Franchise Services Bookkeeper

The Franchise Services Bookkeeper is primarily responsible for providing bookkeeping services to franchise business clients. Empower Brands is a leading multi-branded franchise company in the residential and commercial services space. We offer bookkeeping services to our franchisees including transactional accounting, and timely financial reporting. The Franchise Services Bookkeeper will report directly to the Company’s Bookkeeping Manager and work closely with our bookkeeping services team and franchise support team members to provide excellent accounting and bookkeeping support for our franchisee clients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Customer Invoicing and Accounts Receivable

• Verify and reconcile revenue transactions generated by an automated Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) software.
• Reconcile CRM automated customer payments to bank deposits.
• Assist franchise clients with research of customer account discrepancies.
• Obtain information from clients to ensure records are accurate and complete and that accounts receivable ledgers and journals are up to date.

Accounts Payable and vendor payments

• Accounts payable data entry.
• Assist franchise clients with vendor payments and statement reconciliation.

General Accounting Duties

General ledger journal entries (including, but not limited to):

• Payroll record keeping
• Monthly depreciation/amortization
• Cost of Goods Sold and inventory valuation adjustments
• Construction job cost accrual accounting
• Monthly account reconciliations – Bank and Credit Card
• Maintain certain spreadsheets for monthly reporting and analysis
• Assist with preparing the monthly financial reporting package
• Assist with any other general accounting and bookkeeping duties as required

REQUIREMENTS & COMPETENCIES:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field preferred (Associate's degree required)
• 3+ years multi-client bookkeeping experience
• Experience with QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online is required (ProAdvisor certification preferred)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Energetic, positive, and enthusiastic attitude
• Attention to detail
• Multi-tasking capabilities
• Ability to work both independently as well as within a team environment
• Microsoft Office products’ knowledge and proficiency are required.