Bookkeepers maintain accurate books on accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and daily financial entries and reconciliations to oversee a company’s financial data and compliance. They carry out daily accounting tasks such as monthly financial reporting, general ledger entries, and payment and adjustment recording.

Many bookkeepers also help with basic HR duties such as new hire documents, compliance, temporary disability insurance, and workers’ compensation filings, making them indispensable to an organization’s financial health.