3 Exciting Roles You Play as a Bookkeeper When most people think of a bookkeepe r, they imagine a boring life of recor ding journal en tries, cr eating tria l balances, and orkin g on payr oll! "othing could be further from the truth! #he bookkeeper$s job is to bring order into chaos through careful record%keeping of the day%to%day transactions of the business! While the job may seem thankless or tedious from an outsider$s point%of %&ie, most bookkeepers actually enjoy it! 'ost bookkeepers lo&e helping small to medium business oners keep track of their (nances! #hey ill e&en tell you that the bookkeeping career is )*R from boring! Read on to learn about the interesting roles you play as a bookkeeper! Y ou act as li ke a t raditional ife or homema ker ! #hink of the on er$s company as a home! #he bookkeepe r may not be the one ho calls the shots, but you ill de(nitely be responsible for making sure that your family or the company is spic and span! While your husband or +E goes out each day to close deals and earn money for the family, you are there to make sure that all members of your family are fed by taking care of their payroll! You pay the ater bills, electricity bills, and gas expenses! You remind the +E of tax deadlines and other reportorial re-uirements! Your role is also to make sure that your home or book of accounts is clean and orderly at all times! Y ou act like a detecti&e! When you cannot balance the books, you ill ha&e to adopt the role as super sleuth and (nd out hat ent rong hile you ere recording transactions! .se your magnifying glass to look through all your source documents, in&oices, and ledgers to (nd out here the error occurred! When you are a freelance bookkeeper, you may encounter clients hose books are a complete mess, and you ill ha&e to piece all the bits and pieces together! /mall business oners do not alays pay attention to bookkeepi ng, and this is hy hen they re-ues t you to do some (nancial reporting , you ill (nd that they ha&e needed this yesterday! Y ou act lik e the best fr iend! E&er heard of the saying 01on$t shoot the messenger20 While the rol e of the bookkeeper deals primarily ith recording transactions that the company makes, bookkeeper s are usually the object of the oner$s fury hen you tell them that the business is dangerously lo in cash! /o hy are you the best friend2 Belie&e it or not, bookkeepers usually end up as the punching bag, messenger, and shoulder to cry on! E&en if the business oner ignores all your arnings about tax deadlines and reportorial re-uirements and gets mad hene&er you mention /// remittance, you ha&e to keep talking about it ith her, anyay! You are the best friend, and your role is to tell her the truth! *s you can see, bookkeepers play a crucial role in the organiation! #hey$re the best

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3 Exciting Roles You Play as a Bookkeeper

When most people think of a bookkeeper, they imagine a boring life of recording journal entries, creating trial balances, and orking on payroll! "othing could befurther from the truth! #he bookkeeper$s job is to bring order into chaos through

careful record%keeping of the day%to%day transactions of the business!

While the job may seem thankless or tedious from an outsider$s point%of%&ie , mostbookkeepers actually enjoy it! 'ost bookkeepers lo&e helping small to mediumbusiness o ners keep track of their (nances! #hey ill e&en tell you that thebookkeeping career is )*R from boring! Read on to learn about the interesting rolesyou play as a bookkeeper!

You act as like a traditional ife or homemaker!

#hink of the o ner$s company as a home! #he bookkeeper may not be the one hocalls the shots, but you ill de(nitely be responsible for making sure that your familyor the company is spic and span! While your husband or +E goes out each day toclose deals and earn money for the family, you are there to make sure that allmembers of your family are fed by taking care of their payroll! You pay the aterbills, electricity bills, and gas expenses! You remind the +E of tax deadlines andother reportorial re-uirements! Your role is also to make sure that your home or bookof accounts is clean and orderly at all times!

You act like a detecti&e!

When you cannot balance the books, you ill ha&e to adopt the role as super sleuthand (nd out hat ent rong hile you ere recording transactions! .se your

magnifying glass to look through all your source documents, in&oices, and ledgers to(nd out here the error occurred! When you are a freelance bookkeeper, you mayencounter clients hose books are a complete mess, and you ill ha&e to piece allthe bits and pieces together! /mall business o ners do not al ays pay attention tobookkeeping, and this is hy hen they re-uest you to do some (nancial reporting,you ill (nd that they ha&e needed this yesterday!

You act like the best friend!

E&er heard of the saying 01on$t shoot the messenger20 While the role of thebookkeeper deals primarily ith recording transactions that the company makes,

bookkeepers are usually the object of the o ner$s fury hen you tell them that thebusiness is dangerously lo in cash! /o hy are you the best friend2 Belie&e it or not,bookkeepers usually end up as the punching bag, messenger, and shoulder to cry on!E&en if the business o ner ignores all your arnings about tax deadlines andreportorial re-uirements and gets mad hene&er you mention /// remittance, youha&e to keep talking about it ith her, any ay! You are the best friend, and your roleis to tell her the truth!

*s you can see, bookkeepers play a crucial role in the organi ation! #hey$re the best

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friend, the detecti&e, and the person ho holds the home together! #here is a lot ofexcitement, and drama in&ol&ed in bookkeeping! 'ost of the drama, ho e&er, occurshen tax deadlines are near and the (scal year is almost o&er! 4f you lo&e numbersand are happy staring at it all day, then think about starting a steady and excitingbookkeeping career!