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Employee application

This application takes the place of a résumé, so take your time with it. About 15 minutes. We review every application ourselves and will do our best to reply within 1 business day.

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About you

Summary

Two or three sentences a hiring manager would read first.

Who you are as a bookkeeper or payroll professional, what you're best at, and what you're looking for.

Work history

Most recent first. Fill in as many as apply; the first is required.

Position 1
Leave blank if current.
e.g. restaurant group, CPA firm, nonprofit
The work you owned: reconciliations, AP/AR, payroll runs and filings, month-end close, sales tax, cleanup, client contact. Numbers help: how many accounts, employees, entities.

Bookkeeping and payroll skills

Rate yourself honestly; we'd rather train a gap than discover one.

Bank and credit card reconciliation
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable and invoicing
Month-end close and adjusting entries
Financial statements (P&L, balance sheet)
Payroll runs (hourly and salaried)
Payroll tax deposits and quarterly / annual filings
W-2 and 1099 preparation
Washington sales tax filings
Cleanup / catch-up of neglected books
Setting up a new company file / chart of accounts
Explaining financials to a non-accountant

Software

Software you've used for work
For example: set up QuickBooks Online for three clients; ran payroll for 40 employees in Gusto; built a monthly close checklist in Sheets.
Industries you've kept books for

Education and training

Optional. Bookkeeping or payroll courses, software certifications, continuing education. Include the year if you remember.

Languages

Languages you can work in with clients
e.g. fluent spoken Russian, written at a basic level.

Availability

Availability
Where you'd work
Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

About you and this role

A cleanup you finished, a process you fixed, a client you kept calm at year end. Anything that shows how you work.
Optional. A public link is fine. Not required; the form above is what we read.

References

Two people who have seen your work. We'll only contact them after speaking with you.

Reference 1
e.g. former supervisor at Acme LLC
Reference 2
e.g. former supervisor at Acme LLC

Acknowledgment

Typing your name here acts as your signature.

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