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Role: US Bookkeeping Manager

Work Arrangement: Work from Home

Location: Any CS Branch - Ortigas / Makati / Cebu / Davao / Angeles / Mabalacat

Schedule: Night Shift

Job Description:

Workflow Management

• Manage allocation of Bookkeeping and Payroll workflows across your Experts, balancing capacity, skill, and deadlines
• Monitor daily workflows and ensure every step meets its SLA
• Identify at-risk tasks early; re-allocate or escalate to keep work on track
• Communicate ad-hoc workflow changes and scope shifts to Experts
• Keep workflows up-to-date so they accurately reflect the scope, frequency, and deliverables for each customer

Quality Ownership

• Own the quality of all bookkeeping and payroll work produced by Experts
• Review key workflow milestones such as accounts payable, end of month, BAS and IAS
• Track error rates, run root-cause analysis, and feed insights to Product & Quality teams

Technical Support & Escalations

• Act as first point of contact for Expert questions on bookkeeping, payroll, or platform nuances
• Support Business Performance Partners (BPPs) with complex, customer-facing technical issues—join calls when needed
• Investigate significant errors; craft remediation plans and confirm fixes

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Bookkeeper and payroll Experts
• Run regular 1:1s, feedback loops, and performance reviews
• Build clear career pathways and foster a customer-centric mindset
• Manage Expert performance; address under-performance promptly

Documentation & Process Governance

• Ensure Experts keep customer documentation, manuals, and process notes current
• Champion consistent process adherence and version control across the team

Qualification and requirements:

Operational Finance or Public Practice Experience

• 2+ years leading teams that deliver day-to-day accounting processes (AP/AR, reconciliations, payroll, month-end) — whether inside a finance function or in an outsourced bookkeeping/BPO or public-practice firm serving multiple clients.
• Hands-on mastery of bookkeeping mechanics, payroll compliance, and the controls that keep a back office humming.

Bookkeeping-team leadership

• Proven ability to recruit, coach, and motivate bookkeepers in an outsourced or firm environment, driving SLA adherence and quality targets.
• Comfortable running performance reviews, setting clear expectations, and having direct, empathetic conversations when standards slip.

Cloud accounting native

• Deep experience with Xero and QuickBooks Online, plus supporting apps such as Dext, Bill.com, Gusto, and Stripe.
• Capable of rolling up sleeves to investigate issues or unblock workflows.

Non-negotiable skills & requirements:

Can work in local East Coast time.

Operational Finance or Public Practice Experience

• 2+ years leading teams that deliver day-to-day accounting processes (AP/AR, reconciliations, payroll, month-end) — whether inside a finance function or in an outsourced bookkeeping/BPO or public-practice firm serving multiple clients.
• Hands-on mastery of bookkeeping mechanics, payroll compliance, and the controls that keep a back office humming.

Cloud accounting native

• Deep experience with Xero and QuickBooks Online, plus supporting apps such as Dext, Bill.com, Gusto, and Stripe.
• Capable of rolling up sleeves to investigate issues or unblock workflows.