Accountant/Client Manager

Are you an experienced Accountant/Client Manager who thrives in building and maintaining client relationships? Is Not-for-profit a sector you have experience with or highly motivated by? Is mentoring and coaching part of your leadership skillset? If so, we have a rewarding and unique opportunity just for you.

About you:

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a Financial Accountant who enjoys the juggle of multiple clients, beating deadlines and inspiring others to do their best work.

Based in our West Gosford, NSW location, you will bring your existing client-facing experience to the fore and be responsible for coordinating and delivering month-end processes; reporting, overseeing and actioning client communications, and ensuring deadlines and deliverables for various other tasks are met.

Our clients are all in the Not-for-Profit sector, knowing them, their story and their needs means you will be able to provide an end-to-ending accounting experience like no other. We are passionate about our clients and the work they do and are looking for someone that shares this passion.

Our team is small, but our commitment to each other is big; we collaborate, share, learn, grow and laugh together. We want everyone to bring their very best self to their role.

About us:

The Breakthrough Office was established from a passion to make a difference in the world. We are passionate about walking alongside Not-for-Profit organisations and minimising the administrative burden of accounting, payroll, HR, and corporate governance tasks. We believe that in supporting organisations to achieve their breakthrough, their communities will also see breakthrough.

About Our Team:

We want to be a part of contributing to a world that values, advances, and gives back to their community – and that extends to our internal team. We are passionate about our people and committed to ensuring that our team shares in our passion to make a difference in the world and our offices are places that are centred around learning, growing, encouraging, and championing one another. Our philosophy is:

1. Advance Together
2. Put Clients First
3. Continue to Learn
4. Be Understanding
5. Share the Journey

We believe in a healthy work-life balance, this means that we do not promote a culture of working overtime or over-working; continuing to learn and grow together; and encouraging one another, laughing together, and connecting with one another across our office locations.

What we need you to do:

• Lead and manage the day-to-day delivery of services for your own portfolio of clients with a high focus on quality client experience.
• Management of workflow and delegation of work to appropriate team members, ensuring jobs are completed efficiently, meet technical standards, and are within deadlines.
• Management of emails in client inboxes ensuring all requests are actioned with speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Drive month-end reporting, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and other client deliverables across your portfolio.
• Client onboarding including setting up of accounting systems and workflows.
• Overseeing Fringe Benefit Tax Returns.
• Preparing Audit Working Papers and Financial Statements.
• Overseeing end-to-end accounting services including bookkeeping services, payables, receivables, and payroll. 
• Other ad-hoc tasks.

Skills & Experience

• CPA/CA qualified accountant.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in public practice, ideally managing a portfolio of clients.
• Sound understanding of compliance for accounting and payroll specific to Not-for-Profits is beneficial for this role.
• Proficiency in Xero, Cloud-Based Software, Microsoft Excel and the Office 365 Suite
• Strong dashboard and forecasting experience preferred but not essential.
• This is a client facing role and therefore excellent communication and relationship building skills are required. A high level of empathy is required as well as the ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Must be able to work collaboratively and independently.
• Well organised, strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills, and good time management.
• Previous experience in a not-for-profit would be beneficial, but not essential.

Most importantly you need to share our passion for supporting organisations. At The Breakthrough Office, we are all passionate about our clients, and we love what we do.

Only applications with an accompanying cover letter addressing the role requirements and a desire to work with us and our clients will be considered.