Xero Bookkeeper

Job Brief: 

We are looking for a Xero Bookkeeper on behalf of a client who provides professional business services, supporting clients in achieving business growth through expert financial management. The Bookkeeper is an individual contributor responsible for delivering bookkeeping, payroll, tax lodgement, and administrative support to clients, while collaborating with team members to foster a positive and growth-oriented culture. The role also contributes to the firms client value, employee development, and financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Client Focus

Provide bookkeeping and clerical support for clients:

• Reconciling bank feeds to bank statements (inclusive of credit cards and bank loans etc), including:
• Matching imported bank feeds to payments of bills and receipts of invoices.
• Understanding of coding for different business units.
• Reconciling bank balance on accounting software to bank balances

Account Receivable, including:

• Preparing and sending invoices out of accounting software

Account Payable, including:

• Maintaining supplier contact information
• Importing bills from document management system and email into accounting software
• Reconciling supplier statements to accounting software
• Creating ABA files to upload into bank for payments

Payroll function, including:

• Importing timesheets from scheduling software into payroll software
• Processing weekly/fortnightly/monthly payroll
• Lodging Single Touch Payroll (STP) to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
• Lodging STP Finalisation at the end of each financial year
• Processing superannuation payments (Payday Super)
• Preparing and lodging renewal of workers compensation insurance

Tax functions, including:

• Preparing and lodging instalment activity statement (IAS) and business activity statement (BAS)
• Preparing and lodging payroll tax

Accounting & other function, including:

• General understanding of profit and loss and balance sheet presentation.
• Maintaining balance sheet accounts including documentation proving balance
• Understanding of income in advance/deposits and ability to journal sales
• Preparing and updating management, cashflow, budget and ad hoc reports when required.
• Work diligently to prepare information in a timely manner, with a high attention to detail, and striving to minimize rework
• Actively apply concepts learned in technical training to improve client outcomes and undertake increasingly complex and challenging tasks

2. Team Focus

• Work collaboratively with team members to ensure the high quality and timely delivery of work
• Contribute to team discussions that drive improvements in how we work together and deliver value.

3. Firm Focus

Support the Firms financial management, including:

• Meeting individual budgets, timeframes, productivity and recoverability targets

Ongoing development of own technical and professional skills through:

• Participating in training & development activities
• Contributing to team meetings

Requirements:

• Certificate in Bookkeeping preferred.
• Proven experience as a bookkeeper or in a similar role.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, compliance regulations, and financial management.
• Proficiency in Xero (Hubdoc & Payroll), MYOB, Employment Hero Payroll, IFS, Stripe, DEXT and MS 365.
• Additional experience with QuickBooks, Asana, and PayPal is a plus.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a remote work setting.
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong self-motivation and drive to complete tasks in a timely manner
• Initiative and proactive approach

Salary Range:

• Salary range from 5000RM to 7500RM