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• Overview

  Costco is hiring a Bookkeeper in Simi Valley, CA.

• Role description

  We are recruiting a quick-to-ship Bookkeeper to partner with leadership on Financial Statements, planning, and capital decisions. This nimble senior role offers $125,000 - $177,000, the freedom to own your roadmap, and a team that helps you grow.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Costco
  • Own the full-cycle accounts payable and receivable process
  • Own the accounts-payable cycle from invoice intake through final disbursement
  • Flag variance the moment it appears, not after the quarter closes
  • Price out vendor contracts and surface the savings nobody else spotted
  • Run the cost-accounting layer beneath every finance product line
  • Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
  • Close the books each month and ensure accuracy across all entries

  What You'll Bring

  • Comfort interpreting data and translating findings into clear recommendations
  • A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
  • Experience translating CFA Certification complexity for a non-technical audience
  • The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
  • A collaborative mindset and genuine enthusiasm for teamwork
  • Comfort steering finance conversations toward a decision

  Long obsessed with Leadership, Costco has turned a Simi Valley office into one of the trust-based centers of finance innovation in CA. Feedback flows in every direction at Costco, from the newest hire to the people signing the $125,000 - $177,000 checks.

  Pair your SOX Compliance with our $125,000 - $177,000, our mentors, our benefits, and our flexible Simi Valley, CA culture, and the math works in your favor.

  This Bookkeeper posting is fresh, active, and open for business right now.

  Turn your 5 of experience into your next role; apply today.

• Required skills

  • Financial Statements
  • Excel
  • CFA Certification
  • GAAP
  • Payroll Processing
  • Valuation
  • Month-End Close
  • Financial Modeling
  • SOX Compliance
  • Consolidations
  • Leadership
  • Creativity
  • Accountability
  • Customer Service

• Benefits & perks

  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Peer-to-peer recognition
  • Global mobility program
  • Global emergency assistance
  • Signing bonus
  • Free snacks and beverages
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Leadership development programs
  • Open source contribution time
  • Adoption assistance
  • Fully remote position
  • Headspace or Calm subscription
  • Corporate gym and entertainment discounts
  • Frequent flyer program enrollment

• Apply before 2026-09-13

  Submit your application for this Freelance finance position.