Job Description
Senior Accountant
Full-time | Work-From-Home
Austral Group is an Australian professional services firm that provides accounting, taxation, business advisory, and financial consulting solutions to individuals, startups, and businesses. The company focuses on helping clients achieve sustainable growth through expert financial and strategic advice.
We have an established offshore bookkeeping team and are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join the practice in Sri Lanka.
Providing clients with a consistently high level of service is a priority.
Key Responsibilities:
- Complete and review bookkeeping, reconciliations and payroll processing.
- Prepare general ledgers, trial balances, management accounts and monthly and year-end financial statements.
- Review balance sheet accounts, including clearing and loan accounts.
- Maintain accurate financial records, ledgers, invoices, receipts and payment records.
- Review and assist with Business Activity Statement (BAS), Instalment Activity Statement (IAS), Single Touch Payroll (STP) finalisations, Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR) and other compliance requirements.
- Complete all Australian Tax Office (ATO) reporting, preparation and submission via the ATO portals.
- Manage a portfolio of clients across different industries and varying sizes.
- Review work completed by other members of the bookkeeping team.
- Help manage workloads, priorities and deadlines to keep client work moving.
- Proactively follow-up clients for outstanding information and documentation.
Requirements:
- 4 - 6 years of finance/accounting experience, with experience in an Australian bookkeeping or accounting practice highly regarded.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or a related field.
- Fully/part qualified CA Sri Lanka, CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification.
- Sound working knowledge of basic accounting principles, double-entry bookkeeping, ledgers and general accounting processes.
- Proficiency in accounting software systems, including experience with cloud-based platforms such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and similar.
- Experience managing multiple client files and competing deadlines.
- Experience reviewing or supporting the work of other bookkeepers would be highly regarded.
- Strong attention to detail.
Apply Now! Email your CV to careers@australgroup.com.au with "Application - Senior Accountant" in the subject line. (Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted)