Senior Bookkeeper (part time, school hours)

Verifire; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Uptick training

Part-time hours

Office in Adelaide

Job summary

Verifire, an Adelaide fire protection business, seeks a senior bookkeeper to manage day-to-day finance and redesign processes. You’ll handle invoicing in Uptick, AR, AP, payroll, BAS/IAS, and month-end tasks, working with the CEO to simplify workflows.

The role offers 20–25 hours weekly with potential to move to full-time as the business grows. You’ll need extensive bookkeeping experience, MYOB proficiency, and a proactive approach to payroll and AR/AP.

Qualifications

• Senior bookkeeping across the full cycle: invoicing, AR, AP, payroll, BAS/IAS, journals and reconciliations.
• MYOB experience; Uptick training will be provided.
• Confident with payroll, super and leave.
• Accurate, organised and calm when things pile up.
• Good with people; can chase overdue accounts firmly without harming relationships.
• Willingness to embrace AI tools (e.g., Claude) to cut manual work and improve processes.
• Experience in trade, construction or field services is helpful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day bookkeeping and redesign how records are kept.
• Invoicing in Uptick to ensure timely billing.
• Manage accounts receivable: chase overdue accounts; keep debtors under control.
• Manage accounts payable: supplier bills, payment runs, reconciliations.
• Payroll processing every fortnight, including super and leave.
• BAS and IAS preparation, bank reconciliations, journals, month-end tasks.
• Collaborate with external accountant on lodgements and year end.
• Support office team with phones and emails; help streamline finance processes.

Skills

Senior bookkeeping

MYOB

Uptick

Payroll

AR (Accounts Receivable)

AP (Accounts Payable)

BAS/IAS

Journals & reconciliations

Process improvement

Tools

Uptick

MYOB

Claude (AI tools)

Job description

We're an established Adelaide fire protection business that has looked after commercial buildings for more than 20 years. Most of our team are technicians out on site, backed by a small office team that keeps everything running. We're growing, and we're rebuilding a lot of how we work behind the scenes. Our long-serving bookkeeper is retiring, so this is a genuine handover into a role that matters.

The role

You'll run the books day to day and help us redesign how they're kept.

Invoicing: raising invoices in Uptick, our job management system, so completed work gets billed accurately and on time

Accounts receivable: chasing overdue accounts and keeping debtors under control

Accounts payable: supplier bills, payment runs and statement reconciliations

Payroll: fortnightly pays, super, leave and accurate employee records

BAS and IAS preparation, bank reconciliations, journals and month end

Working with our external accountant on lodgements and year end

Being part of the office team: answering phones, handling emails and pitching in when it's busy

Working with the CEO and team to fix our processes. Too much is still done by hand, and we want it simpler, quicker and better controlled.

About you

Senior bookkeeping experience across the full cycle: invoicing, AR, AP, payroll, BAS/IAS, journals and reconciliations

MYOB experience. We'll train you in Uptick.

Confident with payroll, super and leave

Accurate, organised and calm when things pile up

Good with people. You can chase an overdue account firmly and still keep the client onside.

A sense of humour. It's a busy office and we like to have a laugh.

You ask why something is done a certain way, and you come back with a better way

You already use AI tools like Claude, or you're keen to learn. We use them to cut out manual work and solve problems, and we want someone who'll push that further.

Trade, construction or field services experience helps but isn't essential

Bonus points if you're interested in using or learning CFO-level thinking: looking past the transactions to cash flow, margins and what the numbers mean for the business.

If you're returning to work after time away and want a role with substance that fits around the rest of your life, this could suit you well.

What we offer

20-25 hours a week, spread over 4-5 days. School hours suit the role well, and we'll agree the exact pattern with you.

Room to move to full time as the business grows

Full training in Uptick

A real say in how our finance function gets built

An office in Adelaide's inner western suburbs