Senior Bookkeeper

Paychex
  • Boynton Beach, FL
    Today

    Job Description

    The Senior Bookkeeper manages day-to-day financial transaction processing with a strong focus on accuracy, accounts payable, reconciliations, and reporting support.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Process high‑volume accounts payable including invoice intake, coding, routing approvals, and maintaining complete backup documentation
    • Execute payment runs (checks/ACH) with attention to internal controls, proper approvals, and vendor terms
    • Maintain vendor files including W‑9s, payment details, contact info, and compliance documents as required
    • Reconcile bank accounts and credit cards monthly (or more frequently when needed) and research/resolve discrepancies
    • Support accounts receivable processes including invoice support, cash application, payment tracking, and collection follow-up coordination
    • Maintain accurate records through general ledger entries, supporting schedules, and documentation retention
    • Assist with job cost coding discipline by ensuring invoices are properly coded to projects/work orders and flagged when information is missing
    • Support month‑end close tasks including accrual support, prepaid tracking, and reconciliation schedules
    • Prepare routine operational reporting: A/P aging, A/R aging, cash position summaries, spend summaries, vendor activity
    • Partner with operations to resolve invoice disputes by collecting proper backup (photos, service reports, approvals, proposals)
    • Ensure bookkeeping tasks remain audit-ready with clean files, consistent naming conventions, and traceable approvals
    • Identify process issues (missing approvals, recurring coding errors, vendor billing problems) and recommend improvements

    Qualifications

    • 3–5+ years of bookkeeping experience with strong A/P ownership; construction/facilities services experience preferred
    • Demonstrated ability to handle high transaction volume with accuracy and organization
    • Proficiency with accounting software (QuickBooks or similar) and strong proficiency in Excel
    • Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and follow standardized processes
    • High attention to detail and comfort maintaining compliance‑level documentation

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBoynton Beach, FL

    Skills

    • Accounting Closeunmatched
    • Accounting Softwareunmatched
    • Accounts Payableunmatched
    • Accounts Receivableunmatched
    • Accounts Receivable Processingunmatched
    • Billingunmatched
    • Bookkeepingunmatched
    • Cash Applicationsunmatched
    • Constructionunmatched
    • Credit Cardsunmatched
    • Credit and Collectionsunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • File Maintenanceunmatched
    • Financial Transactionsunmatched
    • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Intuit Quickbooksunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Process Developmentunmatched
    • Reconciliationunmatched
    • Record Keepingunmatched
    • Software Administrationunmatched
    • Support Documentationunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Transaction Processing/Managementunmatched

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