Senior Accountant in Sydney

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs. We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers.

With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space. We operate 3 business segments:

• Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign.
• Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service.
• FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses.

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with a strong startup mindset. We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Requirements:

We are looking for a Senior Accountant that is excited about the below Mission and Outcomes to join our Sydney office located next to Hyde Park.

Mission: As a Senior Accountant in our Australia team, your mission is to support SME clients with their accounting matters, enabling growth and decision making. More specifically you will deliver accurate BAS lodgements, maintain clean financial records, and provide clients with clear, actionable financial insights.

Outcomes:

• Prepare and lodge accurate Business Activity Statements (BAS) and Instalment Activity Statements (IAS), ensuring GST and payroll liabilities are reconciled and compliant with ATO regulations.
• Maintain accurate financial records and full sets of accounts across a portfolio of clients, using cloud systems like Xero and Dext, including fixed asset management, journals, and reporting.
• Oversee accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring timely invoicing, collections, payments, and reconciliation of supplier/client accounts.
• Collaborate with bookkeeping and tax teams to ensure accuracy of transaction recording, ledger integrity, and smooth financial operations.
• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports, offering clients clear insights to support decision-making.
• Provide payroll support and maintain strong communication with clients, acting as their go-to advisor for day-to-day accounting needs and ensuring adherence to Australian regulatory standards.
• Manage the client relationship from end to end, providing answers and guidance to Australian SME owners in their day-to-day operations.

To do this, you will have a minimum of 4 years experience as an Accountant within an accounting firm, with outstanding client relationship management (both verbal & written). Experience preparing corporate tax returns will be a major plus.

Role Behavioural fit: Ownership, Humility, Structured Thinking, Data driven, Ability to have tough conversations positively, Tech + services savvy, Problem Solving, Attention to detail, Excellent listener and clear communicator, Analytical Mindset, Collaboration-Driven, AI-ready and curious.

The interview process: The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages. We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish.

• Case study: A ~60 minute chat with the Hiring Manager, where they will give you some real-life challenges that this role faces, and will ask for your approach to solving them.
• Career deep dive: A ~60 minute chat with the Hiring Manager. They’ll discuss your last 1-2 roles to understand your experience in more detail.
• Behavioural fit assessment: A ~60 minute chat with a member of the HR or leadership team, where they will dive into some of your recent work situations to understand how you think and work.
• Offer + reference interviews: We’ll make a non-binding offer verbally or over email, followed by a couple of short phone or video calls with references that you provide to us.

Requirement for background screening: Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.

Benefits: Some other great things about working at Sleek include humility and kindness, flexibility, financial benefits, and personal growth opportunities.