Senior QBO Forensic Recast / Litigation-Support Accountant

Job Description: We are a multi-entity ecommerce and fitness equipment business involved in an eminent-domain relocation matter. We need a senior accountant, controller-level QBO cleanup consultant, CPA, forensic accountant, or litigation-support accountant to normalize 2019–2026 QuickBooks Online records and create expert-ready financial schedules. This is not routine bookkeeping. Historical QBO categories were inconsistent from year to year and across related entities. We need clean, source-linked workpapers that management, counsel, and retained experts can use to understand the financial impact of a forced relocation from a Stockton operating platform to a Benicia mitigation site. Primary objectives 1. Normalize 2019–2026 books across multiple QBO company files/entities. 2. Build year-by-year and month-by-month recast financials showing revenue, COGS, rent, facilities, outside services, legal, payroll, freight, storage, security, capex, and one-time/relocation items. 3. Prepare a source-linked data package for loss-of-business-goodwill, FF&E/M&E/personal property, relocation/reestablishment, permanent increased costs, and financial trend analysis. 4. Create normalized COA mapping that preserves the original audit trail and separates live QBO cleanup from off-book recast schedules. 5. Build an FF&E/M&E asset-listing template and schedule for appraiser use. 6. Review Shopify/A2X/QBO/payment-processor clearing logic so revenue trends are not distorted by duplicate postings, refunds, chargebacks, wrong-entity posting, or unmatched deposits. 7. Support factory-payment and inventory/COGS controls by tying factory payments to invoices, packing lists, containers, and receiving records where needed. Required deliverables 1. Current-state findings report and source/request register. 2. QBO company-file/entity/bank/processor map. 3. Normalized chart-of-accounts mapping workbook. 4. 2019–2026 recast P&L package by month and year. 5. Year-over-year variance analysis and category change explanations. 6. Non-recurring/personal/owner/one-time expense schedule. 7. Rent and occupancy cost schedule and permanent increased cost schedule. 8. FF&E/M&E asset schedule for appraiser review. 9. Relocation/reestablishment/buildout cost matrix. 10. Shopify/A2X/payment-to-bank reconciliation review summary. 11. Factory payment vs invoice/packing list/container/receiving support framework. 12. Expert package index and missing-document list. 13. Implementation roadmap and handoff checklist for internal finance. Access and confidentiality • Start with exports, screenshots, sanitized examples, and limited read-only data; no broad live access during the paid test. • Do not make live QBO changes until management/CPA/counsel approve the mapping and adjustment plan. • Do not request or use litigation strategy memos or deposition-prep drafts unless counsel specifically approves. • Final tax advice, 1033 exchange advice, legal recoverability, and expert opinions are out of scope unless separately retained by counsel/CPA. Ideal candidate • CPA, CMA, controller, forensic accountant, litigation-support accountant, valuation-support accountant, or senior QBO cleanup consultant. • Strong QBO experience across multiple years, multiple entities, inconsistent categories, and historical cleanup. • Experience with ecommerce accounting, Shopify, A2X, PayPal/Braintree/Shopify Payments, bank deposits, refunds, chargebacks, and clearing accounts. • Experience with inventory, COGS, vendor payments, AP, AR, customer deposits, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, depreciation, and source-linked workpapers. • Experience supporting litigation, loss-of-profits, business interruption, eminent domain, business valuation, or damages schedules is a major plus.