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Accountant for Australian Accounting Practice

Date Posted —

Type of Work:
Full Time
Salary:
N/A
Hours per Week:
36

Job Description

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE?

We have an awesome work from home opportunity for a person experienced in Australian Accounting to join our small team.

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Our web-based resources can be accessed from your local computer. We have well documented procedures in our online portal. You will be working directly with us and not dealing with an outsourcing company.

A THE ROLE

We are looking at an experienced Accountant, with excellent written and spoken English.

You will spend your time adding value by providing accounting and bookkeeping services for our clients.

Our Client Service Mantra is “ACE” – Accurate, Cost-effective and Efficient

This role 36 hours per week working from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm AEST (GMT +10), Monday to Thursday.

THE ROLE IS PERFECT FOR YOU IF:

# You love to focus on being productive, and delivering client work in a timely manner
# You have a can-do attitude
# You love supporting clients
# You love accounting and bookkeeping
# You have at least six months experience working for an off shore English speaking client
# You love following established procedures
# You’re organised and strong time managers
# You love to improve your use of technology
# You are a fast learner
# You have a history of clients complimenting you for your attention to detail
# You’re brilliant in working in the Office365 environment
# Your commitment to client confidentiality is paramount
# You love QuickBooks Online
# You have an accounting degree
# Understand Australian GST and its pecularities

We have clearly documented procedures. We are looking for people to follow our established systems so all staff are producing a similar, high-quality product that will add value to our clients’ businesses.

B SPECIFICS OF THE ROLE

Responsibilities included in this role include:

# Demonstrated Passion for accounting
# Experience in an Accounting office
# Ability to follow step by step instructions
# Rock Solid understanding of debits, credits
# Formal Accounting Training
# Demonstrated experience in a similar role
# A solid understanding of accounting principles and practice;
# Ability and Willingness to follow our well-documented procedures
# Team focussed
# Able to work under pressure and changing deadlines
# Fast Learner
# Bookkeeping – processing transactions for small business clients
# ensuring General Ledger account is accurate,
# ensuring GST allocation is correct
# reconciling bank accounts and review of any outstanding transactions
# Assisting in documentation as required by Australian conventions and tax law

Essential skills and attributes include:

# Six months experience working with an offshore team speaking and writing in English
# Excellent written and spoken English
# Rock solid understanding of Debit & Credits
# Ability and willingness to follow our well-documented procedures
# Ability to understand the end goal of assigned tasks
# Ability to effectively communicate with team at all levels
# Client and Team focussed
# Excellent written and spoken English
# Advanced computer skills are essential, and you will be tested prior to interview

There are always opportunities for advancement for star performers.

C WHO ARE WE?

Our CEO has two businesses – Cascade Accounting & Tax and Wise Owl Legal. This role will work across both businesses. We value people who are self-motivated, great communicators and keen to learn new things.

Process automation is paramount, and you need to have a can-do attitude towards computers.

· We love a can-do attitude
· We love to improve both our technical accounting skills and our use of technology
· Clients often compliment our attention to detail
· We work hard on continuously improving our procedures
· We’re an Office365 environment
· Most of our clients are on QuickBooks Online
· Our Tax Lodgement Software is LodgeIT
· Confidentiality is paramount

D WORK SCHEDULE AND HOLIDAYS

The role is 36 hours per week, working Australian Hours.
We have a Christmas shutdown, generally of about 2 weeks.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We pay in PHP directly to your bank account every second Friday for the preceding fortnight.
On completion of your 6 months’ probation, you will be entitled to pro-rata portion of 13th month pay.

For full time people working 36 hours per week, your leave benefit is 110 hours of annual leave and 55 days sick leave; gazetted Australian Public Holidays that fall on your work days.

E HOW TO GET OUR ATTENTION

To apply for this rewarding opportunity, submit your application to with the subject line “Accounting Superstar – ”

Our scanning is generally fairly fast. If you get our attention, we will send you some short personality tests and some written questions before inviting you to an interview.

To apply for this rewarding opportunity, you need to include:

1) Current Resume

Your resume that includes all work and study in the last 5 years plus a summary of any prior work. We are interested in all of your work, not just the highlights you think apply.

2) A covering letter that tells me about:

a) When you realised you had a passion for accounting and how that happened;
b) Tell me about what makes you feel you have done a good days’ work.
c) An example where you have worked in English and had significant contract with people outside the Philippines;
c) An example of how your attitude toward technology has added value to a work/study situation
e) An example of Your skills to manage assigned tasks and meet deadlines;
f) Details about your experience in QuickBooks online;
g) The best thing you have done in each Word & Excel and how you added value to the project this task was part of;
h) Your favourite subject you have studied and what you liked about it and the strategies you used to achieve success;
i) An example of your can-do attitude solving a problem.

3) A Short Video

Please make a short video of 30-60 seconds using your mobile phone, and show us your dedicated workspace and how the things in your workspace make you more productive.

Tell us how you are going to keep your work space confidential from other members of your household and maintain our client’s confidentiality.

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