Senior Accountant
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Accounting & Finance · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $100,000 - $110,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
A growing, well-established mid-sized public practice in Sydney, NSW is recruiting a full-time Senior Accountant for its Business Services and Tax team, and it is a proper step up for an accountant who already knows Australian practice work.
It suits someone who can take a client job from start to finish unaided, give sensible tax and business advice and bring on junior colleagues. You'd sit alongside the Principal and the rest of the team, look after a broad mix of clients and entities, answer for the standard and timing of the work and help the practice keep growing.
The firm offers visa sponsorship, and it is open to suitably qualified people who currently hold a subclass 482 visa as well as applicants with unrestricted Australian work rights.
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Key Responsibilities
- Run your own portfolio of business services and tax clients, owning the relationship, the compliance and the deadlines that come with it
- Put together and review tax returns for trusts, partnerships, companies, individuals and super funds
- Prepare and check accounts, including profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and cash flow statements
- Make sure every financial report meets the Australian Accounting Standards and the reporting rules that apply
- Give clients sound advice on tax planning, structuring their business, cash flow and other business services topics
- Be the person clients ring first, explaining technical points in plain English and building relationships that last
- Sort out client matters with the ATO, ASIC and other government bodies
- Look after business registrations, ATO portal queries and ASIC changes and renewals
- Check the work of junior and intermediate accountants and help them sharpen their technical skills
- Organise client jobs, keep tabs on progress and help the team hit its deadlines and quality standards
- Play a part in the continued growth of the practice
Requirements & Eligibility
- At least four years of relevant accounting experience in Australian public practice
- Business services and tax as the main, strong focus of that experience
- A Bachelor of Accounting or Commerce degree, or an equivalent qualification
- Strong, hands-on experience putting together and reviewing financial statements
- Strong, hands-on experience putting together and reviewing Australian income tax returns for a variety of entity types
- A background with individuals, companies, trusts, partnerships and super funds
- A thorough grounding in Australian taxation, BAS, IAS and the financial reporting rules that apply
- The ability to research and sort out tricky accounting and tax matters, and the judgement to know when to escalate or bring in a specialist
- Experience of checking junior colleagues' work and giving them practical pointers
- Proficiency with Xero, HandiSoft and MYOB
- Excellent communication on paper, in conversation and with people, and a commitment to keeping your tax, accounting and regulatory knowledge up to date
- A CA or CPA qualification will be highly regarded
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