Senior Accountant – Cleanup Manager

breakwater accounting + advisory corp

. Investigate messy financial records to determine what happened and why.

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $65,000 - $85,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in financial record investigation, cleanup, and reconciliation, with a strong command of QuickBooks Online and advanced accounting principles. Capable of managing multiple projects while effectively communicating complex financial issues to diverse stakeholders.

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Expert-Level QuickBooks Online Proficiency5+ Years High-Level Accounting ExperienceStrong Understanding of Balance SheetsExperience with Accruals and Revenue RecognitionExcellent Investigative and Problem-Solving Skills

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Hard Skills

Financial ReconciliationTransaction TracingFinancial Cleanup PlanningBalance Sheet SubstantiationAccrual AccountingDepreciation and AmortizationFinancial Documentation CreationWorkflow Reverse EngineeringMulti-Project ManagementAdvanced Excel

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailEffective CommunicationProblem-SolvingFocus and PersistenceCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

QuickBooks OnlineXeroDextRampBILLGustoACS/Realm

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Industry Keywords

Full-Cycle BookkeepingAudit ExperienceOutsourced AccountingMulti-Client Accounting EnvironmentFinancial Reporting

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Realm

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Investigate messy financial records to determine what happened and why.
Trace transactions to uncover errors, missing information, and broken processes.
Develop and complete practical cleanup plans.
Reconstruct financial activity when existing records are incomplete.
Reconcile and substantiate balance sheet accounts, including cash, payroll, loans, revenue, prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, and equity.
Create supporting schedules and documentation explaining why the numbers are correct.
Redesign charts of accounts when needed.
Organize financial reporting so business owners can understand the business.
Reverse-engineer invoicing, payroll, inventory, and expense workflows to identify problems.
Help create processes that prevent recurring issues.
Troubleshoot complex QuickBooks Online issues and resolve stubborn balances.
Use modern accounting technology and AI to solve problems and improve efficiency.
Work directly with clients to gather information, explain accounting issues, and keep projects moving.
Collaborate with the Breakwater team, document work, and create clean handoffs to the ongoing accounting team.
Manage multiple cleanup projects simultaneously.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
5+ years of high-level accounting, audit, or full-cycle bookkeeping experience.
Strong understanding of how balance sheets actually work.
Experience with accruals, revenue recognition, depreciation, amortization, and other complex accounting concepts.
Prior reviewer, senior accountant, audit, or similar experience.
Proven experience cleaning up messy or inaccurate financials.
Expert-level QuickBooks Online proficiency.
Excellent investigative and problem-solving instincts.
Ability to stay focused and see a problem through to completion.
Confidence communicating complex financial issues to non-accountants.
Ability to manage multiple projects without losing the details.
Experience in an outsourced, multi-client accounting environment is a plus.
Experience with Xero, Dext, Ramp, BILL, Gusto, ACS/Realm, and advanced Excel is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

$65,000 to $85,000 salary
Full-time employment
Five weeks of PTO
Benefits
A collaborative, supportive team
Challenging accounting work where you get to solve problems every day