The concept of Bookminders came about in 1984 when the Joseph family needed someone to run the accounting system for their business. One of Tom’s sisters had recently left the workforce to concentrate on her family but was willing to do the job if she could do most of the work from home. To address this need, Tom Joseph established Steele Financial Services, pioneering a remote-first solution well ahead of its time.
Over time, it became evident there were a growing number of talented, educated professionals who wanted to work but had family commitments that wouldn’t support a 9 to 5 schedule. The remote work concept embodied in Steele Financial Services was further refined leading to the launch of Bookminders in 1991. This new iteration, grounded in offering home-based opportunities, emphasized an incentive-based compensation structure and a supportive, well-resourced work culture.
Bookminders’ remote-first employment model appeals to accountants who traditionally struggled to achieve work-life balance. Since its founding, Bookminders has grown to become an industry leader in outsourced bookkeeping.
The Philadelphia office of Bookminders opened in 2006. In 2017, Bookminders experienced unprecedented growth with the opening of two new offices: Southern New Jersey in the spring and Eastern Maryland in the fall. In May of 2022, the company opened its first office in Central Texas. Visit our locations page for our growing list of bookkeeping and accounting offices.
Bookminders was named a 2022 and 2023 Top Workplace, and a 2021 DotCom Magazine Impact Company of the Year. It has previously been honored by the American Society of Women Accountants as a Work/Life Balance “Company of the Year”, recognized as Pennsylvania’s “Home-based Business Champion” by the U.S. SBA, and named a seven-time recipient of the Pittsburgh Business Times’ “100 Fastest Growing Private Companies”.