Senior Accountant & Team Lead - Offshore Support & AI Tools

Ascentium; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

InCorp Advisory, part of the Ascentium family, is hiring a Senior Accountant / Assistant Manager to lead outsourced finance. You will own client relationships, manage month-end processes, and guide an offshore team, with a clear path toward Manager as you grow the function.

The role emphasizes improved processes, stronger Xero setups, automation, and AI usage, while delivering compliant bookkeeping, payroll, and financial reporting for a diverse client base.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Australian public practice, business services or outsourced finance.
• Comfortable dealing with clients directly.
• BAS/IAS and Australian payroll are second nature.
• Strong month-end discipline and ability to investigate variances.

Responsibilities

• Own client relationships as the day-to-day contact across owner-operators to CFO-led businesses.
• Oversee month-end and reporting including reconciliations, prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, leases and intercompany.
• Ensure compliance across bookkeeping, AP/AR, BAS/IAS, payroll and payroll tax.
• Lead an offshore team: set expectations, review output and build capability.
• Improve the way work gets done with cleaner Xero setups, templates, automation, and AI tooling.
• Collaborate with Head of Finance Function on client planning, onboarding and advisory work.

Skills

Client interaction

Month-end discipline

Process improvement mindset

Australian payroll knowledge

Education

CA or CPA qualified or progressing

Tools

Xero

Excel

Dext

ApprovalMax

Fathom

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Job description

InCorp Advisory, part of the Ascentium family, is hiring a Senior Accountant / Assistant Manager to lead outsourced finance. You will own client relationships, manage month-end processes, and guide an offshore team, with a clear path toward Manager as you grow the function.

The role emphasizes improved processes, stronger Xero setups, automation, and AI usage, while delivering compliant bookkeeping, payroll, and financial reporting for a diverse client base.