Executive Assistant (Bookkeeping & Construction Operations)

Philippines / South Africa / Kenya / Argentina
VA/EA – Operations /
Executive Assistant / Bookkeeping/ Construction Operations / Full-Time /
Remote
We’re seeking a dependable, detail-obsessed Executive Assistant who will own day-to-day bookkeeping and operational admin across two related businesses.

You’ll enter and code financial transactions (with construction cost codes/job costing), manage AP/AR, keep records organized and pitch in on general admin (follow-ups, document prep, scheduling support).

Construction industry experience and fluency in QuickBooks is key.

Key Responsibilities: Bookkeeping & Finance (Construction-centric)
● Enter and code bills, expenses, and credit card transactions in QuickBooks using the correct cost codes, classes, jobs, and sub-jobs; maintain accurate job costing.
● Manage Accounts Payable: vendor entry, W-9 collection, COI tracking, PO/bill matching, due-date tracking, and preparation of payment runs.
● Manage Accounts Receivable: create/send invoices (including progress draws), record deposits, apply payments and follow up on past-due balances.
● Perform bank/credit card reconciliations; maintain clean, audit-ready ledgers and document trails.
● Organize and archive receipts, lien waivers, subcontractor agreements, change orders, and other source docs. Construction & Building-Supply Operations Support
● Prepare simple bid/quote comparisons (line-item spreadsheets) for subcontractor and supplier proposals.
● Track change orders and budget updates; maintain job files and cost-to-complete snapshots.
● Assist the building-supply company with order entry, PO creation, receiving confirmations and inventory-adjacent data entry (e.g., SKU/description clean-up in spreadsheets or QuickBooks Items).
● Coordinate document requests and status updates with subs, vendors, inspectors, and clients as needed.

Administrative & Executive Support
● Maintain shared spreadsheets, trackers, and digital filing (Google Drive).
● Draft and format letters, proposals and simple templates; convert to PDF and route for signature.
● Run routine reports (open PO, AP aging, AR aging, job profitability snapshots).
● Provide clear, proactive updates to ownership on task status, blockers, and deadlines.

Required Qualifications
● 2–4+ years of bookkeeping and/or executive admin experience with hands-on QuickBooks (Online or Desktop).
● Construction accounting familiarity: cost codes, job costing, progress billing, change orders, subcontractor/vendor documentation.
● Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills (sorting, filters, lookups, pivots a plus) and Google Workspace/Drive file organization.
● Excellent written and verbal English; clear, professional communication with vendors, subs and customers.
● High attention to detail, confidentiality and follow-through; comfortable prioritizing in a fast-moving environment.

Nice to Have
● Experience in a residential GC and/or building-supply environment (POs, receiving, SKU/Item hygiene).
● Knowledge of bill-pay platforms (e.g., Bill.com), receipt capture tools or project/field systems (e.g., Buildertrend, Procore—helpful but not required).
● Basic understanding of lien waivers, COIs and subcontractor onboarding.

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)
● Day 30: AP/AR cycles are current; cost codes and job tags are consistently applied; reconciliations on cadence.
● Day 60: Reliable weekly reporting (AP/AR ageings, job-cost snapshots); organized digital filing across both companies.
● Day 90: Owners receive proactive status updates; month-end closes smoothly; fewer bottlenecks and faster vendor/client responses.

Tools We Use
● QuickBooks, Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets), PDF tools and basic spreadsheet models. (Bill-pay, receipt capture or project systems may be added.)
$800 - $1,100 a month
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