research and problem-solving skills

• Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to follow through on a high volume of tasks

• Clear written and verbal English communication for working with vendors and store managers

Position Preferences

• Experience in restaurant, hospitality or multi-unit retail accounting

• Experience with Restaurant365 and Toast POS

• Experience reconciling third-party delivery platforms, credit card processors and gift cards

• Multi-entity accounting experience, including intercompany activity

• Experience working remotely for a U.S.-based company