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11 results for Bookkeepers Payroll Experience in Chattanooga, TN

Payroll Clerk
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary to Hire
  • 18 - 19 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Clerk to join an accountancy team in Chattanooga, Tennessee in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This position is well suited for someone who can manage high-volume payroll activity with accuracy, stay organized under deadlines, and build confidence in payroll tax and reporting processes. The role offers an opportunity to strengthen payroll expertise while working with tools such as QuickBooks and Excel in a supportive environment. *This position requires in office presence in Chattanooga, Tennessee*</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Process full-cycle payroll for a workforce of approximately 250 employees while maintaining accuracy and timeliness.</p><p>• Prepare payroll-related reports and support regular reconciliation activities to ensure dependable recordkeeping.</p><p>• Assist with quarterly and annual payroll tax filings, including work connected to Forms 941 and 942.</p><p>• Review and manage wage garnishment deductions, ensuring employee payments comply with applicable requirements.</p><p>• Research payroll exceptions, respond to follow-up inquiries, and prepare written correspondence as needed.</p><p>• Maintain payroll data in QuickBooks and use Excel to track, organize, and analyze payroll information.</p><p>• Support day-to-day payroll operations by identifying discrepancies, resolving issues, and keeping processes moving efficiently.</p><p><br></p><p>If you are ready to take the next step in your payroll career, then we want to talk to you! Please complete an application and call (423) 244-0726 for more information! </p>
  • 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z
Bookkeeper
  • Rossville, GA
  • onsite
  • Temporary to Hire
  • 23.75 - 27.5 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for a Bookkeeper to join a construction-focused organization in north Georgia. This contract opportunity with potential for a permanent role is ideal for someone who enjoys keeping financial operations organized, accurate, and on schedule while supporting daily accounting activities in an office-based environment. The role centers on transaction processing, record maintenance, reconciliations, and administrative accounting support that helps the team operate efficiently. Previous construction/subcontractor/service industry experience preferred! </p><p>**Please note-- this is an in-office position in North Georgia.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Handle daily accounting activity by entering and processing financial transactions with a high level of accuracy and timeliness.</p><p>• Prepare and record journal entries to support the general ledger and maintain complete accounting records.</p><p>• Reconcile routine accounts, including bank, credit card, and other ledger balances, and resolve discrepancies as they arise.</p><p>• Manage accounts payable workflows, including reviewing documentation, confirming coding, and supporting timely payment processing.</p><p>• Provide accounts receivable and billing support by assisting with invoicing, payment tracking, and related account updates as needed.</p><p>• Create and maintain accounting master data such as vendor profiles, customer records, job information, and chart of accounts details.</p><p>• Support month-end and year-end close activities by organizing documentation and completing assigned accounting tasks.</p><p>• Assist with audits, account research, and internal or external information requests by gathering and organizing supporting records.</p><p>• Review employee time entries for completeness and accuracy, follow up on issues, and prepare approved information for payroll processing.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>**Please complete an application and call (423) 237-7921 for immediate consideration! </p>
  • 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z
Tax accountant-- non-profit experience needed
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 18 - 24 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are seeking an experienced <strong>Tax Accountant</strong> to support a busy tax practice with a strong focus on <strong>experience supporting nonprofit organizations</strong>. Previous experience with <strong>Form 990 preparation required. </strong>This role will also assist with <strong>1120</strong> and <strong>1065</strong> returns, along with other tax-related work as needed. <strong>Enrolled Agent candidates highly preferred!</strong> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Prepare and review <strong>Form 990</strong> returns</li><li>Help gather documentation needed to support <strong>tax-exempt status</strong></li><li>Prepare <strong>1120</strong> and <strong>1065</strong> tax returns</li><li>Support additional tax work for team as needed</li><li>Assist with <strong>payroll tax</strong> and <strong>sales tax</strong> filings as needed</li><li>Ensure filings are completed accurately and on time</li></ul><p>If you are interested and available to put your non-profit experience to work for a growing team, then we want to talk to you! Please complete an application and call (423) 244-0726 for immediate consideration! </p>
  • 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z
Tax accountant-- non-profit experience needed
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary to Hire
  • 18 - 21 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are seeking an experienced <strong>Tax Accountant</strong> to support a busy tax practice with a strong focus on <strong>experience supporting nonprofit organizations</strong>. Previous experience with <strong>Form 990 preparation required. </strong>This role will also assist with <strong>1120</strong> and <strong>1065</strong> returns, along with other tax-related work as needed. <strong>Enrolled Agent candidates highly preferred!</strong></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Prepare and review <strong>Form 990</strong> returns</li><li>Help gather documentation needed to support <strong>tax-exempt status</strong></li><li>Prepare <strong>1120</strong> and <strong>1065</strong> tax returns</li><li>Support additional tax work for team as needed</li><li>Assist with <strong>payroll tax</strong> and <strong>sales tax</strong> filings as needed</li><li>Ensure filings are completed accurately and on time</li></ul><p>If you are interested and available to put your non-profit experience to work for a growing team, then we want to talk to you! Please complete an application and call (423) 237-7921 for immediate consideration.</p>
