XTN-D19E427 | ACCOUNTANT
RemotePhilippines
PhilippinesRemoteFull TimeSenior LevelMedium
Full TimeSenior LevelMedium
Job Summary
Reconcile bank accounts, raise journals, and maintain client accounts in Xero while managing BAS returns and SMSF accounts. Prepare tax returns by applying practice procedures, conducting research for optimal refund results, and liaising with the ATO on client matters. Maintain structured client files in Box.com and manage trust, company, ABN, and TFN registrations. Support senior accountants with holiday cover and assist in developing documentation to drive quality improvements. Requires 2–4 years of experience in a small practice, proficiency in MS Office, and the ability to work extended hours.
Required Qualifications
- Must be mature and domestically secure
- Able to commute reliably to office base
- Able to work extended hours on occasions when required
- Must be adept in use of MS Office 2010 or later, particularly Excel and Word, Internet and email
- Able to understand profit and loss calculations and basic business finance, e.g., gross margin percentages and calculations, depreciation, capital and revenue expenditure, cash-flow, overheads, etc.
- Must be a very competent writer of business letters, quotations and proposals
- Must be an excellent face-to-face and telephone communicator
- Ideal background would be someone with 2 to 4 years' experience in a small practice dealing with clients on a daily basis
Desired Qualifications
- Must be able to communicate and motivate via written media
- Understands the principles of accounting, taxation and law
- Appreciates need for consistency within practice procedures and processes along with experience in managing quality of practice information
- Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a focus on high quality
- A natural forward planner who critically assesses own performance
- Mature, credible, and comfortable in dealing with clients of all types
- Reliable, tolerant, and determined
- Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view
- Well-presented and businesslike
- Keen for new experiences, responsibility and accountability
- Able to get on with others and be a team-player
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