Senior Accountant

Position Summary

We are seeking a senior-level Australian Tax professional to step into a crucial compliance and review seat based full-time out of our modern Makati corporate space. This individual will drive technical preparation pipelines across diverse client portfolios while playing a mentorship and quality-assurance role through the peer-review of files prepared by junior accounting staff. This role represents a major strategic pivot toward tax depth to secure team coverage during an upcoming onshore maternity leave window.

Core Responsibilities:

• Take total ownership of the accurate compilation, analysis, and execution of Australian financial statements and annual income tax returns for Companies, Trusts, Partnerships, and Sole Traders.
• Prepare, balance, and review quarterly/monthly Business Activity Statements (BAS), Goods and Services Tax (GST) allocations, and yearly Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) calculations.
• Administer compliance pipelines for specialized portfolios, navigating capital gains, corporate distributions, and comprehensive Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) tax files.
• Perform technical cross-examinations and meticulous quality reviews on work prepared by junior team members to maintain standard compliance thresholds before final partner sign-off.
• Engage in proactive technical alignment with onshore counterparties to accelerate query settlement and minimize tax file turnaround times.
• Uphold enterprise security policies, processing all sensitive financial records, private tax file numbers (TFNs), and banking data exclusively within secured, on-site parameters.

Requirements

• Professional Tenure: Minimum of 4+ years of strict professional experience inside an Australian public practice firm or a dedicated offshore Australian accounting provider.
• Taxation Depth: Comprehensive mastery of Australian tax compliance principles, cross-entity rules, FBT, and GST frameworks.
• Software Proficiency: Mandatory technical competency utilizing Zilla accounting software along with intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office applications.
• File Review Aptitude: Proven background or clear structural readiness to accurately review, troubleshoot, and polish financial compilations completed by other staff members.
• Communication Skills: Refined, confident English communication skills (both verbal and written) capable of conveying financial context smoothly to onshore teams.
• Work Environment Fit: A preference for highly collaborative, structured, and interactive brick-and-mortar office settings focused on immediate operational outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on operational mastery of BGL software suites (BGL Simple Fund 360 / BGL Corporate Solutions).
• Strong professional exposure managing accounting registers and specific ledger closures for Australian Superannuation Funds.