Junior Accountant
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Junior Accountant supporting peopleworth’s employer-group clients with bookkeeping, reconciliations, transaction processing, and month-end finance administration.
Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping support across multiple entities and client accounts.
- Complete routine bank, credit card, supplier, and account reconciliations.
- Process invoices, payments, receipts, and other financial transactions accurately and on time.
- Maintain organised and up-to-date bookkeeping records across assigned entities or client accounts.
- Support accounts payable and accounts receivable activities, including monitoring outstanding items and assisting with follow-ups.
- Assist with preparing reconciliations, schedules, and supporting financial information for month-end and accountant review.
- Communicate with clients and internal stakeholders to request documentation, clarify transactions, and resolve routine accounting queries.
- Capture and maintain financial information accurately within accounting systems.
- Identify missing information, discrepancies, or unusual transactions and raise these with the appropriate colleague when required.
- Maintain supporting documentation for accounting, audit, compliance, insurance, and internal reporting purposes.
- Support more experienced accounting colleagues with ad hoc finance and bookkeeping activities.
- Develop knowledge of accounting processes, systems, and reporting requirements through practical experience.
Requirements:
- Approximately 1 to 2 years of practical experience in bookkeeping, accounting administration, finance support, or a related role.
- Foundational experience completing bank or account reconciliations.
- Experience processing invoices, payments, receipts, or other routine financial transactions.
- Working knowledge of Xero or similar cloud-based accounting software.
- Basic understanding of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bookkeeping principles.
- Strong numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to organise assigned work, meet deadlines, and manage multiple routine priorities.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence communicating professionally with clients or external stakeholders regarding routine finance queries.
- Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while asking for guidance when appropriate.
- A diploma, certificate, degree, or ongoing studies in Accounting, Finance, Bookkeeping, or a related field is advantageous.
Benefits:
- Collaborative, people-centred performance culture.
- Opportunities to grow in a fast-paced environment.
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