Remote Senior Accountant – Australian SME Tax

D2B; Philippines; Remote; PHP 1,116,000 - 1,674,000; Full time

Job summary

D2B is seeking a Senior Accountant – SME Business Services & Tax to join our offshore Australian practice from the Philippines. You will own year-end compliance for a portfolio of Australian SME clients (turnover up to $6M), working directly with the Director and handling complex tax and reporting work.

This is a founding role in a growing team, offering remote work from the Philippines and exposure to modern cloud-based tooling like Xero, XPM, BGL Simple Fund 360, and AI-driven bookkeeping.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Accountancy.
• Strong working knowledge of Australian tax: income tax for companies, trusts, partnerships and individuals; Division 7A; trust taxation and UPEs (incl. awareness of s100A); FBT; CGT; GST
• Xero – hands-on
• Excel (intermediate+)
• CPA Philippines or CA/CPA ANZ – completed or in progress
• Practice Ignition Exposure to AI or automation tools in bookkeeping

Responsibilities

• Prepare year-end financial statements and income tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships, sole traders and individuals
• Trusts: prepare trust returns, review distribution resolutions, track UPEs and beneficiary entitlements
• Division 7A and FBT as they arise (occasional)
• Prepare BAS/IAS, GST reconciliations, PAYG instalment reviews, year-end STP and superannuation reconciliations
• SMSF (BGL Simple Fund 360): annual financial statements, member statements, SMSF annual returns, audit packs
• Corporate secretarial (BGL CAS 360): ASIC annual reviews, solvency resolutions, company changes and registers
• ATO online services for agents: pre-lodgement checks – ICA/ITA balances, lodgement status, prefill data, outstanding obligations and lodgement program reporting
• Xero ledger review and clean-up: bank reconciliations, journals, accruals, fixed asset registers and depreciation
• Practice management: help set up and run Xero Practice Manager (XPM, being implemented) – jobs, statuses, daily timesheets and job budgets; flag overruns early
• Practice Ignition: prepare annual compliance proposals and engagement renewals for Director approval
• Prepare pre‑30 June tax planning estimates and workpapers for Director review
• AI bookkeeping: help implement and run AI‑assisted bookkeeping/transaction coding
• Maintain a standard, documented workpaper file for every job

Skills

Attention to detail

Independent work

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Accountancy

CPA Philippines or CA/CPA ANZ (in progress)

Tools

Xero – hands-on

Excel (intermediate+)

XPM implementation

Practice Ignition

AI bookkeeping tools

BGL Simple Fund 360

BGL CAS 360

Job description

D2B is seeking a Senior Accountant – SME Business Services & Tax to join our offshore Australian practice from the Philippines. You will own year-end compliance for a portfolio of Australian SME clients (turnover up to $6M), working directly with the Director and handling complex tax and reporting work.

This is a founding role in a growing team, offering remote work from the Philippines and exposure to modern cloud-based tooling like Xero, XPM, BGL Simple Fund 360, and AI-driven bookkeeping.