JOB OVERVIEW

As an AU Bookkeeper, you will be responsible for maintaining key accounting records. Day-to-day activities include recording transactions such as income and outgoings and posting them to various accounts. Having a broad and varied role, you will need a strong sense of time management and organisational skills.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Generating monthly invoices in Xero/MYOB/QuickBooks
• Add bills to Xero/MYOB/QuickBooks
• Allocate bank transactions and reconcile the bank balance
• Enter month-end journals from schedules to reallocate income received in advance or take up accruals etc.
• Possible setting up payments in the bank account to then be approved by the Manager.
• Preparing activity statements
• End of the tax year (30 June) reconciliations / returns for BAS / PAYE
• Worker Compensation estimates and actuals declarations
• Monitoring of revenue, staff numbers, etc.
• Pro-actively raise potential risks for clients and the business based on data and observations from checks performed and provide recommendations to mitigate impacts
• Any task deemed necessary by the Team Manager or Service Delivery Manager

QUALIFICATIONS

• Should be a graduate of Finance and or Accounting
• General AU Accounting experience with a solid background
• At least 2-4 years and above experience in Australian bookkeeping
• Knowledge of Australian GST
• Knowledge with Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Familiar with accounting tools such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Hubdoc, and/or Karbon
• Ability to learn new systems and tools as needed
• Ensures quality of work being delivered without being supervised
• Demonstrated creative and critical thinking skills
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Good oral and written communication skills