Senior Accountant - Accounting & Tax
- Recruiter
- TMF Group
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Salary
- Competitive salary plus great benefits
- Posted
- 14 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 14 Jul 2022
- Ref
- 552038
- Job role
- Accountant, Bookkeeper, Compliance/risk, Tax
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Qualified accountant
JOB PURPOSE
The Senior Accountant assists the Manager and/or Assistant Manager in daily deliverables to provide excellent service to clients. They provide financial information to management by researching and analysing accounting data; preparing reports, submitting the reports to the client and are able to coach junior staff in the department.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure that monthly and quarterly reporting and all compliance requirements are completed for all clients under his/her responsibility at the standard expected (integrity and quality) and within the timeframe requested by the client
- Ensure client work and internal work is completed within budgeted time and any out of scope client work is reported to meet budget utilization and realization targets
- Delegate and review work of Junior and Intermediate staff
- Assist with Business Development (BD) opportunities
- Maintains relationship with clients and internal/external stakeholders
- Review and first sign-off of work prepared by Junior and Intermediate staff including:
- Bookkeeping and accounting for various clients
- BS and P&L accounts reconciliations
- Cost plus calculations
- Month end reporting
- IAS and BAS returns
- Preparation or review of tax compliance, including annual Income Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax and ESS returns for clients
- Cashflow reporting
- Preparation and or review of statutory and non-statutory accounts for the year end
- Preparation and or review of conversion of financial information to a foreign currency
- Liaise with clients, auditors, banks, suppliers and The Australian Taxation Office
- Performs financial fluctuation analysis for key clients
- Assist Manager in preparing proposal for clients
- Assists Manager/AM to implement internal control procedures and train junior staff
- Identify client’s needs and new business opportunities and inform AM / Manager
- Set up processes and procedures for each client under his/her responsibility. Update client’s procedures
- Liaising with TMF office network as required in delivery of services
- Assist with client billing and WIP management
- Assist with on-going ‘Know your client’ procedures for clients
- Keep accurate records by coding correctly timesheets in ViewPoint
- Ad hoc duties as and when required
JOB SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
- Degree holder with recognised accounting qualification or business related disciplines
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in CPA firms or multinational companies
- Completed Professional qualifications in CA or CPA
- Sound knowledge of local/international accounting and banking practices
- Advanced Microsoft Office application (advanced excel a must)
- Strong command of written and spoken English
- Strong knowledge of local system (e.g. MYOB, XERO)
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