Junior Accountant

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable: Enter bills, match receipts, schedule payments, and maintain vendor files.
  

• Accounts Receivable: Create invoices, apply payments, run aging reports, and follow up on overdue accounts.
  

• Reconcile bank and credit card transactions daily or weekly; clear unreconciled items within 7 days.
  

• Post basic journals for accruals, prepayments, and reclasses under guidance.
  

• Prepare expense reports and verify documentation against policy.
  

• Assist with payroll data preparation and timesheet validation; coordinate cutoffs.
  

• Maintain customer and supplier master data with accurate tax details.
  

• Prepare weekly dashboards including cash position, AP/AR aging, open items, and variances.
  

• File source documents in shared drives with consistent naming and audit trails.
  

• Compile supporting documents for auditors and tax preparers (e.g., AP/AR listings, GL extracts).
  

• Update and follow SOPs; identify control gaps and propose improvements.
  

• Communicate status and blockers clearly via Slack/Zoom, meeting agreed SLAs.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
  

• 1–3 years of bookkeeping or accounting experience.
  

• Recent hands-on use of Xero or QuickBooks Online.
  

• End-to-end AP and AR processing experience.
  

• Proven ability to complete bank and credit card reconciliations with no items older than 7 days.
  

• Experience posting basic journals for accruals, prepayments, and reclasses.
  

• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills (VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, pivot tables).
  

• Clear written and spoken English; able to write clean notes and simple SOPs.
  

• High attention to detail with consistent on-time delivery.
  

Preferred

• Experience with Australian GST/BAS.
  

Independent Contractor Perks

• Permanent work-from-home setup.
  

• Immediate hiring.