Senior Accountant

Job Description

About us:

Ashfords is Melbourne’s Southeast’s largest independently owned multidisciplinary firm. Across eight specialist service lines, we combine energy, agility and commercial insight to deliver standout outcomes for every client—supported by a culture built on diversity, growth and acting with integrity.

About the Role:

As a Senior Accountant at Ashfords, you'll work with an exciting portfolio of clients, collaborate directly with Partners, and help lead a talented offshore team. You'll be empowered to make decisions, build lasting client relationships and contribute to a growing, forward-thinking firm. This is more than a technical accounting role.

It's an opportunity to develop your leadership capability, expand your commercial expertise and build a rewarding long-term career.

Job Requirements

Requirements:

• CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent)
• Strong experience in Australian tax and accounting for SMEs and private groups.
• Demonstrated experience working with offshore teams.
• Proven ability to review and compliance work (financial statements and tax returns).
• Excellent verbal and written Communication skills
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop junior staff.

Job Responsibilities

Duties Include (but not limited to):

• Direct management of 2–4 offshore employees across compliance and advisory support work.
• Deliver end-to-end monthly and annual tax compliance and associated client activities.
• Monitors and maintains high levels of practice compliance, per legislative requirements
• Upskill offshore staff in Australian tax compliance, accounting standards, and internal systems.
• Ensure compliance with Australian tax law, ATO guidance, and firm policies.
• Identify and mitigate risks in offshore-prepared work (e.g., Division 7A, trust distributions, GST, FBT).

Job Benefits

Why Join Ashfords?

At Ashfords, you'll enjoy the career opportunities, support and resources of a larger firm, with the influence, visibility and agility of a growing independent business. Our purpose is simple: helping our clients, our people and our firm achieve financial freedom and peace of mind.

What you’ll enjoy:

• Flexible work arrangements that support life outside of work
• Competitive salary plus performance-based incentives
• Ongoing investment in your professional and leadership development
• A collaborative, inclusive and high-performing culture
• Regular social events, team experiences and wellbeing initiatives
• The opportunity to make a real impact and shape the future of the business

Why People Join (and Stay)

• Genuine ownership of your clients, team and career
• Direct access to approachable and commercially minded leaders
• A growing firm that embraces new ideas and innovation
• Flexibility that works in practice, not just on paper
• Strong team culture built on trust, collaboration and success
• Continuous investment in your technical, leadership and commercial growth

Applicants must have unrestricted working rights in Australia.

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