AU Team Lead Accountant

Lead the numbers with confidence. We're looking for a detail-driven Team Lead Accountant who can guide a team, keep financial operations moving smoothly, and ensure Australian accounting and payroll requirements are handled with accuracy and care.

Work Setup: Hybrid 1x a week onsite; to be revisited upon regularisation

Role Overview

As our Team Lead Accountant, you'll oversee accounting and finance operations for Australian clients, reviewing work across AR, AP, payroll, compliance, reconciliations, and reporting. You'll coach team members, keep deliverables on track, and help improve processes so the team delivers accurate, timely, and client-ready work.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Accounting Flow: Oversee day-to-day AR, AP, payroll, and general accounting functions so work is accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
• Review with Precision: Check accounting work prepared by team members for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with Australian standards and client requirements.
• Keep Payroll Compliant: Prepare and review Australian payroll, superannuation, STP, payroll tax, contractor reconciliations, and TPAR requirements.
• Own Reporting Quality: Review bank reconciliations, BAS, IAS, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, month-end reports, and profit and loss reconciliations.
• Guide the Team: Lead, mentor, allocate work, review deliverables, and support the technical and professional growth of accountants and finance team members.
• Partner with Clients: Act as a key contact for accounting and finance matters, join client meetings, provide updates, and escalate complex concerns when needed.
• Improve the Way We Work: Help develop SOPs, strengthen controls, and identify workflow improvements that lift quality, compliance, and efficiency.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in Australian accounting within public practice, outsourced accounting, shared services, or finance operations.
• Strong hands-on experience across AR, AP, payroll, general ledger, reconciliations, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Confident preparing and reviewing Australian payroll, superannuation, STP, payroll tax, BAS, IAS, TPAR, and ATO compliance requirements.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or supervising a team is preferred.
• Strong understanding of Australian accounting principles, payroll legislation, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and cloud accounting platforms such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, or similar software.

What's in It for You

• Recognised by Great Place To Work: Ranked #8 Best Workplace in the Philippines and #3 Best Workplace in IT-BPM in the Medium category for 2026.
• Work That Fits Real Life: Roles aligned with Australian and US clients, with day and night shift options plus WFH, hybrid and office-based setups depending on the role.
• Room to Grow: Structured onboarding and ongoing Learning & Development programs that help employees build skills, strengthen capability and prepare for broader responsibilities.
• Health Cover From Day 1: Health insurance coverage from Day 1 plus dependent coverage, giving employees and their families added peace of mind from the start.
• Clear Pay, Clear Expectations: Compensation aligned with the role and experience, supported by clear responsibilities and expectations from the outset.
• Work That Connects You to the Client: Work directly with international businesses as part of a dedicated team that operates as an extension of their business.
• Support Beyond Day 1: Our People & Culture and support teams stay involved beyond onboarding, providing day-to-day guidance, employee support, engagement and recognition throughout the employee experience.

Plus the everyday extras: Modern workspaces, complimentary onsite meals, flowing coffee and drinks at our café bar, additional time off and tenure incentives.

About Us

At hammerjack, we connect skilled professionals in the Philippines with growing businesses across Australia and beyond—building teams that work as true extensions of our clients. We're proud to be named among the Fortune 100 Best Workplaces in Southeast Asia and ranked the 8th Best Workplace in the Philippines.

Our Impact

Our people aren't outsourced—they're embedded. With aligned tools, shared goals, and real accountability, they deliver at the same standard and pace as onshore teams while building long-term careers they're proud of, across accounting, tech, admin, and marketing.