Experienced Bookkeeper​/Staff Accountant

About the role

Saye & Associates, LLC is a second-generation, family-owned accounting and advisory firm in Battle Creek, Michigan. We manage full-cycle bookkeeping for a portfolio of small‑business clients and we're hiring an experienced bookkeeper / staff accountant to own a set of those clients — keeping their books clean, closing their months, and being their regular point of contact in plain English.

• Record transactions, reconcile bank and credit card accounts, and keep clean general ledgers for your assigned clients in Quick Books Online and Quick Books Desktop.
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable as client engagements require.
• Run the monthly close — journal entries, accruals, and financial statement packages.
• Handle sales tax filings and other state and local compliance.
• Coordinate with our payroll team as needed.
• Talk with clients regularly — answer questions about their books, request missing information, and explain variances in plain English.
• Prepare year-end work papers that hand off cleanly to our tax team.
• Catch problems in client books before they become problems, and flag them.

• Minimum 2 years of full-cycle bookkeeping or staff accounting experience at a firm or in industry (3+ preferred).
• Hands‑on experience with Quick Books Online (QBO) and Quick Books Desktop (QBD) — able to clean up a messy file, not just enter transactions in a tidy one.
• A solid grasp of accounting fundamentals — debits and credits, accrual basis, and how the books tie to the financial statements.
• The ability to manage several client engagements at once without dropping things.
• No degree required — we hire on experience and judgment.

• Experience with Accounting CS, Karbon, or Truss.
• Sales tax filing experience; multi‑state a plus.
• Industry-specific experience (construction, restaurants, professional services, nonprofits).
• Financial statement preparation for board or lender use.

• Salary: $38,000 – $42,000, or $42,000 – $45,000 per year (pending your confirmation).
• Health insurance with shared premium cost.
• SIMPLE IRA with a 3% firm match.
• 401(k) plan with a 3% match.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Paid sick time, paid vacation, and paid holidays.
• Paid training.
• Continuing education / CPE costs covered.
• Year‑round, full‑time work with a predictable monthly close cycle.
• Variety — a range of industries instead of the same accounts every day.
• A small‑firm environment where your work is visible and valued, and where we actually answer the phone.

Full‑time, Monday–Friday,
in‑office at our Battle Creek location (491 E Columbia Ave, Suite 2). Some flexibility around month‑end close.

Send a resume and a short note about why this role interests you to , or call (269) 968‑0932
. We respond personally to every applicant.

Saye & Associates, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.