Bookkeeper

Provide financial 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. 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.
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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.

How to become a Bookkeeper


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To become a Bookkeeper capable of providing BAS services to clients, you need to complete a recognised VET qualification, gain relevant work experience and register for a licence.

  1. Complete the required GST and BAS units, which can be included as part of the Certificate IV course, or through work experience supervised by a BAS Agent.
  2. Undertake 1400 hours of relevant work experience. This could be through an internship, entry-level role or volunteering position.
  3. Apply to the Tax Practitioners Board to register as a BAS Agent.
  4. Get Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance, which is a requirement of the BAS Agent’s professional code of conduct.

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Working hours for Bookkeepers

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Late nights
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Bookkeeper jobs on SEEK
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Projected job growth

National increase over next 5 years
-5.6%
2021
2026
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Latest Bookkeeper reviews

Latest reviews from 94 Bookkeepers surveyed on SEEK.

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May 2021
being an Accountant requires lot of attention to details and most of the time it is an energy draining job, but I like the challenge
Reviewer's Qualification
Diploma of Accounting
Experience
Less than a year
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Accounts Management
The good things
Doing multi tasks every day in dynamic environment, being hands on job
The challenges
Time management and prioritising is vital, as time is always scarce
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May 2021
Bookkeeping is very rewarding but sometimes office politics can be damaging on your mental health
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Commerce
Experience
10+ years
Organisation size
Medium (20-199 employees)
Specialisation
Management accounting
The good things
Applying procedures to generate balanced transactions and investigating transactions that do not reconcile
The challenges
Sitting down all day is not a healthy lifestyle choice
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