Bookkeeper & Tax Season Specialist (Remote, Part-Time)

About the role

A women-owned, women-led U.S. tax, accounting and advisory firm based in Washington State, serving small businesses and individuals, is hiring a Bookkeeper & Tax Season Specialist. The position is remote, based in Nicaragua, part-time at 20 hours per week year-round, with more hours during tax season (January to April), up to full-time by agreement. It starts in November 2026.

You will own the monthly books for a growing roster of small business clients, take work off the founder's desk, keep client files clean and review-ready, and spot issues before tax time. During January to April you support a tax season of more than 100 returns. The schedule is flexible, Monday to Friday, with at least 2 hours a day of overlap with the founder (about 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM Nicaragua time); Sunday hours are optional. You will work as an independent contractor with Excello BPO.

Key responsibilities

• Manage monthly bookkeeping for 10 to 20 small business clients in QuickBooks Online (Xero for some clients)
• Categorize transactions, maintain bank feeds and rules, and reconcile bank, credit card and loan accounts each month
• Process accounts receivable and payable, including invoices, bills, payment tracking and aging reports
• Record payroll journal entries and reconcile payroll liabilities from Gusto, ADP or QuickBooks Payroll reports
• Clean up and catch up books that are months behind, including rebuilding them from bank statements when records are missing
• Prepare month-end and year-end packages: P&L, balance sheet, reconciliation reports and a short list of open questions
• Flag unusual transactions, owner draw versus payroll issues and missing documentation for the founder's review
• Use Excel for reconciliations, schedules and data cleanup
• During tax season, prepare year-end workpapers for business returns (Forms 1120-S, 1065 and Schedule C) and track 1099 vendors, and organize client documents and track what is still missing

Required profile

• 3+ years of bookkeeping for U.S. small businesses; S corporation and partnership experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business preferred
• Fluent professional English, written and spoken (C1 or higher)
• Exceptional attention to detail, deadline-driven and comfortable working independently from checklists

Required skills

• Advanced QuickBooks Online skills; QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification preferred
• Solid grasp of U.S. GAAP basics, accrual versus cash accounting and the U.S. tax calendar
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, XLOOKUP)
• Xero a plus; Power Query a plus

What we offer

• A long-term remote role with a growing U.S. firm, paid monthly in USD
• Steady year-round hours, with more available during tax season
• Ongoing support from the Excello team