Senior Accountant

Role Overview

The Senior Accountant will support the finance, accounting, payroll, reporting, compliance, and administrative requirements. The role requires a highly experienced, stable, and mature professional who can work independently, manage recurring accounting deadlines, liaise with external parties, and maintain accurate records across MYOB, FileMaker, and related business reports.

Job Details

• Setup: Work From Home
• Work Schedule: Monday to Friday I 7am to 4pm (Philippine Time)
• To follow Philippine Holidays (Shutdown over main days in Christmas and New Year)

Key Responsibilities

Daily and Weekly Accounting Operations

• Reconcile all bank accounts and company credit cards on a regular basis.
• Import invoices from FileMaker into MYOB and reconcile invoices between FileMaker and MYOB.
• Enter supplier purchases, technician invoices, reimbursements, and company credit card transactions into the relevant MYOB files.
• Update receivables in MYOB with new payments received and maintain accurate debtor and creditor records.
• Process daily credit card payments and issue receipts where required.
• Prepare invoices from suppliers for scheduled payment runs and maintain the payables folder.
• Process payments in MYOB, prepare ABA files, and reconcile bank accounts after payments have been made.

Reporting, Cash Flow, and Management Information

• Prepare and maintain total invoiced reports, operations reports, weekly and monthly cash flow reports, and budget reports.
• Maintain day-to-day income comparisons, weekly cash flow updates, and weekly budget tracking against prior-year data.
• Prepare and report monthly profit and loss information.
• Prepare and maintain directors loan reports, intercompany loan reconciliations, bank balance summaries, credit card balance updates, and weekly payment sheets.
• Prepare and send weekly payment and management reports to nominated stakeholders.

Tax, Payroll, and Statutory Compliance

• Prepare and lodge BAS and IAS with the Australian Taxation Office.
• Prepare and lodge payroll tax requirements for NSW and QLD Revenue.
• Prepare fortnightly and weekly payroll for local and overseas-based employees.
• Prepare and reconcile taxable payments reports for subcontractors.
• Maintain appropriate business licenses and assist with compliance documentation as required.
• Prepare QLD contractor appointment forms and support contractor-related compliance requirements.

Collections, Payments, and External Liaison

• Assist with debt collection activities, including TSRC debt collection and coordination with legal collection offices where required.
• Process online payments to overseas-based employees and suppliers.
• Liaise with the external accountant, migration agents for sponsored visas, insurers, suppliers, and other external service providers.
• Send insurance documents and certificates to customers as required for compliance.

Operational and Administrative Support

• Maintain asset registers, inventory of materials, and company car documentation, servicing, and registration records.
• Support materials purchasing, stock ordering, and issuance or courier arrangements for technicians.
• Prepare and maintain workers compensation lodgements and claims.
• Organise and maintain records for business insurance, including liability, management, vehicle, and other relevant policies.
• Check for unissued COF items and enter or update records as required.
• Attend staff and management meetings and complete ad-hoc requests from directors and management.

Required Experience and Skills

• Senior-level accounting experience, preferably supporting Australian businesses.
• Strong working knowledge of MYOB; experience with FileMaker or similar operational/accounting systems is advantageous.
• Experience with Australian BAS, IAS, payroll tax, payroll preparation, taxable payments reporting, and payment processing.
• Strong bank reconciliation, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow, budgeting, and month-end reporting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple entities, intercompany accounts, directors loans, and recurring reporting deadlines.
• High attention to detail, strong follow-through, and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for liaising with directors, accountants, suppliers, and external partners.
• Comfortable working remotely and attending occasional site visits when required.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• A highly experienced, professionally mature, and stable senior accountant who is looking for a long-term role.
• Confident, reliable, and able to take ownership of accounting tasks without close daily supervision.
• Demonstrates sound judgement, discretion, and professionalism when handling financial, payroll, legal, and compliance-related matters.