Senior Accountant – SME Business Services & Tax

Location: Remote from anywhere in the Philippines; Monday–Friday, 7:00 am–4:00 pm Philippine time

Salary: PHP 100,000–150,000 per month, depending on experience

Company

Cloud-first Australian accounting and tax practice operating since 2002, serving SME clients with compliance, bookkeeping, tax, SMSF, and advisory services.

What you will do

• Prepare year-end financial statements and income tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships, sole traders, and individuals.
• Manage trust taxation, distribution resolutions, unpaid present entitlements, Division 7A, FBT, CGT, GST, BAS, IAS, PAYG, STP, and superannuation reconciliations.
• Prepare SMSF financial statements, member statements, annual returns, audit packs, and auditor correspondence using BGL Simple Fund 360.
• Handle ASIC annual reviews, solvency resolutions, company changes, and registers using BGL CAS 360.
• Review and clean up Xero ledgers, maintain workpapers, manage job budgets and timesheets, and prepare client information requests.
• Support AI-assisted bookkeeping implementation by building coding rules, reviewing exceptions, documenting processes, and measuring time savings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Accountancy.
• 5–7 years of accounting experience, including at least 5 years in Australian public practice.
• Strong knowledge of Australian tax for companies, trusts, partnerships, and individuals, including Division 7A, UPEs, FBT, CGT, and GST.
• Hands-on Xero experience and intermediate or higher Excel skills.
• Experience independently completing full year-end compliance for SME clients with turnover of up to approximately $6M.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to draft client-facing emails with minimal editing.

Nice to have

• Xero Practice Manager, BGL Simple Fund 360, BGL CAS 360, and Practice Ignition experience.
• CPA Philippines or CA/CPA ANZ completed or in progress.
• Experience with AI or automation tools, junior staff supervision, or real estate and other service-business clients.

Culture & Benefits

• Founding member of the first offshore team, planned to grow to approximately five people.
• Formal promotion review toward Tax Manager after 12 months against defined criteria.
• Direct work with the Director, providing fast feedback, mentoring, and visibility.
• Remote work from anywhere in the Philippines with a full-time independent contractor arrangement.
• Technical work across Australian tax, SMSF, corporate secretarial services, and modern cloud accounting tools.
• Stable practice with new clients each week and an established operating history since 2002.