What is a good Bookkeeper in your opinion?
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The key to a good bookkeeper in my opinion is their attention to detail and willingness to ask before just "putting it somewhere" in the General Ledger.
I have trained and coached over 100 individuals one-on-one to perform the bookkeeping duties for their company. In many cases, they started with zero accounting knowledge and zero QuickBooks knowledge.
The attention to detail is important so that they will be want to have the transactions in the correct accounts, and follow the proper procedures to accomplish it.
This may also mean a willingness to learn, do it the right way and not the just the easy way.
My goal is always to demonstrate that unless we do this correctly, the information in accounting will be no value to the owner to understand their business, see needed areas of improvement, and create strategies to accomplish it.
I have trained and coached over 100 individuals one-on-one to perform the bookkeeping duties for their company. In many cases, they started with zero accounting knowledge and zero QuickBooks knowledge.
The attention to detail is important so that they will be want to have the transactions in the correct accounts, and follow the proper procedures to accomplish it.
This may also mean a willingness to learn, do it the right way and not the just the easy way.
My goal is always to demonstrate that unless we do this correctly, the information in accounting will be no value to the owner to understand their business, see needed areas of improvement, and create strategies to accomplish it.
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Corina Elgiet
from Bookeeze
I agree with you 100 % and call it also self discipline!
Kristie Lovelace
from PayrollBooking
I totally agree also. If you don't pay attention to detail and just run things where ever, your client may be missing out on some important pieces of information that are required to make better financial management decisions, such as what is most profitable, what is not, etc.
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