Accounts Officer

This is a great opportunity for a passionate Accounts Officer to join a local home care provider team. We are looking for a for a part-time (3 days/week) Accounts Officer for a permanent (or casual) role in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne

Competitive Salary - starting from $27.46/hour + Super (permanent role)

**Position purpose of role**
- To provide a broad range of bookkeeping services including but not limited to invoicing, receipting, and debtor management.

**Accounting Tasks**
- Process online internet banking
- Prepare and process business banking
- Reconcile bank statements
- Receive Supplier Invoices and match them with relevant purchase orders and delivery dockets, preparing invoices for payment
- Record all financial transactions
- Check and process Credit Applications
- Reconcile Petty Cash
- Check all supplier invoices for correct information including due dates, products and prices. If errors identified, phone suppliers to ensure corrections are made
- Provide end of financial year information to accountant and input End of Year journal entry

**Creditors**
- Pay all bills as required
- Maintain all accounts payable documentation including filing of documentation
- Enter services and expenses into Client Management System (Home Care Package program)
- Regularly check and update unpaid bill details and uncategorised expenses
- Communicate with suppliers in relation to outstanding credits
- The above list is not exhaustive, and the role may change to meet the overall objectives of the company

**Debtors**
- Manage accounts receivable including communicating with customers to ensure payments are made on time in accordance with the business’s terms
- Create a monthly list of Debtors with due and overdue accounts including dates and amounts owing
- Follow up on the information from this list to the relevant Customers and update the list regularly
- Organise End of Month Statements
- Remove small discrepancies in customer accounts and on credits older than six months

**Data Entry**
- Data entry of all financial information in accordance with management requirements
- Input of sales records
- Invoicing

**General Administration tasks**
- Maintain internal filing, including accounts payable, account receivable documentation, and other miscellaneous filing
- E-mail all invoices, seek approval for payment

**Required qualities**
- Professional approach
- Ability to work under pressure
- Organisational and time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail

**Desired competencies**
- Analytical thinking
- Initiative
- Business awareness
- Tenacity
- Strategic thinking
- Positive approach to change

**Qualifications**
- Formal qualifications in MYOB well regarded

**Experience**
- Minimum of 5 years in similar role
- Intermediate Excel essential
- MYOB preferred
- Client Management System, preferrable e-Tools

**Skills & competencies**
- **Customer service focused**:committed to providing exceptional customer service across all channels - written, phone and face to face
- **Communication**:the ability to communicate clearly and concisely**, **varying communication style depending upon the audience
- **Attention to detail**:excellent attention to detail and written skills when communicating with others, both internally and externally
- **Teamwork**: willingness to assist and support others as required and get on with team members
- **Time management/organisation**: accomplish objectives effectively within time frame given, and carry out administrative duties within portfolio in an efficient and timely manner

**Personal attributes**
- Professional approach (essential)
- Confident manner (essential)
- Positive approach to change (essential)
- Commitment to cultural diversity (essential)

**What you get in return**:

- An opportunity to work within a passionate, positive and supportive organisation
- Work with a dedicated and caring team
- Opportunity to give back by contributing to the care and wellbeing of our clients
- Option to work from home some days

**Job Types**: Part-time, Casual
Part-time hours: 22.5 per week

**Salary**: From $27.46 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Staff and vistiors to the office have to wear a mask.
All staff have to be fully vaccinated.

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 5 years (preferred)
- Microsoft Excel: 1 year (preferred)
- MYOB: 1 year (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)