Full Charge Bookkeeper

Job Summary

Southern Properties United is hiring a full charge bookkeeper to take over the books for six Gulf Coast companies, including real estate, a car dealership, rentals, and private lending. The first 90 days are cleanup and catch up. After that, you own the monthly close and report directly to the CEO. If you’ve fixed messy books before and want to build an accounting department from the ground up, this is your seat.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities
• Catch up and reconcile all bank, credit card, and loan accounts across six entities
• Clean up the chart of accounts and separate entity books that are currently combined
• Untangle company transactions, including loans between entities, internal leases, and shared expenses
• Produce year end 2025 and current year financial statements for lenders and our CPA
• Get every entity tax ready
• Complete monthly close and reconciliations for every entity by the 10th
• Deliver monthly P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow reports to ownership
• Manage AP, AR, and vendor relationships
• Track deal level costs on real estate transactions, including repairs, closing costs, and holding costs
• Handle dealership accounting: vehicle inventory, floor plan, buy here pay here notes, third party finance funding, and Mississippi sales tax
• Track private loan notes, including payment schedules, late fees, interest, and payoffs
• Record rental income, deposits, and property level expenses
• Support payroll and calculate commissions
• Work directly with our CPA and lenders on financial requests and taxes

Skills

• 3+ years full charge bookkeeping experience
• Strong QuickBooks Online skills, including classes, locations, and multiple company files
• Proven cleanup and catch up experience
• Multiple entity and intercompany accounting
• Bank, credit card, and loan reconciliations
• Month end close and financial statement preparation
• AP and AR management
• Payroll processing and commission calculations
• Sales tax reporting
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Self driven and able to work without supervision
• Clear, direct communication with ownership

Preferred

• Real estate accounting
• Auto dealership accounting (DMS systems, floor plan, BHPH)
• Loan servicing or private lending
• Associate degree or higher in accounting

Pay: $18.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid sick time

Work Location: In person