Outsourced Accounting Specialist

About the Role

Title: Outsourced Accounting Specialist

Location: Saginaw, Michigan

Department: Accounting Tax and Consulting

Job Description:

It’s people like you that make us great!

At Yeo & Yeo, we recognize that the champions behind our success are our people. We are a people-first organization fully committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values your contributions, supports your professional growth, and allows you to enjoy life outside the office with flexible remote, hybrid, and in-office work options.

Make an Impact

Yeo & Yeo is a leading Michigan-based accounting and advisory firm offering a full range of business consulting, assurance, tax, technology, and wealth management solutions. We help our clients navigate their challenges, discover new opportunities, and achieve their business and individual goals. Seeing their success – and being a part of it—makes for a great workday.

When it comes to delivering outstanding business solutions, only the best people make that happen. With over 200 professionals across our family of Yeo & Yeo companies, you join a diverse team of passionate, forward-thinking people collectively working together to positively impact our clients and our communities. 

Position Summary 

Outsourced Accounting Specialists are responsible for learning and applying technical accounting skills and working as part of a team to carry out tasks with coaching and supervision. 

Key Objectives 

• Understand basic accounting principles

• Use of debits & credits and relationship between accounts

• Apply checks to customer accounts

• Process refunds returned checks and bad debts.

• Must be proficient in processing invoices (incoming & verifying PO's or receiving tickets), posting to vendor accounts and processing cleared checks

• Perform Journal entries and month-end for AP and AR areas

• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports

• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely

• Bring projects to completion on time and within budget

• Synthesize and analyze data to construct concise and clear documentation for reporting

• Growing use and knowledge of applicable firm technology, paperless systems, tools, and processes

• Develop and awareness of the Firm's vision, core values and business strategies

Qualifications 

• 1+ years' experience in accounting and bookkeeping in office setting

• Associates degree in Accounting or other related business curriculum, preferred          

• Experienced in AP, AR and payroll

• Possess excellent decision-making ability

• Qualified written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent organizational and administrative skills

• Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material

• Strong attention to detail  

Preferred Abilities 

• Communicate effectively in a variety of professional situations

• Participate actively in all on-the-job and formal learning and development  opportunities to understand role and responsibilities

• High degree of professionalism

• Ability to accept and adjust to changing priorities and circumstances 

Leadership 

• Take charge and be action-oriented and persist until the task or job is completed

Technology 

• Strong PC skills

• Familiarity with MS Office particularly excel

• QuickBooks preferred

• Adaptability to a paperless environment

• Understand and stay current on new technology

• Incorporate new techniques and ensure minimal disruptions to productivity 

Benefits & Perks!  

Our commitment is to continually invest in our people, both professionally and personally. That is why our benefits and perks go beyond industry standard. Our offerings include competitive salaries; excellent medical, dental and vision plan options; bonuses; referral programs; life insurance; 401(k) plan; community service opportunities; fun company events; dress for your day attire; and so much more.

We focus on developing our careers and prioritize fostering each person’s unique talents and strengths. We succeed as a team when our individuals succeed. We celebrate our successes and take time to cultivate our friendships.
I’m in. Now what?

Apply today and move one step closer to joining a firm of enthusiastic, caring, creative and smart problem solvers working together toward a common goal – helping our clients thrive.

Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Yeo & Yeo. 

Yeo & Yeo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace.