Accountant

Position       : Senior Accountant – SME Business Services & Tax 

Salary : PHP 100,000 - 150,000 (Depending on experience)

Working Hours & Conditions :  Monday–Friday, 7:00 am–4:00 pm Philippine time. Full-time Independent Contractor.

Holidays : TBC

ABOUT THE COMPANY: 

The Client is a Brisbane-based, cloud-first accounting and tax practice operating since 2002. Registered Tax Agent and Xero partner. We deliver year-end accounts, company/trust/individual tax returns, BAS, SMSF compliance, bookkeeping, and overdue-lodgement catch-up work for SME clients, alongside Virtual CFO and cash flow advisory through our sister brand, Peer Group Advisory. Client acquisition runs through a proven digital marketing engine, and all work is delivered remotely. 

ROLE OVERVIEW:

A founding role in a growing Australian practice. You will own year-end compliance for your own portfolio of Australian SME clients (turnover up to $6M) – companies, trusts, partnerships, individuals and SMSFs – working directly with the Director, not through layers of managers. Real technical work across companies, trusts and SMSFs, not data entry. All ATO lodgements are reviewed and lodged by the Director as a registered tax agent. 

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 unpaid present entitlements (UPEs) and beneficiary entitlements 

• Division 7A and FBT as they arise (occasional): Div 7A loan identification, minimum yearly repayments and loan schedules; annual FBT returns and workpapers 

• 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 and liaison with the independent auditor 

• 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