Accounts Payable / Xero Bookkeeper — Full-Time, Long-Term | Weekly Pay + Bonuses
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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE / XERO BOOKKEEPER Bills, Vendors & Payroll — Full-Time | Long-Term | Weekly Pay + Bonuses We run a structural and ornamental steel company, and we need one person to own our money lane — bills, vendors, payroll, and a clean set of Xero books. Not a piece of it. All of it. You'll work directly with the owner. ________________________________________ TIRED OF GIGS THAT PAY FOR A WEEK AND DISAPPEAR? We'll be straight with you: we're not the highest starting rate, and we don't pretend to be. What we offer instead: — Steady, guaranteed weekly pay — 40 paid hours, every week — Long-term consistency with a company that stays busy — Real bonuses tied to performance and results (details below) If you chase the next gig, keep scrolling. If you want a home, keep reading. ________________________________________ WHO THIS IS FOR A core-team seat — not a side gig you run next to three others. We promote from within, hand over more as you prove yourself, and grow your rate and your role as we grow. During your hours (7:00 AM–3:00 PM EST), your focus is here. This is for someone who wants to put down roots for years — a home, not a gig. ________________________________________ WHAT YOU'LL OWN You own the money lane end to end — what's owed, paid, reconciled, and coming. Nothing slips. Four lanes, all yours: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE — enter bills, issue payments (checks + ACH), reconcile, pay on time. VENDOR MANAGEMENT — statements, follow-ups, reconciliation, disputes resolved. PAYROLL & RECEIVABLES — run payroll (expense side) and help manage AR. XERO (YOU OWN IT) — get our behind, underused books current and live. The heart of the job. ________________________________________ TWO PHASES Phase 1 — Clean it up: get Xero current, rebuild the vendor ledgers, one source of truth. Phase 2 — Run it clean: AP, AR, and payroll on a clean system, on schedule, every week. The right person has done both — a messy cleanup AND a clean monthly run. Tell me about both. ________________________________________ IT GROWS INTO MORE This starts as bookkeeping and AP. As we build trust, it grows into real authority — access to issue payments and run the full money lane, in and out. The better you are, the more you own. ________________________________________ PAY & STRUCTURE A salary-style role paid hourly: 8 hours a day, 40 paid hours a week, guaranteed. Bonuses and add-ons are extra — never baked into base. — Trial: $3.00/hr for the first 4 weeks — prove accuracy, reliability, clean reconciled work. — After the trial: $3.00–$4.00/hr on performance — $4.00 the max for now, and it grows. ________________________________________ WEEKLY PAY — 40 HOURS GUARANTEED Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:00 PM EST (non-negotiable). Predictable weekly pay. We allow manual time — no screen trackers. We run on trust and results, not micromanagement. During your hours, your focus is on us. ________________________________________ BONUSES & INCENTIVES — GET PAID ON TOP OF YOUR BASE You get paid for protecting our money and keeping us clean — not just for clocking hours. Three ways to earn extra: INCENTIVE #1 — MONTHLY PERFORMANCE BONUS When the books are clean, every vendor's paid on time, and everything's reconciled, you earn it. More than one in a month is possible when you go above and beyond. INCENTIVE #2 — CLEANUP MILESTONE BONUSES One-time bonuses for the big wins: Xero fully current, vendor ledgers rebuilt, payroll clean and documented. INCENTIVE #3 — CATCH BONUSES Catch a double-charge, an overbilling, or a saving that protects our money — you get paid for it. ________________________________________ OPTIONAL — EXTRA PAID HOURS Your job is 40 hours/week, guaranteed. On top of that, you can choose up to 8 extra hours, weekend only (cleanup, reconciliation catch-up). Not required, capped at 8. Work 40 → paid 40. Work 48 → paid 48. No overtime games. ________________________________________ REQUIREMENTS (NON-NEGOTIABLE) — Hands-on XERO experience — Xero-native, not "I can learn it" — Proven Accounts Payable + Accounts Receivable + payroll — Detail-driven and reconciliation-obsessed — nothing slips — Done both a messy cleanup AND run a clean set of books — Professional English, written and spoken — Comfortable on the phone with vendors — we use RingCentral; some payments are by phone. — Available daily 7:00 AM–3:00 PM EST, reliable internet, ready for Zoom — Looking for a long-term home, not a gig ________________________________________ SYSTEMS & TOOLS Xero | Monday.com | Outlook | Dropbox | RingCentral | Slack | AI tools (Claude) ________________________________________ HOW TO APPLY Answer the questions below — straight, specific, in your own words. No copy-paste, no robotic AI answers; we know what genuine sounds like. Show me you're precise, accountable, and in it for the long haul.
- More than 30 hrs/weekHourly
- 6+ monthsDuration
- IntermediateExperience Level
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- Complex projectProject Type
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- Proposals:20 to 50
- Last viewed by client:3 weeks ago
- Hires:1
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About the client
- United StatesBay Shore9:19 PM
- $37K total spent49 hires, 6 active
- 6,801 hours
- Small company (2-9 people)
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