This is a remote position.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Virtual Assistant Accounts Assistant & Bookkeeping
Purpose:
The position is for a professional in charge of maintaining budgets and records. They also prepare invoices on behalf of clients or employers.
Those in this role will be helping with daytoday tasks related directly to their field which means that precision is essential. They also support by performing clerical tasks including processing and recording transactions preparing reports and budgets fielding communications with clients and vendors factchecking filing and other duties as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Process website bookings and send confirmations
Assist in quotation
Basic data entry tasks for accounting assistants include logging transactions recording and reviewing journal entries creating invoices and crafting spreadsheets.
Prepare quarterly reports and help with yearend audits and bank reconciliations.
Communicate with vendors and customers about invoices and payments. This could be by email or phone.
Assisting with payroll is one of the most important parts of an accounting assistants job description. They verify timesheets calculate vacation and sick days prepare checks and assure compliance with laws and best practices.
Create and update financial reports. They work on balance sheets statements of income statements of retained earnings and cash flow statements.
Reconciling invoices and identifying discrepancies
Creating and updating expense reports
Processing reimbursement forms
Requirements
Qualifications:
Work experience as an Accounting Assistant
Work experience with Xero software
Knowledge of bookkeeping procedures
Familiarity with finance regulations
Good math skills and the ability to spot numerical errors
Handson experience with MS Excel and accounting software (e.g. Xero)
Organization skills
Ability to handle sensitive confidential information
Qualifications: Work experience as an Accounting Assistant Work experience with Xero software Knowledge of bookkeeping procedures Familiarity with finance regulations Good math skills and the ability to spot numerical errors Hands-on experience with MS Excel and accounting software (e.g. Xero) Organization skills Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information