Senior Bookkeeper

Senior Bookkeeper – Well Established Business

Full-time | Lake Macquarie | Flexible Hours | Permanent Role

Join a long-standing, reputable business, with a successful history, and take the next step in your finance career in a role offering leadership, autonomy and genuine work-life balance.

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Bookkeeper to lead the day-to-day finance administration function, while supporting and developing a small finance team.

If you’re a hands‑on finance professional who enjoys mentoring others, improving processes and taking ownership, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Permanent, ongoing position
• Monday to Friday with flexible start and finish times
• Lead and mentor a small finance team
• Supportive and collaborative work environment
• Opportunity to improve systems, processes and financial controls
• Broad role across AP, AR, payroll, BAS, cash flow and compliance
• Lake Macquarie location

About the Role

As the Senior Bookkeeper, you’ll take ownership of the day-to-day finance administration function while working closely with the Operations Manager and Management Accountant.

You’ll lead and support the Bookkeeper and Payroll & Administration Officer, ensuring work is completed accurately, efficiently and on time.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll be expected to not only manage the numbers, but also develop your team, improve processes and hold people accountable.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor and support the finance team
• Allocate workloads and ensure key deadlines are met
• Provide training, feedback and knowledge sharing
• Maintain clear finance processes and procedures
• Address performance or compliance issues when required

Financial Operations

• Oversee banking, reconciliations and cash flow
• Manage and review accounts payable and receivable
• Monitor supplier and customer accounts
• Resolve escalated account issues
• Liaise with banks and key internal stakeholders

Reporting, Payroll & Compliance

• Coordinate month‑end processes, reconciliations and journals
• Prepare and lodge BAS
• Oversee weekly and monthly payroll activities
• Support payroll tax, superannuation, workers compensation and other statutory obligations
• Liaise with external accountants as required

Project & Asset Finance

• Support project cost records, variations, claims and subcontractor statements
• Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation records
• Manage insurance, vehicle registrations and service schedules
• Assist with financial reporting and business improvement initiatives

About You

We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical bookkeeping skills with genuine leadership capability.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant experience in bookkeeping, accounting support or finance administration
• Previous experience leading or supervising staff
• Strong AP, AR, payroll and reconciliation knowledge
• Experience with BAS and financial compliance
• Strong Microsoft Excel and accounting software skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• The confidence to delegate, provide feedback and have difficult conversations
• A practical, solutions-focused approach to improving processes
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

A Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping or equivalent is essential.

Experience in construction, manufacturing or project-based environments, along with ERP, payroll systems or project accounting, will be highly regarded.

If you’re ready to step into a genuine leadership role where you can make a difference to both the finance function and the people around you, we’d love to hear from you.