Accountant - Individual And Company Tax Returns

The Company

An extremely successful chartered Accountants with long standing relationships with clients, an excellent reputation in the industry and a strong pipeline of both repeat and new business. They have a team of expertise that specialise in the business advisory, SMSF and superannuation, accounting, bookkeeping, taxation and auditing. Based in fortitude valley, they are in a prime location for public transport, cafe's, restaurants and shops. Due to organic growth, the business are looking to grow their team with another accountant with a minimum of three years experience to ensure they can hit the ground running.

The Role

Duties include:

• Prepare Business Activity Statements with an understanding of GST Free transactions
• Experience in completing the following types of Tax returns:

o    Individual (Australian residents and non-residents)
o    Trusts
o    Company
o    Partnerships

• Complete a Tax reconciliation workpaper explaining the difference in accounting profit/loss to taxation profit/loss
• Completed asset depreciation schedules
• Able to reconcile Goods and Services Tax in financial statements
• Able to complete a Franking Account in a Company Tax return
• Understand and able to complete Division 7A Loan Reconciliation workpaper
• Understand family trust distributions
• Understanding of how the reconcile and process the following provisions in financial statements

o    Employee leave provisions, 
o    Income tax provisions for companies
o    Superannuation liability for employees

• FBT Reimbursements calculations for motor vehicles
• Foreign currency conversation
• Completed Hire Purchase Loan schedules
• Understand Superannuation contributions deductible eligibility including:

o    Concessional and non-concessional caps
o    Prior unused superannuation caps

• Prepare rental property schedules
• Able to calculate capital Gains calculation on sale of property for individuals
• Able to calculate capital Gains calculation on sale of listed shares for individuals

Systems used

• MYOB AE for preparing Tax returns and financial statements
• Xero
• MYOB Online / Essentials
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• PDF Docs

What you need

• 3+ years' of professional accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce, Finance or equivalent experience
• Have enrolled or is looking to enrol in a CA/CPA

What is on offer

• Paid CA or CPA course fees on completion
• Study leave
• CA Membership paid for along with provisional membership paid for
• $3,000/annum education budget for qualified CA or CPAs
• Quarterly catch ups with managers and quarterly catch ups with partner
• Client growth incentive program – 1/3 of 12 month of billings
• Christmas and 30 June events
• Early finish on Fridays at 4:30 with drinks
• Monthly Tax inTuition training
• Half year Lodgment and fees challenge rewards — days off if achieved
• Annual fee target & tax lodgments wage bonus rewards if targets are achieved for the firm
• Work from home arrangements
• Unlimited coffee from a barista coffee machine and weekly fresh beans
• Celebrate annual work anniversary
• Bonus annual leave after 5 years
• Three computer screens
• Stand-up desks