Senior Accountant – Private Business & Family Advisory

About us

Pitcher Partners Sydney is a Professional Chartered
Accounting firm located in the heart of the CBD. We are leading network of
independent firms, working together to enable growth and ambition for our
clients and our people.

When you join Pitcher Partners, you’re joining a team
with heart. We support each other. We learn together. We’re deliberate
about fostering relationships that nourish and empower every individual
and we’re excited by what’s possible. We know some of the best new ideas
come in the form of curious, talented people we haven’t met yet. Perhaps
you’re one of them.

Due to on-going growth, we currently have a vacancy for
an enthusiastic and driven Senior Accountant to join our Private Business
Family Advisory division.

The Role

You will become a part of a fast-growing business unit
with a broad range of clients from a number of industries. The
Private Business Family Advisory team not only conducts the taxation
and accounting needs of clients but provides unique advisory services and
has a niche market reputation, providing unrivalled opportunities, and
strong interaction with all other business units with the firm. We have a
flat line management structure, providing easy access to multiple
Partners, whilst working predominantly for the team Manager.

The successful candidate will take the job from start to
finish and deal directly with clients. We work across a broad range of
clients including Private Companies and Trusts, High Net-Worth Individuals,
Family Offices and Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME’s).

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviews financial
  accounts, tax returns, business activity statements,
  instalment activity statements and other work performed by
  Intermediates, Graduates and Cadets who work on their clients
• Solid understanding
  of tax legislation and other research as they relate to the work
  undertaken
• Prepares complex
  individual, company, trust, partnership tax returns with
  limited supervision or direction
• Detailed knowledge
  of tax office correspondence and procedures (including
  assessment, objections, etc)
• Good working
  knowledge of GST, Business Activity Statements and Instalment
  Activity Statements
• Prepares and
  reviews workpapers, analysis of client data and transactions and
  setting up accounts onto the accounting package in accordance with
  present standards
• Ability
  to prepare and analyse tailored management reports for clients
• Prepare draft
  invoices to manager/partners at the end of an engagement

Who we are after

Here are the key qualifications, skills and personal
attributes we’re looking for. If you tick most of the boxes, but not all,
we’d still encourage you to apply. Other capabilities you have may
make you the perfect fit for the role, and we can work on filling the gaps
together.

The candidate will ideally be in their final stages of
completing their CA program with 3-4 years of experience within a
business services division.
Experience within a family office or private banking or investment
organisation may also be beneficial.

We are particularly looking for:

• Reporting
  skills – a comfort in attending to all types of corporate, trust and
  individual accounting and taxation compliance of a simple to moderate
  complexity, with minimal supervision.
• Ideally
  experience with or interest in family office and high net wealth
  passive wealth clients
• Ability
  to build strong relationships
• Problem
  solving skills – you will be able to demonstrate the ability to
  “think outside the square”
• A
  confident demeanour and the ability to interface with clients, and
  earn their respect
• Strong
  attention to detail
• An
  entrepreneurial spirit

Our business is structured so that over the
longer term, you will develop your own career path and build your own job
profile. You will be supported and encouraged to achieve your own goals
and objectives and will be rewarded for displaying entrepreneurial
initiative.

The salary range for this role is
$75,000-$95,000 package (inclusive of superannuation).

What we offer

At Pitcher Partners we believe success is better shared.
That’s why we invest in the future of every person who works with us, and
a culture that supports us all.

Join a team with heart: We actively
support your health and social connection with a vibrant culture, great
flexible working policy, 18 weeks paid parental leave accessible after 12
months, and much more.

Do work with a purpose: We put a lot of
energy into developing meaningful relationships with our clients. It
results in a level of trust that creates surprising opportunities for our
business and your career.

Bring your best ideas: We’re inspired by
potential. We know there’s always a better way to do something. So we
foster an environment of openness. Great ideas can come from anywhere. It
all starts with listening.

If this sounds like you or you know anyone in your network
that will be suitable to this role please APPLY NOW or email your cover
letter and CV to [email protected]