Group Accountant - Remote & Multi-Venue Hospitality

Far East Company Pty Ltd; Byron Bay; Remote; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dining credits

Hybrid/remote work potential

Flexibility starts on day one

Weekly team catch-ups

Job summary

Seaside Restaurants is seeking a hands-on Group Accountant to manage the financial operations across our growing hospitality venues. You will oversee bookkeeping, payroll reconciliation, and the preparation of BAS and tax returns, ensuring GL integrity and compliance with hospitality awards.

You will lead internal controls, prepare monthly P&Ls and cash flow metrics per venue, and provide strategic financial guidance to Directors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Tax agent or BAS agent with the Tax Practitioners Board, or hold the verified qualifications and mentored practical experience.
• Current membership or active progression toward a CPA or CA designation is highly regarded.
• Experience preparing financial statements and income tax returns.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the bookkeeping function, including accounts payable.
• Review and audit multi-site payroll files prepared and executed by the HR Manager. Act as the financial safeguard to ensure total General Ledger alignment, correct Superannuation Guarantee allocations, and compliance with the relevant hospitality award rates.
• Manage the end-to-end preparation, reconciliation, and legal lodgement of quarterly BAS, IAS, and annual company/trust tax returns.
• Monitor changes to ATO rulings, ensuring GST, PAYG, Superannuation Guarantee, and Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) compliance.
• Manage payroll tax compliance across the group.
• Track and distribute weekly “Actual vs Budgeted” Food, Beverage and Labour Cost reports to Venue Managers by close of business every Tuesday.
• Prepare year-end workpapers.
• Deliver precise monthly P&L Statements, Balance Sheets, and cash flow metrics per venue, with reconciliations.
• Provide advisory support to the Directors and Senior Management, including budgets and actual-versus-budget reporting, cash-flow forecasting, KPI setting and analysis, project performance, and opportunities for tax optimisation.
• Design, document and maintain internal controls across accounts payable, payroll and banking, including segregation of duties, approval limits and supplier verification.
• Proven experience implementing financial controls and fraud prevention in a multi-site business.

Skills

A-grade Xero user

AI productivity usage

Interpersonal skills

Ability to explain complex compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA/CA designation highly regarded

Tax agent or BAS agent with TPB

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Seaside Restaurants is seeking a hands-on Group Accountant to manage the financial operations across our growing hospitality venues. You will oversee bookkeeping, payroll reconciliation, and the preparation of BAS and tax returns, ensuring GL integrity and compliance with hospitality awards.

You will lead internal controls, prepare monthly P&Ls and cash flow metrics per venue, and provide strategic financial guidance to Directors.