Senior Accountant

Felcorp Paraplanning Pty Ltd; Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Felcorp Paraplanning Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Accountant (Complex Groups & International Tax) based in Mohali, India. Candidates should have 4-8 years of Australian experience, especially in multi-entity consolidations and tax compliance. You will collaborate with a top tax specialist in a leading Sydney firm.

Responsibilities include managing complex accounting duties, month-end close processes, and delivering board-level reports. Ideal candidates will have strong Xero skills and experience with Australian taxation laws.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-8 years of experience with Australian clients.
• Hands-on experience in Xero and financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of Australian taxation and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own group consolidations and support management reports.
• Drive monthly close processes including reconciliations.
• Deliver board-level P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow reports.
• Assess and apply complex tax law strategies.
• Build forecasting and scenario models.

Skills

Full-function bookkeeping and accounting

Australian taxation compliance

Financial reporting

Client management

Issue identification and resolution

Xero experience

GST, BAS, IAS knowledge

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field

Tools

Xero

Job description

We’re hiring a Senior Accountant (Complex Groups & International Tax) with 4-8 years of Australian experience across multi-entity consolidations, technical reporting and advanced tax concepts covering tax controversy, cross-border/treaty matters and the application of complex Australian tax law.

You’ll work with the head tax specialist of a leading Sydney tax practice to provide processing support and advice on group restructures, reviews/audits and board-level reporting while adhering to corporate governance and tax law frameworks.

Role Highlights

• Complex, multi-entity management & statutory processing.
• Work with CFOs/Partners; mentor juniors and uplift practice processes.
• Standard shift: 8:00am–5:00pm, Monday–Friday, full-time on-site at our Mohali office

Candidate Skill and Industry Experience

This role requires an accounting professional with extensive hands-on experience in Xero, Australian taxation and compliance, financial reporting, and client management. The ideal candidate will be confident working autonomously, managing multiple client portfolios, proactively identifying and resolving issues, and consistently delivering high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision.

Core skills:

• Proven experience in full-function bookkeeping and accounting
• Strong understanding of GST, BAS, IAS, payroll, superannuation, and Australian taxation compliance
• Experience preparing management reports and interpreting P&L statements
• Ability to manage multi-entity or franchise-style accounts
• Excellent communication, client management, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Demonstrated 4–8 years’ of experience working with Australian clients in bookkeeping and accounting roles
• Exposure to month-end and year-end reporting including workpapers, reconciliations, and audit support
• Experience in preparing and lodging BAS and IAS along with supporting tax and compliance processes
• Experience in handling Xero migrations, system clean-ups, historical data reviews, and catch-up bookkeeping work
• Good communication skills and ability to convey issues, elevate issues to management and explain your workings.

Role Responsibilities

• Own group consolidations: Support director with internal management reports, dashboards, templates and advisory notes.
• Monthly close & integrity: journals, reconciliations, inter-company matrices, funding/interest, provisions, leases; drive issue logs to resolution.
• Board-level reporting: Deliver P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and variance/KPI commentary and translate technical outcomes into clear decisions.
• Complex tax law application: Assessment and calcualtion of Div 7A strategies, GST cross-border treatments, transfer pricing agreement and calculations, mergers and acquisitions and much more.
• Forecasting & scenarios: build 3-way models, covenant headroom, and capital structure options; evaluate restructuring alternatives and tax outcomes.
• Process improvement: standardise templates, automate reconciliations/reporting, embed APES 320/220-aligned QC and review notes.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will have minimum 5 years direct, verifiable Australian public practice experience with exposure and workflow preparation of varied tasks in multi-entity structures. You will have experience in completing larger business sales transactions, capital gains tax calculations and assessment of complex GSTrequirements.

You will also have experience in researching and applying tax law and ATOrules to resolve complex queries.