Accountant (Australian Accounting) | Work from Home - #100974

WFH SETUP but staff must be amenable to work at the office at least once or twice a month

Bookkeeping - Xero:

• Liaising with the Senior Accountant/Australian-based Senior Bookkeeper in relation to bookkeeping required.
• Ensuring every month, the Xero file of the clients in your portfolio are fully reconciled.
• Month end and Year end processing, reconciliations, and data entry of required journals.
• Review of balances of key General Ledger Accounts on a Quarterly or Monthly basis.
• Preparation of monthly or quarterly Business Activity Statements.
• Occasional processing of Payroll.
• Contacting the Senior Accountant in Charge of that client with any queries each month or as necessary.
• Liaising with Senior Accountant/Australian-based Senior Bookkeeper in requesting documentation needed form clients. Being comfortable, in due course, to directly liaise with clients.
• Proactively preparing the Xero file for year end.
• Championing and taking ownership in respect of the client file in your portfolio.

Client Administration:

• Prepare disclosure statements and client agreements for new clients.
• Ad hoc administrative tasks.
• Ensure that you and your team are providing the expected level of customer service satisfaction.
• This includes:
• 24-hour communication. Deal with the email or phone call request on the same day or advise the client when you will get back to them.
• If you have informed the client that you will get back to them by day X, ensure that you have either actioned by the promised date.
• If unable to meet the original target, discuss a new (realistic) deadline with the team member/client that suits their needs.

• Must have Xero software experience
• Must have 2 to 5 yrs Australian Accounting experience (Intermediate and Senior Accountant role)
• Experience working in an Australian-based bookkeeping / accounting firm is required
• Must have preparation of BAS (Business Activity Statement) experience