Senior Bookkeeping Assistant
Description
Overview of the Role
The overall objective as a Senior Bookkeeping Assistant (BKA) is to become indispensable to our clients by providing them with high-quality work by paying close attention to detail, providing a quick turnaround for completion of tasks and being proactive and responsive to client requirements.
Main duties include:
- Assist Accounting Team in handling communications with clients and vendors such as sending out invoices, bills, statements, tax documents, email reminders, document requests and follow-ups.
- Create invoices, bills and process payments.
- Assist Accounting Team in processing, preparing and maintaining accounts receivable and payable records including inter entity transactions in groups
- Perform reconciliation of bank accounts and other financial transactions.
- Record journal entries, review spreadsheets and ledgers and other financial reports for accuracy.
- Prepare Business Activity Statements with limited supervision
- Create associated working papers
- Assist Accounting Team to maintain fixed assets run periodic depreciation and interest journals
- Prepare periodic payrun and annual ATO STP filings
- Assist with reporting of Superannuation
- Setup Salary packaging/FBT arrangements in software
- Setup of accounting software, such as establishing chart of accounts and importing and reconciling data from previous software.
Successful applicants should:
- Graduate of BS Accounting, Business Administration and other related courses
- At least 2 years experience in accounting and bookkeeping role with a client
- Operating knowledge of client software & relevant certification.
- Is an integrated member of the clients team attending workflow meetings and ongoing development
- Understanding of Australian GST & PAYGW Reporting concepts
- Experience with preparing transactions for accounting groups where there are two or more related entities
- Understanding of fixed assets including ability to source applicable rates for depreciation.
- Proficiency with computers and hands-on experience with MS Excel and accounting software, experience using Xero is preferred
- Exposure to salary packaging arrangements (desirable)
- Exposure to automations e.g DEXT, Hubdoc (desirable)
- Exposure to integrated workpaper modules eg. Xero Workpapers (desirable)
- Exposure to hire purchase calculations (desirable)
- Exposure to final pay calculations involving redundancies and/or LSL (desirable)
- Office administration and clerical work.
- Attention to detail & high level of accuracy in relation to financial transactions
Non-negotiable requirements
- Internet Connection of at least 15 Mbps
- Residence within Cebu and Cagayan de Oro City
Benefits you and your family can enjoy:
- Salary increments on the 6th and 12th months, with annual performance appraisals
- 500K per incident HMO coverage + Dental & Optical benefits
- Career growth opportunities
- 2-week paid Christmas vacation
- 25K Educational Assistance
- Referral bonuses
- Training and equipment will be provided
- Fixed Schedule of Mon-Fri from 7 AM to 4 PM