Remote Accountant (US-Based Law Firm)

Please login or register as jobseeker to apply for this job.

: TYPE OF WORK

Part Time

: SALARY

$500.00

: HOURS PER WEEK

20

: DATE UPDATED

Apr 13, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

Our US-based law firm (www.bythelaw.co) is seeking a skilled Accountant to join our remote team. This unique role sits at the intersection of law and finance, providing critical accounting and tax support for our attorneys who manage client corporate structures, estates, and trusts. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in US accounting principles with specific experience in corporate and estate/trust administration (we will train the right candidate). You will ensure the accurate financial management of client matters, working directly with our legal team during US business hours.

Key Responsibilities

Manage bookkeeping and full-cycle accounting for US-based clients using software such as QuickBooks Online.
Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with US GAAP.
Assist in the preparation of federal and state tax returns, including forms 1040, 1120, 1120S, 1065, and sales tax filings.
Perform bank reconciliations, accounts payable/receivable management, and payroll processing for US entities.
Communicate directly with US clients and tea ---------- mbers to resolve accounting discrepancies and provide financial insights.
Support year-end audits and liaise with US-based auditors as needed.
Stay updated on changes in US accounting standards and tax laws.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
MBA or CPA certification (Philippine or US) or equivalent qualification is highly preferred.
At least 5 years of accounting experience, with a focus on US accounting standards, tax, and compliance.
Proficiency in US accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero, etc.) and MS Excel.
Strong understanding of US tax regulations and filing requirements.
Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to work independently with high accuracy and meet deadlines.
Must be willing to work during US business hours (e.g., night shift in PH, corresponding to EST or PST).

Preferred Experience

Experience working remotely for a US accounting firm, BPO, or shared services center.
Knowledge of state-specific tax requirements (e.g., California, New York, Texas).
Background in industries common among US clients (e.g., retail, services, e-commerce, professional firms).

What We Offer

Competitive salary paid in USD.
Permanent remote work setup.
performance-based incentives.
Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.
Collaborative and supportive team environment.

How to Apply

Interested candidates may send their
1) resume and
2) a cover letter
to ---------- with the subject line: "Application: Remote Accountant - [Your Full Name]."

In your cover letter, please describe your experience with US accounting and tax, and confirm your availability to work during US business hours.

We look forward to welcoming a dedicated accounting professional to our growing global team!

SKILL REQUIREMENT

Quickbooks Financial Accounting External Audit

SHARE THIS POST

Job Post	Reporter	Rank	Reason	Date

BENCHMARKS

Loading Time: Base Classes	0.0010
Controller Execution Time ( Jobseekers / Job )	0.0152
Total Execution Time	0.0170

GET DATA

No GET data exists

MEMORY USAGE

1,491,304 bytes

POST DATA

No POST data exists

URI STRING

jobseekers/job/Remote-Accountant-US-Based-Law-Firm-1622959

CLASS/METHOD

jobseekers/job

DATABASE: onlinejobs (Jobseekers:$db) QUERIES: 13 (0.0080 seconds) (Hide)

