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Senior Bookkeeper
General Purpose
- To support management and fulfill role as described below.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Guides accounting clerical staff (junior) by coordinating activities and answering questions
- Maintains financial security by following internal controls (SOPs?)
- Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
- Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
- Customer service
- Follows and maintains SOPs
- Make sure juniors are following SOPs
- Handle full set of books start to finish
Check and verify source documents such as invoices, receipts, vendor bills
Prepare asset, liability and capital account entries
Documents financial transactions by entering account information
Allocate and post financial transaction details
Draw up and analyze financial statements to identify discrepancies
Collate and analyze account data and generate financial reports
Manage accounts payable and receivable
Prepare checks, payments and deposits
Prepare and process payroll
Calculate and prepare tax payments
Maintain complete filing system to support financial records
Reconcile and balance all accounts
Skills and Qualifications
- Accounting
- Teamwork
- Reporting Skills
- Attention to detail
- Deadline oriented
- Confidentiality
- Time management (planning and organizing)
- Data entry management
- Working knowledge of relevant computer applications (QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, AgExpert, Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Problem solving and problem analysis
- Communication skills
- Integrity
- Teamwork
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
Specific Skills
- Reconcile accounts
- Prepare trial balance of books
- Post journal entries
- Maintain general ledgers and financial statements
- Calculate and prepare cheques for payroll
- Prepare other statistical, financial and accounting reports
Work Setting
- Private sector
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
Security and Safety
- Confidential security clearance
Type of Bookkeeping
- Computerized
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Windows
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Excel
- Electronic mail
- General office equipment
- Accounting software
- Quick Books