Senior Financial/Management Accountant
Retinue, Australia
Job Description
At Retinue, we're all about helping small business owners make better decisions, by helping them understand and manage their finances. Using a monthly subscription model to ensure customers have certainty over cost, Retinue provides tax compliance, bookkeeping and payroll services to small businesses, ensuring peace of mind that all aspects of financial compliance are handled efficiently and on time. We believe it's time someone disrupts the archaic industry of accounting, our leadership team has a proven track record of delivering high quality services to SME's and we now need a world class team to help us do it!
Due to growth we are looking for an experienced accountant, ideally in public practice who genuinely cares about seeing their clients succeed and is looking for a role where your proactive, client first attitude is recognised and rewarded.
Key Responsibilities
Managing a portfolio of clients, acting as the primary contact for their business needs including:
- Preparation amp; review of monthly management reports
- Reviewal of tax returns and other statutory lodgments
- Mentoring med-level amp; junior staff through reviewing work, providing clear, concise and supportive feedback within a culture focused environment
- Explaining the key insights from financial information to small business owners in a clear and simple manner
- Proactively responding to queries, providing support and advice to assist them in growing their business
- Meeting with small business customers, discussing reporting amp; providing key business insights. Being a go to finance thought-leader for your portfolio of customers
- Utilising Xero to build dashboards that deliver accurate and timely financial insights?
- Prioritising and handling multiple tasks and jobs effectively, while still maintaining high-quality work
- Developing and maintaining positive relationships with clients, providing value in every interaction
- Remaining current on industry trends, changes in regulations and best practices, and effectively communicating this information to clients in a clear and simple manner
Requirements
You’re an experienced senior accountant who genuinely cares about seeing their clients succeed and is looking for a role where your proactive, client first attitude is recognised and rewarded. You're passionate about your work and understand the significant impact that timely and relevant financial insights can have on the growth and success of small business:
- Degree qualification with 5+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience working within public practice
- CPA or CA qualified
- Experience working with small business clients
- Proficiency in Xero and Xero Practice Manager
- Forward-thinking attitude with a dedication to delivering exceptional client services
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoy working in a small but growing team, focused on delivering to their clients
Benefits
- $100-$120k+ super DOE
- Flexible hybrid working model with a great amount of work life balance
- Exceptional professional growth. We are well funded amp; plan to scale quickly, this will open up continued new opportunities across the business. This will include (but not limited to) leadership opportunities, new roles to fit the needs of the business, lateral opportunities etc.
- Professional development. You will be working with fantastic business leaders amp; entrepreneurs who have proven track record scaling start-up businesses fast
- Being an early-stage employee, really helping to shape out future processes, culture amp; drive key business growth. Be a part of building a business from the ground up
- As we continue our growth, we continue to develop our employee benefits programs. We plan to be a well-known name in the SME market and have a company culture to match. We understand our people alongside our clients are our greatest asset. You will be supporting us through our exciting journey, making it not only a great service, but one of the best places to work
Our Commitment
At Retinue Accounting, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are crucial to our success. We recognize that diversity goes beyond race and ethnicity, and includes differences in gender, orientation, age, religion, ability, and more. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels comfortable being themselves and can fully contribute their talents and skills. We are dedicated to building a workplace that values and respects individuals from all backgrounds and experiences. We welcome and encourage all qualified applicants to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,