Experienced Australian Accountant (BAS, Tax Returns, Xero) – Immediate Start

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: TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

: SALARY

$1,500 a month

: HOURS PER WEEK

40

: DATE UPDATED

Oct 7, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

"Please apply only if available FULL TIME" !

SR Perks Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors, a boutique Chartered Accounting practice in Melbourne, Australia, is looking for a SENIOR, fully experienced Australian accountant to join our team remotely on a full-time contract.

This is NOT a training role. We need someone who can take a client job from start to finish (bookkeeping, reconciliations, BAS, financial statements and tax return) and deliver complete, review-ready workpapers to our Melbourne team for final review and sign-off. You should be able to work with minimal supervision from day one.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (END-TO-END, READY FOR REVIEW)
- Complete BAS and IAS preparation, including GST and PAYG reconciliations, ready for lodgement
- Full year-end jobs for individuals, sole traders, partnerships, trusts and companies: reconciliations, adjusting journals, financial statements and tax returns (ITR, PTR, TRT, CTR)
- SMSF annual compliance: fund accounting, financial statements and SMSF annual return (Class Super experience highly regarded)
- Bookkeeping, Xero file clean-ups and bank reconciliations, including bank rules and payroll processing
- Payroll compliance: Single Touch Payroll, superannuation guarantee, payroll tax
- Preparing FBT returns and workpapers
- Identifying issues (e.g. Division 7A, trust distributions, CGT events, private use, missing information) and raising them clearly in review notes
- Responding to queries from the Melbourne team and preparing client information requests

MUST-HAVE REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum 2-3 years' experience working on AUSTRALIAN clients (in an Australian firm or an offshore team preparing full jobs for Australian practices)
- Proven ability to complete jobs end-to-end to review stage with minimal supervision
- Strong working knowledge of Australian tax and ATO requirements, including GST, PAYG, Division 7A, trust distributions and resolutions, CGT and company tax
- Advanced Xero skills; experience with Australian tax software and the ATO Online Services for Agents portal
- High-quality, well-organised workpapers with clear notes and references
- Strong written and spoken English
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Commerce (CPA/CA Australia or CPA Philippines preferred)

NICE TO HAVE
- Class Super or other SMSF software experience
- Xero experience
- Exposure to restructures, tax planning or management reporting

WORK SETUP
- Full-time remote, Monday to Friday
- Hours aligned with Melbourne business hours
- Own reliable laptop, stable high-speed internet, backup power/internet, and a quiet private workspace
- Strict confidentiality and data security required

WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive monthly rate for senior-level experience
- Immediate start
- Long-term opportunity with a growing Australian practice
- Exposure to a wide range of Australian clients and entity types

HOW TO APPLY
Please apply with your CV and a short summary covering:
1. Your Australian accounting experience: years of experience, entity types handled, and whether you completed full jobs end-to-end
2. Roughly how many BAS, individual returns and company/trust returns you have completed
3. Software you have used (accounting, tax and SMSF)
4. Your earliest start date

Applicants without substantial Australian experience will not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will complete a practical assessment (e.g. preparing a BAS and a trust or company return from sample data) before an online interview.

SKILL REQUIREMENT

Accounting Xero Tax Preparation

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Experienced Australian Accountant (BAS, Tax Returns, Xero) – Immediate Start

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