Senior Management Accountant (Client Facing)

BDO Administration Pty Ltd; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing programs

Travel perks and discounts

Study and professional development 지원

Enhanced leave options and family/Relg

Job summary

BDO Australia is seeking an experienced accounting professional to join a collaborative team providing meaningful financial insights, reporting and advice to a diverse client base. You’ll review bookkeeping and BAS, manage client portfolios, prepare management reports, and coach junior staff in a dynamic, growth-focused firm.

The role emphasizes strong technical accounting, budgeting, and forecasting capabilities, with opportunities to work with cloud-based platforms and leading reporting tools.

Qualifications

• Qualified candidate with at least 4 years' accounting experience in public practice and tax compliance exposure.
• Experience managing a portfolio of small to medium-sized clients or stakeholders.
• Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting capability.
• Experience preparing and presenting management reports and business insights.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• CA or CPA qualification (or working towards) will be advantageous.
• Experience with cloud-based accounting platforms (Xero, MYOB, Hubdoc, Dext).
• Experience with reporting/forecasting tools (Fathom, Castaway, Spotlight) is highly regarded.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable adopting new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Review bookkeeping, payroll and transactional processing done by junior team members.
• Review BAS and IAS preparation.
• Manage a portfolio of clients and respond to day-to-day queries.
• Prepare management reports and financial analysis for clients.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts and cashflow models.
• Conduct regular client meetings to discuss performance and trends.
• Analyze financial results and provide commercial insights for decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and reporting.

Skills

Accounting experience

Portfolio management

Management accounting

Budgeting & forecasting

Client relationship

CA/CPA qualification (or in progress)

Cloud-based accounting platforms

Reporting & forecasting tools

Analytical skills

Tech adaptability

Review & mentoring juniors

Education

Degree in Accounting/Finance or related

Tools

Xero

MYOB

Hubdoc

Dext

Fathom

Castaway Forecasting

Spotlight Reporting

Job description

We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals. We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully. Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

About the Role

Our team partners closely with clients to provide meaningful financial insights, reporting and advice that help them make informed business decisions and achieve their growth objectives. Working with a diverse portfolio of clients, you'll go beyond traditional accounting by helping businesses improve their financial processes, reporting capabilities and overall performance. This is a client-facing role suited to someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems and delivering practical outcomes.

About the team

You’ll join a collaborative and high-performing team that works closely with business owners and decision-makers across a range of industries. The team combines strong technical expertise with a practical, solutions-focused approach to help clients improve financial visibility and make confident decisions. You’ll be supported by experienced Partners and Managers who take a genuine coaching approach and are committed to helping their people develop both technically and professionally.

Key responsibilities

• Review bookkeeping, payroll and transactional processing completed by junior team members
• Review BAS and IAS preparation
• Manage a portfolio of clients and respond to day-to-day queries
• Prepare management reports and financial analysis for clients
• Prepare budgets, forecasts and cashflow models
• Conduct regular client meetings to discuss business performance, key trends and improvement opportunities
• Analyse financial results and provide commercial insights to support decision-making
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and reporting frameworks
• Support software selection, implementation and optimisation projects
• Assist clients to streamline and automate finance functions and workflows
• Mentor and support junior team members where required

About you

• At least 4 years' accounting experience, ideally within public practice, with exposure to both accounting and tax compliance services
• Experience managing a portfolio of small to medium-sized clients or stakeholders
• Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting capability
• Experience preparing and presenting management reports and business insights
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Degree qualified in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline
• CA or CPA qualification (or working towards) will be advantageous
• Experience with cloud-based accounting platforms such as Xero, MYOB, Hubdoc and Dext
• Experience with reporting and forecasting tools such as Fathom, Castaway Forecasting or Spotlight Reporting is highly regarded
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable learning and adopting new technologies and systems
• Ability to review work, follow established processes and support junior team members

If you enjoy working directly with Partners and Managers who are committed to your development, while gaining exposure to a diverse client base and helping businesses make better financial decisions,

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm. Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services. Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways. We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

• Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program.
• Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.
• Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave.
• You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]

We shape what matters. At BDO we are always looking ahead, thinking bigger, reaching further and always staying personal and human in everything we do. We’re by your side, backing you to explore ideas and new ways of working to shape the future you want to see.