Our client, NS & Associates Pty Ltd, is looking for an experienced Accountant who is interested in joining their team on a full-time basis. The busine..
Our client, NS & Associates Pty Ltd, is looking for an experienced Accountant who is interested in joining their team on a full-time basis. The business is located at Suite 1230, 1Queens Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.
NS & Associates is a professional accounting and tax consulting agency. They have a solid client base made up of a diverse mix of small and medium-sized enterprises and large businesses. Thus, they offer full business advisory including taxation, accounting, tax planning, and consulting services.
The Role:
This is for a full-time role with an annual salary of $72,000 plus superannuation. The successful applicant will manage an assigned client portfolio with regular client contact and will be responsible for providing a complete range of services.
Responsibilities:
• Preparing accounts, tax returns, Business Activity Statements, FBT, and other compliance matters for individuals, companies, partnerships and trusts.
• Planning, preparing, and executing financial statements such as Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements with appropriate note disclosures.
• Suggesting ways for individual and commercial clients to reduce operating costs, enhance revenues, and improve profits.
• Conducting tax interviews with clients and preparing tax returns for individuals and business companies, partnerships, super funds, and trusts.
• Developing accounting and budgetary policies for clients’ businesses.
• Liaising with clients and assisting them in meeting their accounting and tax obligations.
• Providing solutions to our clients on current business and financial conditions.
• Providing accounting services including month-end close, processing relevant journals, Balance Sheet, intercompany processing, revenue analysis and statutory accounts production.
• Working closely with clients in different industries and sectors as well as colleagues to provide exceptional client services.
• Making sure the client company’s information is updated with ASIC, ATO, and other government institutes.
• Contributing towards process improvement and implementation and ensuring client confidentiality and privacy.
• Examining the proficiency of the client’s accounting software used to organise data and replacing it with updated software if required.
The Requirements:
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited university.
• Must have at least three (3) years of relevant Australian experience in a commercial accountant capacity
• Must have experience working with the MYOB/QuickBooks/XERO/Reckon accounting software systems.
• Must have three (3) years of knowledge and experience with individual and company income tax, GST, and SMSF accounting processes.
• Must have three (3) years of experience in SMSF services such as preparation of annual financial statements, tax returns, and member statements to ensure compliance with legislation and set up of the SMSF including trust deeds, and all related documents, including completing all relevant registrations.
• Must be able to independently deliver tax advice including corporate tax, personal tax effectiveness and indirect taxation.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen to understand the dynamics of a complex evolving industry.
• Demonstrated experience in complex, integrated, and computerised accounting systems.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse sets of data methodically.
• Detail-oriented, ability to multitask, work independently, and prioritise tasks.
• Ability to organise, plan, and manage, together with the capacity to prioritise for self and coordinate input from others to deliver timely results.
• A positive and team-oriented approach.