As a Senior Accountant in Business Services, you’ll provide exceptional service to our clients and meaningful guidance to the more junior members of our team. You’ll feel empowered by a high level of autonomy while you oversee a wide portfolio of clients that will come to value you as a trusted advisor to their business. While this role is based in Emerald, QLD, we are also keen to hear from candidates located in Rockhampton and the broader Central Highlands region.
- Manage a portfolio of clients and provide value added services
- Assist with management of workflow for the team including supervising, developing and supporting junior team members
- Prepare income tax returns and financial statements for individuals, private companies, trusts and superannuation funds
- Undertake business advisory work, financial modelling, complex tax matters, succession planning, asset sales and acquisitions
- Liaise with clients, managers and partners regarding queries
- Attend to other business-related matters for clients within your portfolio e.g. fringe benefits tax, tax planning, payroll assistance and any other tax or business services related matters
- Advise clients on business operations, regulatory matters, restructures, accounting system implementation, estate planning, succession planning
About you
You'll be a self-starter proactively managing all aspects of the client’s annual compliance obligations. You're a problem solver who enjoys a challenge and can comfortably communicate at all levels. You'll build authentic connections with clients, Managers and Partners to manage workflow and team performance.
- CA/CPA with a degree in Accounting, Business or Commerce (majoring in Accounting)
- 3-5+ years' experience in Business Services with experience in a leadership or mentoring role
- Ability to project manage with a goal orientated approach
- You will be comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic environment
- You will be a driven and hardworking professional looking to develop both your technical and soft skills
The Perks
We'll look after you at Bentleys, these (and more) are some of the benefits we offer:
- Learning opportunities via our Career Builder Program and our LMS which has thousands of modules for self-paced learning
- Genuine potential for growth, development and mentoring within the team
- Professional memberships and subscriptions
- Flexible working arrangements
- Salary Packaging options to maximise your benefits
- Bonus 3 days annual leave each year
- Additional purchased leave scheme
- Paid Parental Leave
- Direct access to senior staff and Partners
- Assistance for Accountants with CA/CPA study including financial support and time off work to study
- Regular opportunities to participate in social activities, corporate volunteering and sporting events
- Social Club
- Health and Wellness activities and education
- Mental health support via our Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to regularly travel to our Brisbane office for Training, social functions and client meetings.
About us
Bentleys Queensland is a full-service advisory and accounting firm with 25 Partners/Directors and almost 200 staff operating across 3 offices. We have a history of over 75 years in providing professional and dependable support across business & strategic advisory, accounting, taxation, audit, international & investment advisory, risk & assurance, corporate recovery & insolvency, technology & innovation, self-managed superannuation, HR, finance & lending and wealth management.
How to Apply
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What We Do
Bentleys Queensland is a full service advisory and accounting firm, established in 1948. With offices in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, and Emerald, we have 25 Partners and Directors, and almost 200 experienced and diverse team members.
Bentleys Queensland is part of the Bentleys Network. Ranked at number 12 in Australian Financial Review's Top 100 Accounting Firms, Bentleys is an international network of advisory and accounting firms, with more than 700 talented staff delivering solutions from 17 locations across Australia, New Zealand and China.
We work with aspirational businesses and entrepreneurial people to help them get where they want to be. As essential advisors, we provide future thinking, strategic direction and practical support to help strengthen businesses and to build personal wealth.
Bentleys Queensland has a history of more than 70 years providing professional and dependable support across:
- business & strategic advisory
- accounting
- taxation
- audit
- risk & assurance
- corporate recovery & insolvency
- technology & innovation
- self-managed superannuation
- HR
- finance & lending, and
- wealth management.
Our advisors work with SMEs, family businesses, listed entities, professionals, individuals and government. We are industry-aligned with expanding specialist knowledge, skills and experience within our core industries which include agribusiness, health and ageing, family business and SMEs, government and education.
Talk to us today, and we can help you get where you want to be.
