Intermediate Accountant

About The Back Room

We exist to free our clients' time so they can focus on what they do best — growing their business. We deliver smart, efficient solutions that liberate teams from the everyday admin, and we hold ourselves to the same standard. Time is the ultimate currency, and we treat it like it.

About the Client
Our client is a financial services business based in Australia, founded in 1932 and now operating as a two-division firm offering both accounting and investment services under one roof. They are growing their existing offshore team to support their accounting function. This role exists to help deliver accurate, compliant tax returns and accounting work across a diverse client base of individuals, companies, trusts, and partnerships.

The Role
As an Intermediate Accountant, you'll prepare accounts and tax returns for a range of entity types — companies, trusts, superannuation funds, partnerships, and individuals — while ensuring everything is compliant, well-documented, and delivered within agreed timeframes. You'll work closely with senior staff and partners, contributing to a firm that's built its reputation on trusted, high-quality financial advice. Success in the first 6–12 months looks like managing your own portfolio of client files with minimal oversight, consistently meeting lodgement deadlines, and becoming a reliable point of technical support for junior team members.

What You'll Do

• Staff Assistance

  • Ensure the high-quality standards required by the organisation are maintained by obtaining and retaining technical competence and assisting other team members when required

  • Maintain professional qualifications by attending and participating in training and development programs as determined by the appropriate Manager or delegated officer.

  • Mentoring and providing training and support to junior team members.

  • Other duties as directed.

• Client Management

  • Ensure client's needs are satisfied by completing all tasks required under the clients’ specific terms of engagement and Strategem’s professional service levels.

  • Ensure client work is completed in compliance with all appropriate regulatory regimes with any identified breaches reported immediately to the appropriate Manager or delegated officer.

  • Assist senior staff with meeting lodgement deadlines.

  • Assisting partners and other Accountants when required.

• Technical

  • Preparation of accounts and tax returns for a variety of entities including companies, trust, superannuation funds, partnerships, and individuals.

  • Completion of tax return and preparation of associated reports within agreed time frames.

  • Maintenance of clients records on firm’s database.

  • Set up and retain individual and organisation’s tax records.

  • Maintain professional qualifications by attending and participating in training and development programs as determined by the appropriate Manager or delegated officer.

• Project

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement goals of the firm by making recommendations for improvements in work practices.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor of Business/Commerce with a major in accounting, plus 2–4 years of relevant experience

• Full CA or CPA qualification, or actively working towards completion

• Sound working knowledge and technical skills in tax and accounting

• Knowledge and experience with MYOB Accountants Enterprise and QuickBooks

• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and web-based packages

• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, with internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines

• A proactive, client-first approach with a strong understanding of compliance issues

Nice to Have

• Understanding of CPA/ICAA membership requirements

• Experience mentoring or supporting graduate accountants

Why This Role

You'll be joining a well-established firm with over 90 years of history and a genuine reputation for helping clients make better financial decisions. With a growing footprint across regional Victoria and Melbourne, there's real opportunity to broaden your technical experience across a wide variety of entity types while working alongside a team that values collaboration, ethics, and quality work.

This role is open to Philippine citizens currently based in the Philippines.

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