Senior Tax Accountant in Sydney

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join our boutique accounting and tax practice in Dulwich Hill, four days per week. And when we say four days, we mean it. This is not five days of work squeezed into four!

This is a genuine senior role. You’ll have your own clients, interesting tax work, direct client contact and plenty of autonomy. You’ll just do it across four days instead of five.

The role

You’ll manage a portfolio of clients from start to finish, working directly with business owners, families and individuals across their accounting, compliance and tax planning needs.

Your work will include:

• Preparation and review of tax returns, BAS/IAS, and financial statements for companies, trusts, partnerships, SMSFs and individuals.
• Provide tailored tax advice, including CGT, FBT, Div 7A.
• Tax planning and year-end client meetings, including strategic advisory, structuring, and business planning projects.
• Manage a portfolio of clients, building strong and ongoing relationships.
• Managing your own jobs, workflows and deadlines.
• Mentor and review the work of junior accountants.
• Contribute to the firm’s continued growth and client service excellence.

About you

We’re looking for someone with:

• 5+ years’ Australian public practice experience.
• Strong knowledge of taxation law, financial reporting standards and client compliance management.
• Experience managing your own portfolio of clients.
• Confidence dealing directly with clients.
• Strong Xero experience, with HandiSoft and MYOB experience highly regarded.
• CPA or CA qualified (or working toward).
• The ability to manage deadlines, workflows and multiple priorities without needing constant review.
• A practical communication style and the ability to explain tax without making it unnecessarily complicated.
• A team-first attitude and willingness to mentor junior accountants.

We’re a small team, so we’re not looking for someone who just wants to sit in the background preparing returns. We want someone experienced, practical and comfortable taking ownership.

A bit about us

We’re a small, modern accounting and tax practice based in Dulwich Hill in Sydney’s Inner West. We work closely with individuals, families and business owners and believe in actually knowing our clients, not treating them as job numbers.

We’re big enough to have interesting and complex work, but small enough that you won’t disappear into layers of management. You’ll work directly with the Principal, have genuine ownership of your clients and be trusted to use your experience and judgement.

Why join us?

Because a senior accounting role really doesn’t need to mean five days a week. Maybe you have family commitments. Maybe you want a regular weekday to yourself. Or maybe you've just reached the point where you'd rather have more balance without stepping backwards in your career. Whatever your reason, you won't be treated as less senior because you work four days.

We offer:

• Competitive salary package.
• Genuine four-day working week, with flexibility around which day you don't work.
• Paid birthday day off, in addition to your annual leave.
• The opportunity to work onsite and from home (your preference) after a suitable period of on-site training.
• Flexibility around family commitments.
• Paid professional membership and ongoing CPD.
• Broad exposure across tax, accounting and advisory.
• Direct ownership of your own client portfolio.
• Modern, cloud-based systems including Xero.
• A small, friendly team without unnecessary hierarchy.
• Smart casual dress code (always!).

If you’re an experienced public practice accountant who still enjoys the work but would really like one more day of your week back, we’d love to hear from you.