Full Charge Bookkeeper

Arkansas Talent Group is seeking a Full Charge Bookkeeper for a well-established CPA firm in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is an excellent contract-to-permanent opportunity for an experienced accounting professional who enjoys managing the full bookkeeping cycle, supporting a diverse client base, and taking ownership of multiple accounting priorities in a professional-services environment.

The firm is seeking someone who can make an immediate impact in a contract capacity, with the expectation that the position may transition to a permanent role based on performance, business needs, and mutual fit. This structure is ideal for a highly capable bookkeeping professional interested in demonstrating their value within a collaborative CPA-firm environment while pursuing a long-term opportunity.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable balancing multiple client engagements simultaneously. This person will manage multi-entity accounting, client bookkeeping, payroll responsibilities, reconciliations, and financial reporting while serving as a reliable day-to-day resource for the firm's clients and internal accounting team. The firm uses QuickBooks, so strong working knowledge of QuickBooks and the ability to navigate multiple company files efficiently are essential.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle bookkeeping responsibilities for multiple clients across a variety of industries.
• Maintain accurate general ledgers, chart-of-account structures, account coding, and financial records for multiple client entities.
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable activity, including vendor invoices, customer billing, cash receipts, payments, and account maintenance.
• Complete bank, credit card, loan, payroll liability, intercompany, and balance-sheet account reconciliations on a monthly and as-needed basis.
• Prepare, review, and post journal entries, including accruals, depreciation, prepaid expenses, payroll entries, reclasses, and adjusting entries.
• Produce timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial statements, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, general ledger detail, and supporting schedules.
• Handle multi-entity accounting activities, including intercompany transactions, due-to/due-from account reconciliation, allocations, consolidations support, and entity-level reporting.
• Process payroll for multiple clients, ensuring accurate employee setup, time and earnings entry, deductions, withholdings, benefit contributions, direct deposits, and payroll-related reporting.
• Assist with payroll tax filings, quarterly payroll reporting, W-2 preparation, 1099 preparation, and related compliance documentation as assigned.
• Maintain organized client files and supporting documentation in accordance with firm procedures and applicable retention requirements.
• Review accounting records for accuracy, completeness, and unusual activity; identify discrepancies and resolve issues proactively.
• Communicate directly with clients to request information, clarify transactions, answer bookkeeping questions, and follow up on outstanding documentation.
• Assist CPAs and firm leadership with tax-season preparation, year-end close, tax workpaper support, audit support, and other client accounting projects.
• Support the implementation, cleanup, conversion, and ongoing optimization of QuickBooks files and accounting processes.
• Manage competing deadlines across multiple clients while maintaining a high standard of service, responsiveness, confidentiality, and accuracy.
• Perform other bookkeeping, payroll, and client-accounting responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree, bachelor's degree, bookkeeping certification, or equivalent combination of relevant accounting education and experience preferred.
• Three or more years of progressive bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, or client accounting services experience preferred.
• Prior experience supporting multiple clients, entities, or company files is strongly preferred; public accounting or CPA-firm experience is a significant plus.
• Strong working knowledge of QuickBooks Online and/or QuickBooks Desktop, including general ledger management, bank reconciliations, reporting, journal entries, payroll, and file maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience processing payroll and supporting payroll tax reporting for one or more businesses.
• Solid understanding of accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, general ledger accounting, payroll liabilities, and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany activity, and account allocations is highly desirable.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and comfort working with spreadsheets, financial reports, exported data, and supporting schedules.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organization, and ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate discrepancies and take initiative in resolving them.
• Professional communication skills and the ability to build productive, service-oriented relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Ability to handle confidential client, payroll, tax, and financial information with sound judgment and discretion.

Why This Opportunity

This role provides the opportunity to develop broad exposure to a wide range of businesses, industries, accounting issues, and payroll environments while working within a collaborative CPA-firm setting. The successful candidate will play an important role in helping clients maintain accurate financial records, meet payroll obligations, and prepare for informed business and tax decisions. The contract-to-permanent structure gives the selected professional an opportunity to establish themselves as a trusted member of the team and potentially build a stable, long-term accounting career in Little Rock.

For more information, please apply directly or reach out to Sam Swensen at sam.swensen@arkansastalentgroup.com

Arkansas Talent Group is an Executive Permanent Placement Recruitment Firm, all considerations will be held confidential.