JOB OVERVIEW
Responsible primarily for completing the working papers and assisting the onshore team with clients’ tax compliance reports.
The Intermediate Tax Accountant is also responsible for handling fundamental and core aspects of clients’ tax compliance and may assist with advanced tasks provided by the Accounting Manager or Service Delivery Manager.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Statement Preparation Tasks
- Review general ledger balances, reports, and transactions to verify their accuracy for the correct tax application
- Prepare and complete working papers according to client and regulatory standards for clients in variety of businesses.
- Apply technical proficiency and knowledge acquired through assigned work, self-study, participation in courses, and study of current technical reports and information.
- Prepare adjustments, if applicable, to correct the client’s tax allocation
- Perform year-end accruals review
- Gathering all pertinent information and confirmation received to prepare job notes to the financial statements
- Ensure all working papers are updated to reflect the final version of the financial statements
- Remain knowledgeable with updates in the accounting software
- Generating complete set of Financial Statements to be sent to clients.
- Preparation of Trust Distribution and Dividend Statement, if applicable.
- Pro-actively raise queries and suggestions regarding client’s records to promptly prepare the working papers
Income Tax Return Preparation Task
- Drafting of Tax Return in client-specified software for Individuals, Companies, Trusts, and Partnerships
- Prepare Tax Reconciliation and Tax Provision
- Ensure all appropriate tax deductions and tax off-set are claimed based on regulatory standards
- Ensure all necessary tax return sections are filled out with no validation errors
Process and Work Flow Compliance
- Ensure the proper completion of the tax compliance checklist provided by the onshore team
- Manage workflow and ensure jobs are completed accordingly before the deadline set by the client.
- Daily Timesheet preparation in client-specified application
Pro-active raising queries
- Pro-actively raise queries and suggestions regarding client’s records to promptly prepare the working papers
ATO Compliance
- Preparation and lodgement of the Monthly, quarterly, or annual Activity Statement (IAS or BAS) of the client
Ad hoc tasks
- Any task deemed necessary by the Team Manager or Service Delivery Manager involving client Management
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Should be a graduate of Finance and or Accounting
- CPA is preferred
Product Knowledge
- Complete knowledge of client accounts and businesses
- 2-4 years of experience in Australian accounting and taxation
- Knowledge of Australian Taxation and Compliance
- Must have experience in Individual, Partnership, Trust, and Company Compliance
- SMSF compliance knowledge is preferred, but optional
System and Application Knowledge
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experienced with accounting tools such as Xero
- Ability to learn new systems and tools as needed
Quality
- Works within the Hammerjack and Client quality guidelines
- Ensures the quality of work being delivered without being supervised
Communication Skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
Efficiency
- Works within allotted budget hours for jobs assigned
- Ensures all deliverables are fulfilled in a timely manner
Top Skills
What We Do
Outsource Solutions For Business hammerjack is an Australian & Philippine owned and operated offshore outsourcing services provider. Headquartered in Sydney with multiple operating offices in Makati, Manila, and Pampanga, Philippines. We specialise in providing dedicated, high performing teams and outsourced services to the global small and midsize business market. Our solutions deliver quality and consistent outcomes and are helping businesses to focus on their core competencies, reduce operating costs and deliver more value to their customers. hammerjack has been a major player in developing the new Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) industry in the Philippines servicing the Australian, U.S.A and U.K markets. Over the last 7 years we have sourced trained and developed top talent focussed on the Finance, Accounting, Bookkeeping, IT and Virtual Assistant services space. Our knowledge and experience in implementing the latest technologies and systems to support the best people has led to continued success for our clients and their remote teams, all while placing information and cyber security at the forefront. Our operating model was born in the enterprise services space and has been specifically developed to cater for the small, midsize market. This experience and collaborative customer approach set business up for success, no matter where they are on their journey. We offer an enterprise level approach to continuous improvement, high performance & quality, and world class customer experience. Our ability to deliver this level of service across multiple lines of business and industry verticals is a product of our investment in people, technology and the governance that sits behind it all.
