Senior Bookkeeper

The position of Senior Bookkeeper involves preparing and handling operational finance matters for clients, ownership of day-to-day internal and external stakeholder relationships, and managing a team of bookkeeping professionals.

• Research, analyse and understand clients’ businesses as part of the onboarding process;
• Review, prepare and enhance clients’ operational accounting including reconciliation between accounting system and 3^rd party platforms;
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations including but not limited to bank / cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, and investigate and resolve any discrepancy noted;
• Prepare profit & loss reconciliations, and investigate and resolve any discrepancy noted;
• Prepare and complete the period end reporting process including management reporting, variance analysis and KPI reporting as required by clients;
• Assist the annual financial / statutory report compilation;
• Assist with regulatory compliance i.e. BAS filing;
• Prepare and response to clients’ ad-hoc queries including liaison with subject matter experts when required;
• Manage key relationships with multiple external and internal stakeholders on a day-to-day basis;
• Provide support to vCFO, external financial and tax accountants, auditors and advisors as required;
• Oversee and manage a team of bookkeeping professionals including periodic review of work outputs to ensure high quality of services and outputs;
• Setup the accounting or 3^rd party platforms for clients as required;
• Take ownership to complete assigned ad-hoc finance projects as required.

• 7-10 years overall bookkeeping experience
• 3-5 years of Australian accounting / bookkeeping experience

• Strong skills in operational accounting including profit & loss reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis and management reporting;
• Strong skills in online accounting systems including but not limited to Xero and QuickBooks online;
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel or similar tools;
• Management skills i.e. management of a team of bookkeeping professionals;

• Excellent verbal communication skills;
• Ability to multi-task and handle frequent interruptions;
• Engaging and confident personality with excellent people skills;
• Project management skills to deliver completed deliverables;
• Solid prioritisation and time-management skills.