The number of hours a bookkeeper works depends on a couple of factors. If you’re a bookkeeper who works for a bookkeeping company, you are most likely going to work 40 hours a week. There may be an opportunity for overtime, especially during tax season, but it is a standard 40-hour per week job. If you are a freelance bookkeeper, you can typically choose how many hours each week you want to work. It can be 20 hours a week, 60 hours a week, or whatever you decide. It also depends on how many clients you currently have. If you have 10 clients, you will not have as much work to complete each day compared to if you have 30 current clients, so the hours can vary.
Being a bookkeeper means having a strong ability to multitask. You will not usually sit down and work eight hours straight on one specific client’s books. Instead, you will be working on multiple clients’ bookkeeping needs throughout the day. If your clients have a lighter day where they do not have many transactions, you will have less work to do and can either work on a different client’s needs or maybe be done for the day. Freelance bookkeeping tends to be a fairly flexible profession.