Bookkeepers are responsible for maintaining an organisation's key accounting records, known as ledgers. Day-to-day activities include recording transactions such as income and outgoings, and posting them to various accounts. Being a broad and varied role, a Bookkeeper job description should emphasise the need f or a strong sense of time management and organisational skills, and with exposure to many aspects of the accounting function it can be a stepping stone to a more senior or specialised accounting role.
Bookkeeper duties and responsibilities of the job
A Bookkeeper is like the engine room of an accounting team, maintaining a variety of ledgers used to produce key financial reports. A Bookkeeper job description should express the need f or a candidate who is organised, and who loves numbers and accounting information.A Bookkeeper job description generally includes:
Recording transactions such as income and outgoings, and posting them to various accounts
Processing payments
Conducting daily banking activities
Producing various financial reports
Reconciling reports to third-party records such as bank statements.
Bookkeeper job qualifications and requirements
To become a Bookkeeper, you will need to apply f or a BAS Agent registration and completed at least a Certificate IV in Bookkeeping or a Certificate IV in Accounting.
The candidate has little or no prior experience in the position and is still developing relevant skills.
50th Percentile
87675
The candidate has an average level of experience and has most of the necessary skills.
75th Percentile
98175
The candidate has above-average experience, has most or all the necessary skills and may have specialised qualifications.
Salary range based on three percentiles
The starting salaries represent gross yearly salaries. They do not include bonuses, benefits or superannuation.
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