Accounts Assistant
Leading employment law firm seeking enthusiastic Accounts Assistant to join the team
Summary about this job
Assistant Accountants
Company: McDonald Murholme
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-3-3149-9916
Fax: +61-7-4936-6520
E-mail: n\a
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Detail information about job Accounts Assistant. Terms and conditions vacancy
Overview / Summary
The full time Accounts Assistant is responsible for providing assistance with the responsibilities outlined below to ensure effective and efficient operations of our Accounting department. This is to be achieved in accordance with McDonald Murholme's LAW9000 policy and procedures, and the utilisation of industry specific computer software (Xero and PC Law).
Responsibilities
General
- Collect data and prepare daily intake reports
- Apply payment against outstanding invoices
- Prepare daily income/sales statement and prepare daily journal entry
- Generate invoices
- Maintain a filing system for all financial documents
- Ensure the confidentiality and security of all financial and employee files
- Performs related work as assigned
- Receive and verify invoices and requisitions for goods and services
- Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures
- Prepare batches of invoices for data entry
- Data entry invoices for payment
- Manage the weekly cheque run
- Record all cheques
- Process backup reports after data entry
Accounts Receivable
- Organize a recovery system and initiate collection efforts
- Communicate with clients via phone, email, mail or personally
- Carry out billing, collection and reporting activities according to specific deadlines
- Maintain accounts receivable customer files and records
- Follow established procedures for processing receipts, cash etc
- Process credit card payments
- Prepare bank deposits
Accounts Payable
- Process supplier invoices in a timely manner, verifying accuracy
- Pays invoices by verifying transaction information; scheduling and preparing disbursements; obtaining authorization of payment.
- Prepare all Accounts Payable sub-ledger journals for posting to General Ledger monthly
- Reconcile Accounts Payable sub-ledger to General Ledger monthly
- Enter and reconcile cheques cashed to accounting software monthly
- Prepare associated reports as required
- Respond to vendor inquires as required
General Ledger
- Assist the finance department with monthly general ledger reconciliations as required
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for approval of the Manager of Finance
- Assist with annual budget preparation as required
General Office Support
- Provide back-up support to receptionist
- Assist finance department with record retention requirements
Skills and Qualifications
Required abilities and dispositions:
- Basic knowledge of Xero & MYOB
- Experienced in processing accounts payable/receivable, sub-ledger and general ledger entries and reconciliations;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
- Completed a minimum of two years of a bachelor of accounting
- Practical accounting experience
- Organisational skills with attention to detail
Preferred additional qualities:
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Commitment
- Self-motivation
- Problem solving
- Team player
- Customer service skills
Please see www.mcdonaldmurholme.com.au for more information.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected] or on (03) 9650 4555.