0.0004	`SELECT * FROM exrates WHERE rate_name = 'USD-PHP'`
0.0008	SELECT * FROM `employer_jobs` WHERE `job_id` = 1622959 LIMIT 1
0.0003	SELECT * FROM `employers` WHERE `employer_id` = 882439 LIMIT 1
0.0019	SELECT COUNT(*) AS `numrows` FROM `t_thread` `t` LEFT JOIN `t_thread_misc` `misc` ON `t`.`id` = `misc`.`thread_id` WHERE `t`.`job_id` = 1622959 AND `misc`.`id` IS NULL
0.0004	SELECT e.business_name, e.logo, e.website, e.rebill_date, e.date_added member_date, hits, DATEDIFF('2026-04-19',ej.date_added) duration_days, DATEDIFF('2026-04-19',e.rebill_date) duration_rebill, ej.*, e.deactivate FROM employers e, employer_jobs ej WHERE e.employer_id = ej.employer_id AND ((e.user_level >= '500' AND ej.date_added <= e.rebill_date) OR e.employer_id = '' OR (ej.date_approved <> '2000-01-01' and DATEDIFF('2026-04-19',ej.date_added) <= 14 )) AND e.deactivate != 1 AND ej.deleted = 0 AND job_id = '1622959'
0.0003	SELECT * FROM `employer_jobs_skills` `ejs` LEFT JOIN `skills_categories` `sc` ON `ejs`.`skill_id` = `sc`.`id` WHERE `job_id` = 1622959
0.0008	`UPDATE employer_jobs SET hit_counts = '*Apr-13-2026=383Apr-14-2026=300Apr-15-2026=67Apr-16-2026=54Apr-17-2026=21Apr-18-2026=18**Apr-19-2026=1' WHERE job_id= '1622959'`
0.0006	`UPDATE employer_jobs SET monthly_hits = '***Apr-2026=843' WHERE job_id= '1622959'`
0.0003	`SELECT date_sent FROM jobseeker_sent_emails WHERE jobseeker_id = '' AND job_id = '1622959' AND status LIKE 'sent%' ORDER BY id DESC`
0.0003	SELECT * FROM `employer_jobs_skills` `ejs` LEFT JOIN `skills_categories` `sc` ON `ejs`.`skill_id` = `sc`.`id` WHERE `job_id` = 1622959
0.0013	SELECT COUNT(*) AS `numrows` FROM `employer_jobs` WHERE `employer_id` = '882439' AND `date_added` >= '2022-06-08'
0.0003	`select * from teasers`
0.0002	`SELECT * FROM skill_categories WHERE skill_cat_id=''`

HTTP HEADERS (Show)

SESSION DATA (Show)

__ci_last_regenerate	1776617602
last_page	https://v1.stage.onlinejobs.ph/jobseekers/job/Remote-Accountant-US-Based-Law-Firm-1622959
csrf-token	76e8de4ab9d04a349feedb729de30ca9

CONFIG VARIABLES (Show)

