Senior Tax Accountant (Remote, Philippines)

About the role

Hunt St helps Australian companies hire top remote talent in the Philippines. Its client is an established Sydney-based accounting firm serving business owner franchisees, SMEs and high-net-worth individuals. The Senior Tax Accountant prepares and reviews Australian tax and accounting work for individuals, companies, trusts and other entities, with about 80% hands-on tax work and 20% coaching juniors and building a client portfolio. The role is fully remote, with AU business hours (9am-5pm Mon-Fri) for collaboration.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare Australian individual, company and trust tax returns, annual financial statements, tax calculations, workpapers and supporting schedules
• Prepare and review BAS and other Australian tax compliance work
• Handle tax and accounting matters for SMEs, franchisees and high-net-worth clients, including SMSF financial statements and tax returns where required
• Liaise with SMSF auditors and clients, and communicate directly with clients
• Manage deadlines, workflow and client follow-ups, and build your own client portfolio
• Review work prepared by junior accountants and coach and mentor three junior accountants
• Support the Manager with technical queries, workflow and quality control, and raise issues and process improvements proactively

Required profile

• CPA qualified in the Philippines
• 1.5+ years of genuine Australian tax and/or business services experience
• Strong hands-on experience preparing Australian individual, company and trust tax returns
• Experience with Australian SMEs and/or business owners
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment, with excellent written and verbal English and a neutral accent
• Willingness to coach and mentor junior accountants
• Bookkeeping or management accounting experience alone is not sufficient

Required skills

• Knowledge of Australian tax, accounting and compliance requirements
• Desirable: Xero, XPM, BGL, Ignition, Microsoft Excel and other accounting/tax tools

What we offer

• Pay of PHP 120,000-130,000 per month
• Ongoing Australian tax training and support toward the Australian CA qualification
• Progression pathway toward Assistant Manager