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Bookkeeper

Provide essential services to businesses, including processing and recording financial transactions.

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What's it like to be a Bookkeeper?

Bookkeepers are responsible for maintaining accurate records of financial transactions and producing financial statements. This may include preparing and lodging Business Activity Statements (BAS) for taxation purposes.

Tasks and duties

Recording the financial transactions of a business in bookkeeping software, spreadsheets or databases.
Preparing and sending invoices and receipts to debtors.
Processing payroll and maintaining employee records.
Reporting irregularities in data to management.
Producing balance sheets, income statements and other financial documents.

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Bookkeepers usually work in small to medium sized businesses across a variety of industries. The scope of a Bookkeeper’s role and day-to-day tasks may vary based on the size of the business.

What can I earn as a Bookkeeper?

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The most common annual salary in AUS for a Bookkeeper is between $55k and $65k

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How to become a Bookkeeper

Bookkeepers that provide BAS services for a fee must be registered with the Tax Practitioners Board. To apply for BAS Agent registration, you’ll need to complete at least a Certificate IV level qualification, such as the Certificate IV Accounting and Bookkeeping (FNS40217).

Complete a qualification, such as a Certificate IV Accounting and Bookkeeping (FNS40217) or Diploma in Accounting (FNS50217) in a TAFE institution.
Complete suitable GST and BAS units, which can be included as part of the Certificate IV course, as well as work experience supervised by a BAS Agent.
Apply to the Tax Practitioners Board to register as a BAS Agent.

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How do Bookkeepers rate their role?

Latest reviews from 39 Bookkeepers surveyed on SEEK

Work-life balance

4.3

Job satisfaction

4.3

Career progression opportunities

3.5

Job security

3.9

Pay / Salary

3.7

Variety of work

4.1

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Aug 2019

I enjoy solving problems and working with numbers, so I am very happy in my position.

Reviewer's Qualification

Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking

Experience

1 – 4 years

Organisation size

Small (1-19 employees)

Specialisation

Book Keeper

The good things

Diverse role , keeping you stimulated and on the ball. Defined job description allows you have control over your time spent, minimal interruptions as you are focusing on the back ends working of a bus...

The challenges

Fixing errors when reconciliation is out, fixing issues when our third party applications don't round gst correctly, assisting the accountant with various adjustments.

Aug 2019

Bookkeeping - pedants of the world, unite!

Reviewer's Qualification

Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping)

Experience

10+ years

Organisation size

Large (200+ employees)

Specialisation

Payroll HR

The good things

Bookkeeping is great if you're the sort of person who likes a RIGHT answer. It's rewarding to realise you're doing a job that helps others in the organisation do THEIR job - because you're looking aft...

The challenges

Unfortunately, even though bookkeepers are essential to a well-run business, they are usually not remunerated in a way that reflects the hard work they do.

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