base_url	https://v1.stage.onlinejobs.ph
log_threshold	2
enable_profiler
index_page
uri_protocol	PATH_INFO
url_suffix
language	english
charset	UTF-8
enable_hooks	1
subclass_prefix	MY_
composer_autoload	vendor/autoload.php
permitted_uri_chars	a-z 0-9~%.:_\=\-\+\@?\&
enable_query_strings
controller_trigger	c
function_trigger	m
directory_trigger	d
allow_get_array	1
log_path
log_file_extension
log_file_permissions	420
log_date_format	Y-m-d H:i:s
error_views_path
cache_path
cache_query_string
encryption_key	OdBUArjiWg9I7u7bvAwQ7Fu35VB1kzga
sess_driver	files
sess_cookie_name	ci_session
sess_expiration	2678400
sess_save_path
sess_match_ip
sess_time_to_update	300
sess_regenerate_destroy
cookie_prefix
cookie_domain
cookie_path	/
cookie_secure
cookie_httponly
standardize_newlines
global_xss_filtering	1
csrf_protection
csrf_token_name	csrf_test_name
csrf_cookie_name	csrf_cookie_name
csrf_expire	7200
csrf_regenerate	1
csrf_exclude_uris	Array ( )
compress_output
time_reference	local
rewrite_short_tags
proxy_ips
ojadmin	JpjZkQN5A8l@^L
salt	+UFjSAT49tPZLtmU2CIG2FYN7pRhgsWyLHgSyQa6k3I=
queue_enabled
twilio	Array ( [sid] => AC00c0594045c6eef9407e8fff01f3d467 [token] => f0bfc0b73444a077894a43f5f75e6d41 [length] => 6 [from] => +639221200200 [code_expiry_seconds] => 14400 )
maintenance	Array ( [admin] => Array ( [verification] => ) [announcement_bar] => Array ( [show_slow_issue_message] => ) )
trustpilot	Array ( [to_email] => onlinejobs.ph+3d844ebf71@invite.trustpilot.com )
services	Array ( [google_tag_manager] => Array ( [id] => GTM-T5CQMS6P ) [chatgpt] => Array ( [secret] => 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 ) [claude] => Array ( [secret] => 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 ) )
v2_url	https://v2.stage.app.onlinejobs.ph
replacemyself_secret_key	Kk1WpgTMkc4wBQOqC5rqCssdLhACKrsJeTtO1ywUkT4=
app	Array ( [app] => Array ( [command] => Array ( [map] => Array ( [OnlineJobs\Mailer\Command\SendEmailCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mailer\Handler\SendEmailHandler [OnlineJobs\Mail\Command\SendEmailCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mail\Handler\SendEmailHandler [OnlineJobs\Mail\Command\QueueEmailPendingCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mail\Handler\QueueEmailPendingHandler [OnlineJobs\Mail\Command\QueueJobEmailPendingCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mail\Handler\QueueJobEmailPendingHandler [OnlineJobs\Mail\Command\QueueUnapprovedEmailCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mail\Handler\QueueUnapprovedEmailHandler [OnlineJobs\Mail\Command\ProcessEmailQueueCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mail\Handler\ProcessEmailQueueHandler [OnlineJobs\Mail\Command\PutJobseekerEmailOnHoldCommand] => OnlineJobs\Mail\Handler\PutJobseekerEmailOnHoldHandler [OnlineJobs\Purchase\Command\RealEstateVaCourseCommand] => OnlineJobs\Purchase\Handler\RealEstateVaCourseHandler [OnlineJobs\Test\Command\HelloCommand] => OnlineJobs\Test\Handler\HelloHandler ) [middleware] => Array ( ) ) [providers] => Array ( [0] => OnlineJobs\Bus\BusServiceProvider [1] => OnlineJobs\Database\DbServiceProvider [2] => OnlineJobs\Mailer\MailerServiceProvider [3] => OnlineJobs\Support\SupportServiceProvider [4] => OnlineJobs\Employer\ServiceProvider [5] => OnlineJobs\Jobseeker\ServiceProvider [6] => OnlineJobs\Mail\ServiceProvider [7] => OnlineJobs\Postal\ServiceProvider [8] => OnlineJobs\Queue\ServiceProvider [9] => OnlineJobs\Courier\ServiceProvider [10] => OnlineJobs\Job\ServiceProvider [11] => OnlineJobs\Purchase\ServiceProvider ) ) )
meta	Array ( [facebook] => Array ( [input] => 1 [connect] => 2 [timezone] => 3 [url] => 30 [id] => 31 [photo] => 32 [name] => 33 [email] => 34 [review] => 35 ) [trust] => Array ( [government_id] => 4 [utility_bill] => 5 [selfie_photo] => 6 [profile_picture] => 7 [phone_number] => 8 [facebook] => 9 ) [verify] => Array ( [profile_picture] => 10 [government_id] => 11 [selfie_photo] => 12 [utility_bill] => 13 [address] => 14 [name] => 15 [reviewed] => 16 [government_group] => 28 [address_group] => 29 [mobile] => 38 ) [address] => Array ( [complete] => 17 [room_unit_no] => 20 [house_no] => 21 [street] => 22 [subdivision] => 23 [barangay] => 24 [city] => 25 [province] => 26 [postcode] => 27 ) [reviewed] => Array ( [similar_names] => 1 ) [name] => 18 [phone] => 19 [sms_verification_code] => 36 [resend_verification_code] => 37 [address_read] => 39 [first_name] => 100 [middle_name] => 101 [last_name] => 102 [edit] => Array ( [government_id_group] => 40 [address_group] => 41 [mobile_group] => 42 ) [salary_re_entry] => 103 [id_proof_recalibrate] => 104 [email] => 44 [mobile_verification_type] => 45 )
honeypot	Array ( [name_field] => my_name [enabled] => 1 )

HTTP_ACCEPT	/
HTTP_USER_AGENT	Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
HTTP_CONNECTION	Upgrade
SERVER_PORT	80
SERVER_NAME	v1.stage.onlinejobs.ph
REMOTE_ADDR	127.0.0.1
SERVER_SOFTWARE	Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu)
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
SCRIPT_NAME	/index.php
REQUEST_METHOD	GET
HTTP_HOST
REMOTE_HOST
CONTENT_TYPE
SERVER_PROTOCOL	HTTP/1.1
QUERY_STRING
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING	gzip, br, zstd, deflate
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR	216.73.217.103
HTTP_DNT

Remote Accountant (US-Based Law Firm)

Please login or register as jobseeker to apply for this job.

TYPE OF WORK

SALARY

HOURS PER WEEK

DATE UPDATED

Why is this blurred?