Bookkeeping or Accounting Assistant [CLOSED]

Hello! My name is Gwen and I'm the President of Exeter International. We are a small team of destination specialists designing customized trips for American travelers to Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, and Central Asia. Help us introduce Americans to this fascinating region!

Our accounting manager, Michael, and I need help! We are looking for a part-time bookkeeping or accounting assistant to join our team. We are a travel company and we need to keep track of the profitability of each booking, and make sure all of our prices are loaded into our tour operator software correction.

We are based in the USA and operate on the EST time zone. This job can happen Monday - Friday between the hours of 9AM and 5PM EST and can be 20-40 hours per week. It is 100% virtual. Overlap of at least 4 hours is required during working hours.

Duties and Responsibilities are:

• Check invoices for accuracy and submit to our accounting team for payment.
• Enter paid invoices in our tour operator software so we can calculate booking profitability.
• Track commission payments due to us.
• Prepare weekly reports of commissions we owe to travel agents and prepare invoices to send.
• Load pricing into our tour operator software as received.
• Load hotel black-out dates and specials into our tour operator software.

The right candidate will possess:

• Extreme attention to detail and ability to stay on task even during rote data entry work.
• Very comfortable with spreadsheets.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to complete tasks with 100% accuracy.
• Strong spoken and written English.
• Proactive - we are always open for ways to improve our systems.

Benefits:

• We are very team focused. You'll get to meet and work with some passionate travelers who are very interested in the culture of Eastern and Central Europe.
• After a 90 day trial period, full-time staff has 20 paid days off (including holidays) to use as you like, with prior approval.
• Birthday day off.
• Yearly travel benefits after your first year.

For consideration:

• Please record a short video of yourself on Loom and let us know why you're perfect for this roll.
• Submit your CV with contact details.

Qualified candidates will be contacted to set up a Zoom interview.