Senior Bookkeeper
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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.
Principal Duties
- 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 3rd 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 3rd party platforms for clients as required;
- Take ownership to complete assigned ad-hoc finance projects as required.
Key Skills & Experience
Experience Required
- 7-10 years overall bookkeeping experience
- 3-5 years of Australian accounting / bookkeeping experience
Skills Required
- 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;
Interpersonal Skills
- 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.
