The Senior Bookkeeper is an expert and may be assigned as a dedicated resource for a customer, or as part of a team of shared resources helping deliver outcomes to service level expectations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Record transactions such as income and outgoings, and posting them to various accounts
- Process bill payment batches to be sent to the client for payment
- Process pay-runs to be sent to client for payment
- Process manual journals
- Produce various financial reports
- Reconcile reports to third-party records such as bank statements and online business platforms
- Manage client list and reports
- Prepare business activity statements and income activity statements
- Complete weekly, monthly and quarterly checklists detailing bookkeeping work performed for review by Account Manager
- Email clients to summarise the status of their bookkeeping for them
- Perform proper online filing and safekeeping of the company’s documentation, processes, and clients’ documentation
- Create processes based on the loom videos created by the team
- Document system operating procedures and update processes to ensure smooth functioning and efficiency
- Recommend course of action and implement as approved
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field in bookkeeping preferred
- Has done bookkeeping as a career for 3-5 years, preferably with an Australian Bookkeeping firm, with multiple clients
- Experience in working with multiple legal entities under different legal umbrellas
- Understanding of Australian GST law, including preparation of business activity statements and income activity statements
- Process development skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel
- Must have end-to-end experience in Xero and XPM. QBO and MYOB experience a bonus
- Has Receipt Bank/Dext/HubDoc experience
- Preferably has experience with FYI (accounting software)
- Has the ability and willingness to learn new systems and tools
- Works within the Hammerjack quality guidelines
- Ensures quality of work being delivered without being supervised
- High level of written and verbal skills
- Works well and communicates well with a team