  • 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z
Accounts Payable Specialist - part time hours
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 19 - 22 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to support day-to-day invoice processing and payment activities for a long-term contract opportunity in Chattanooga. This position will have a part-time schedule, around 20-25 hours a week. This role is ideal for someone who works quickly without sacrificing accuracy and can manage frequent vendor communication with a high level of professionalism. The position will play an important part in keeping accounts payable operations organized, timely, and precise while working within NetSuite and established automation tools.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Process vendor invoices accurately and efficiently, ensuring proper account coding and complete supporting documentation.</p><p>• Review payment details for correctness and prepare ACH transactions and check runs in alignment with established schedules.</p><p>• Communicate with vendors and internal contacts to resolve invoice questions, payment issues, and documentation discrepancies.</p><p>• Maintain organized accounts payable records in NetSuite and monitor entries to support accurate financial reporting.</p><p>• Prioritize urgent tasks and manage a steady workflow while maintaining a strong focus on speed and precision.</p><p>• Use existing automation resources effectively and support accounts payable activities alongside developing AI-enabled process improvements.</p><p>• Verify invoice data, identify inconsistencies, and follow through on corrections to reduce processing errors.</p><p>• Collaborate with the broader team in a multi-location environment to ensure timely completion of accounts payable responsibilities.</p><p><br></p><p>Please complete an application and call (423) 237-7921 for more information!</p>
  • 2026-10-19T00:00:00Z
Staff Accountant
  • Rock Spring, GA
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 25.65 - 29.7 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support key accounting operations for a manufacturing organization in Chattanooga area. This long-term contract position will focus on maintaining accurate financial records, assisting with close processes, and ensuring timely reconciliation of critical accounts. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills and hands-on experience across general ledger activity, fixed assets, and expense management.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Perform detailed invoice reviews and reconcile billing records to support accurate financial reporting.</p><p>• Manage account reconciliation activities across assigned entities and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.</p><p>• Oversee corporate credit card transaction matching, documentation review, and monthly reconciliation efforts.</p><p>• Support month-end close by preparing schedules, reviewing balances, and helping ensure deadlines are met.</p><p>• Maintain fixed asset records, including additions, retirements, depreciation tracking, and related account analysis.</p><p>• Prepare and post journal entries to keep the general ledger complete and accurate.</p><p>• Assist with sales tax-related accounting tasks and help maintain compliance with reporting requirements.</p>
  • 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z
Staff Accountant
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 30 - 33 USD / Hourly
  • <p>Are you looking to grow your skill set and enhance your work-life balance? Do you like challenges and change? Are you interested in quarterly bonuses? If so the Staff Accountant seat on the Chattanooga Robert Half project accounting team could be the position for you! This is a permanent benefited position that allows you the opportunity to work in a variety of industries and settings including on site, hybrid, and remotely. Apply Today!</p><p> </p><p>While each project is a bit different, the key responsibilities for this role include:</p><p>- Conduct month end close, journal entries, without supervision</p><p>- Keep up fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation</p><p>- Take part in various department-wide initiatives</p><p>- Report on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a useful and understandable manner</p><p>- Take part the in implementation and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures, ensuring compliance with GAAP</p><p>- Produce complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll</p><p>- Manage the design and creation of balance sheet analysis and communicate reports to management</p><p>- Play a role in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation</p><p>- Maintain monthly payment schedules</p><p>- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as needed</p>
  • 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z
Billing Clerk
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 19 - 20 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for a detail-oriented Billing Clerk to support billing operations for a Contract to Hire position based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This role is ideal for someone who can evaluate financial information carefully, manage multiple priorities, and resolve billing issues with accuracy and professionalism. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional partners to address exceptions, support customer account activity, and help maintain efficient, compliant billing processes.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Process invoices accurately and assist with daily billing activities to support timely payment application and account maintenance.</p><p>• Partner with analysts and related teams to research billing discrepancies and resolve exception items affecting customer policies or payments.</p><p>• Examine interface-related billing issues, identify underlying causes, and carry out corrective actions to ensure records are updated properly.