Business Services Senior Accountant

Hart Recruitment Ltd; Willoughby; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Work-life balance

Job summary

Hart Recruitment Ltd. partners with an established North Shore accounting firm to recruit a Senior Accountant for the Business Services team.

The role blends compliance with advisory work across ASX-listed, SMEs and large groups, with cloud/Xero-based accounting and a strong emphasis on value-added services. The successful candidate will manage a small client portfolio, mentor junior staff, and review financial statements and tax returns for diverse entities, while leveraging excellent training

Qualifications

• Approximately 4 years Australian business services and tax experience.
• Strong accounting systems proficiency and ability to adapt to new systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills due to the client facing nature of role.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and rapport building skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing a small portfolio of clients
• Training and overseeing the work of junior accountants
• Preparation and review of financial statements and tax returns for individuals, partnerships, trusts, companies and various group structures.

Skills

Accounting systems proficiency

Communication skills

Leadership and rapport building

Job description

Complex clients including ASX Listed, Next 5000 clients, international groups with Dec year end

Cloud, Xero-based

Close-knit environment, work/life balance, WFH available

Advisory and value-add work

Excellent training and progression prospects

Firm:

My client is an established Chartered Accounting firm on the North Shore and are seeking their next Senior Accountant for the Business Services team. They are a modern accounting and advisory firm with offices nationwide and have developed a strong reputation in the marketplace demonstrated by a growing client base ranging across ASX listed, SMEs, large consolidated groups, HNW family groups and investments. The firm has had a strong track record of growth over many years and the partners and managers of this team have drawn on experience working across large professional accounting firms and global commercial businesses.

Role:

Reporting to the Partner, you will work across both compliance and advisory tasks while overseeing a small team. You also will collaborate closely with clients to provide meaningful insights and support their long-term goals.

• Managing a small portfolio of clients
• Training and overseeing the work of junior accountants
• Preparation and review of financial statements tax returns for individuals, partnerships, trusts, companies and various group structures.
• Attending to taxation matters including Div7A, GST, FBT & CGT and small business concessions
• Assist with tax advice around key SME tax areas

Applicants:

• Approximately 4 years (or more) Australian business services and tax experience
• Strong accounting systems proficiency and ability to adapt to new systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills due to the client facing nature of role
• Demonstrate strong leadership and rapport building skills