We are looking for an experienced and highly organised Bookkeeper to join our team and support the day-to-day financial administration in Selwyn, Canterbury region.

This is a varied role with plenty of moving parts. We are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys numbers, knows their way around Xero, has exceptional attention to detail and takes pride in keeping accounts accurate, reconciled and up to date.

With minimum 35 hours weekly, full-time role, with pay rate of $35-$40 per hour. This is a career progression for someone with the right skill set and drive to pursue a career in Bookkeeping in construction industry.

You will report direct to Manager/ director and your day-to-day job duties will include below tasks but are not limited to:

· Recording transactions such as income and outgoings, and posting them to various accounts by using computer system

· Processing payments

· Conducting daily banking activities

· Producing various financial reports

· Reconciling records such as bank statements.

· Issue invoices to customers

· Ensure the receivables are collected promptly

· Record cash receipts and make bank deposits

· Issue and verify financial statements and if any error rectifies or inform management

· Provide information to the external accountant who creates the company’s financial statements and GST

· Purchase orders as required

· Maintain annual budgets and accounts and prepare reports of expenditures.

 

The position would suit someone who can work under pressure, with a can-do attitude and excellent organisational skills. The successful applicant will meet the following criteria:

·Minimum 2 years of experience in bookkeeping, office management or a similar role

· Knowledge of accountancy

· Great attention to detail.

· Excellent communicator, a strong self-starter, highly organised and can multitask across concurrent projects.

We aren't looking for someone who simply enters invoices and reconciles the bank.

We want someone who understands what they are looking at, notices when something isn't right and is confident enough to ask questions and follow things through.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who takes ownership of their work and gets genuine satisfaction from having everything balanced, reconciled, organised and up to date.

If you're an experienced bookkeeper looking for a varied role where no two days — are quite the same, we'd love to hear from you.