</p><p>• Review policy and pricing-related exception cases, determine appropriate next steps, and complete follow-up actions within required systems and workflows.</p><p>• Monitor credit card decline reports, classify issues by resolution path, and support efforts to address payment failures efficiently.</p><p>• Investigate chargeback activity and prepare prompt, accurate responses for financial institutions and other external parties.</p><p>• Handle account concerns such as cancellations, delinquent balances, and customer billing inquiries with a high level of accuracy and service.</p><p>• Maintain productive vendor relationships and support adherence to billing standards, compliance expectations, and evolving industry practices.</p><p>• Identify process improvement opportunities that increase efficiency, reduce recurring issues, and strengthen billing accuracy.</p><p>• Communicate progress, findings, and issue status clearly to stakeholders to support timely resolution of outstanding items.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>If interested please apply, then call (423)244-0726!!</u></strong></p>
  • 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z
Billing Clerk
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 20 - 20 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for a detail-focused Billing Clerk to support billing operations for a construction and contractor environment in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This Contract position is ideal for someone who can evaluate financial information carefully, manage multiple priorities, and work effectively both independently and with cross-functional partners. The person in this role will help resolve billing issues, respond to customer and payment-related exceptions, and contribute to accurate invoicing and accounts receivable activities.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Prepare and process invoices accurately while supporting day-to-day billing activities and related customer account needs.</p><p>• Review billing discrepancies and payment exceptions, investigate underlying issues, and take appropriate action to correct account records.</p><p>• Partner with analysts and other team members to research interface-related billing problems and help ensure payments are applied correctly.</p><p>• Examine policy, pricing, and account health exceptions to determine proper resolution and complete required updates in the appropriate systems.</p><p>• Monitor declined card activity, sort issues by next steps, and support follow-up actions needed to address outstanding payment problems.</p><p>• Research chargeback cases and submit prompt, well-documented responses to financial institutions within required timelines.</p><p>• Assist with account cancellations, delinquency follow-up, and customer service requests related to billing and payment activity.</p><p>• Maintain productive vendor relationships and support adherence to established billing practices, controls, and industry expectations.</p><p>• Identify process improvement opportunities that can increase efficiency, reduce recurring errors, and strengthen billing accuracy.</p><p>• Communicate progress, findings, and issue status clearly to internal stakeholders to support timely resolution of open items.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>If interested in the role please apply, then call (423)244-0726. </u></strong></p>
  • 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z
Senior Accountant
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 32 - 35 USD / Hourly
  • <p>Robert Half currently has a long-term contract opportunity with excellent growth opportunity for a Senior Accountant who enjoys taking on new challenges and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Working as a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for account analysis and reconciliations, financial statement preparation and consolidation, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This Senior Accountant opportunity is located in the Chattanooga area and will offer you great experience along with attractive compensation.</p><p> </p><p>Major responsibilities</p><p> </p><p>- Ready monthly consolidated P&amp;L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting</p><p>- Constantly improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process</p><p>- Implement monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP</p><p>- Review financial results (benchmarks, trends, performance metrics)</p><p>- Arrange quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors</p><p>- Realize compliance with corporate accounting policies and procedures and controls by working with business partners</p><p>- Participate in various initiatives spanning multiple departments</p><p>- Put together Balance Sheet account reconciliations</p><p>- Other projects as required</p>
  • 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z
Sr. Accountant
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • onsite
  • Temporary / Contract
  • 32.0625 - 37.125 USD / Hourly
  • <p>We are looking for senior accountant to support an organization in Chattanooga, Tennessee through a long-term contract assignment. This position will play a key role in daily accounting operations, with a strong emphasis on accounts receivable activity, cash application, and accurate financial recordkeeping. The ideal candidate will also provide guidance to two team members while helping maintain efficient workflows in a high-volume environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead day-to-day accounting activities with a strong focus on accounts receivable processing and cash application accuracy.</p><p>• Supervise and support two accounting staff members, helping prioritize work and maintain consistent performance.</p><p>• Prepare journal entries and maintain general ledger records to ensure financial data is complete and accurate.</p><p>• Perform account reconciliations and bank reconciliations to identify discrepancies and resolve issues promptly.</p><p>• Contribute to month-end close activities by reviewing balances, posting adjustments, and meeting reporting deadlines.</p><p>• Manage high-volume transaction processing while maintaining attention to detail and compliance with internal controls.</p><p>• Assist with employee training related to new system workflows and provide ongoing process support as needed.</p>
  • 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z