How to become a bookkeeper
Maintain and analyse balance sheets, ledgers, payroll documents, bills, receipts and other financial documentation.
Pathways to this career
- Complete a Certificate IV or a Diploma in Accounting and score an entry level role with your vocational bookkeeping course.
- Study the relevant GST and Business Activity units as part of your Certificate IV. As an alternative. you may have the option to tick these off under the supervision of a registered BAS agent.
- To register as a BAS agent yourself, apply to the Tax Practitioners Board. This enables you to charge a fee for conducting BAS services.
What does a bookkeeper do?
Bookkeepers maintain and evaluate records of financial transactions in account books and computerised accounting systems.Duties and tasks
- Calculate and dispense employee payroll and superannuation
- Checked balances in ledgers and various transaction accounts
- Create budget reports
- Handle accounts payable and receivable
- Manage financial records and balance accounts using a combination of computerised and manual systems
- Monitor transaction records and alert management of any anomalies
- Prepare invoices, financial statements and expenditure reports
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