Part-Time Bookkeeper - Remote, Mexico
Excellent client-facing English is required. This role involves phone and video communication with Texas-based clients, agents, title companies, and lenders, so applicants must speak English clearly, naturally, and professionally in real-time conversations.
We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Part-Time Bookkeeper to join the accounting team supporting multiple U.S.-based businesses, including real estate, property management, and service companies.
This position will work alongside and assist two existing bookkeepers. We are looking for someone who can handle recurring bookkeeping responsibilities accurately while also helping improve financial reporting and visibility for company ownership.
This is a bookkeeping position, not a general virtual assistant position.
Position Details
- Remote position
- Approximately 15 hours per week
- Pay: MX$140 to MX$170 per hour, depending on experience
- Long-term opportunity
- Candidates must be located in Mexico
- Work is performed during U.S. Central Time business hours
- This position works closely with two existing bookkeepers and company management
Required Qualifications
Applicants MUST meet all of the following requirements:
- Clear, professional English communication skills, both spoken and written
- Strong experience using QuickBooks Online (QBO)
- Previous hands-on bookkeeping experience
- Experience reconciling bank accounts and credit card accounts
- Ability to identify and investigate discrepancies rather than simply entering transactions
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating with an existing accounting team
- Ability to meet recurring weekly and monthly deadlines
- Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets skills
- Reliable computer and internet connection
Clear English communication is a firm requirement. The position involves regular communication with U.S.-based management and team members.
Please do not apply if you are not comfortable communicating professionally in English or if you do not have actual QuickBooks Online and reconciliation experience.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include supporting the existing bookkeeping team with accounting and financial reporting across multiple companies.
Specific duties may include:
- Maintaining QuickBooks Online accounts
- Entering and categorizing financial transactions
- Reconciling bank accounts
- Reconciling credit card accounts
- Reviewing transactions for proper categorization
- Identifying missing, duplicate, unusual, or incorrectly categorized transactions
- Researching and resolving bookkeeping discrepancies
- Accounts payable and bill tracking
- Reviewing invoices and expenses
- Processing property management owner payments
- Reviewing property management accounting records related to owner distributions
- Helping ensure property-level income and expenses are properly recorded
- Maintaining accurate financial records across multiple businesses and entities
- Assisting the existing bookkeeping team with month-end close
- Preparing and reviewing Profit & Loss Statements
- Reviewing Balance Sheets for potential errors or discrepancies
- Preparing recurring financial reports for management
- Helping create and improve management reporting systems
- Building financial reports and dashboards for the company owner
- Organizing financial data so ownership can quickly review company performance, trends, cash flow, and other key metrics
- Helping improve existing bookkeeping and reporting processes
- Coordinating with the other bookkeepers, management, and outside accounting professionals when necessary
We are looking for someone who will take ownership of assigned responsibilities. The ideal candidate notices when something does not look correct, investigates the issue, and communicates it rather than simply processing transactions.
Reporting and Dashboard Development
A key part of this position will be helping improve the financial information available to company ownership.
The successful candidate should be comfortable taking accounting data and turning it into useful management information.
This may include:
- Creating recurring weekly and monthly reports
- Developing financial dashboards
- Tracking revenue, expenses, cash flow, accounts payable, and other key metrics
- Comparing performance across multiple companies
- Identifying trends or unusual changes
- Improving how financial information is presented to ownership
- Helping automate recurring reports where practical
Advanced dashboard experience is not required, but strong spreadsheet skills and an interest in building useful financial reporting tools are important.
Preferred Experience
The following experience is NOT required but will be considered a strong advantage:
- AppFolio accounting experience
- Property management accounting experience
- Experience processing property management owner distributions
- Real estate accounting
- Rental property accounting
- Experience allocating income and expenses among individual properties
- Experience working with multiple companies or legal entities
- Knowledge or experience with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP)
- Experience preparing financial reports for U.S.-based companies
- Construction, maintenance, plumbing, HVAC, or service-company bookkeeping
- Experience creating financial dashboards or management reporting systems
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is organized, accurate, dependable, analytical, and comfortable working as part of an established bookkeeping team.
You should be comfortable asking questions when something does not make sense, documenting issues clearly, and keeping financial records consistently up to date.
We value accuracy, judgment, and problem-solving ability more than simply completing a high volume of data entry.
We are especially interested in someone who can grow beyond routine bookkeeping tasks and help management better understand the financial performance of the businesses through clear, useful reporting.
To Apply
Please submit your resume and include information about:
- Your years of bookkeeping experience
- Your experience with QuickBooks Online
- Your experience performing bank and credit card reconciliations
- Any AppFolio or property management accounting experience
- Any experience processing property management owner payments or distributions
- Any experience with U.S. GAAP or accounting for U.S.-based companies
- Any experience creating financial reports, dashboards, or management reports
- Your current location in Mexico
- Your availability to work approximately 15 hours per week during U.S. Central Time business hours
- Your desired hourly rate
Strong English communication will be evaluated as part of the interview process.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $140.00 - $170.00 per hour
Work Location: Remote
