Pear Tree. is a Melbourne-born offshore recruitment and hiring services company helping businesses in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom build teams with skilled offshore professionals, primarily in the Philippines. Its services cover the full hiring process, including candidate sourcing, screening, skills assessments, video interviews, and reference checks. Pear Tree. also supports payroll, Employer of Record arrangements, compliance, and onboarding, with a six-month replacement guarantee. The company recruits for roles across IT, sales and marketing, finance, creative, administration, and operations, with a direct-hiring model designed to reduce agency markups and connect businesses more closely with their offshore talent.
Senior Accountant – Australian SME Tax and Business Services (Remote Philippines)
Lead year-end compliance, tax returns and SMSF work for Australian SME clients. Join a Brisbane-based cloud accounting practice remotely from the Philippines.
Description
- Prepare year-end financial statements and income tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships, sole traders and individuals
- Complete trust returns, review distribution resolutions, and monitor UPEs and beneficiary entitlements
- Identify Division 7A loans, calculate minimum yearly repayments, and maintain loan schedules when required
- Prepare annual FBT returns and supporting workpapers as needed
- Complete BAS and IAS work, GST reconciliations, PAYG instalment reviews, year-end STP, and superannuation reconciliations
- Prepare SMSF financial statements, member statements, annual returns, audit packs, and auditor correspondence in BGL Simple Fund 360
- Manage ASIC annual reviews, solvency resolutions, company changes, and registers in BGL CAS 360
- Conduct ATO pre-lodgement checks and reporting through Online services for agents
- Review and correct Xero ledgers, including reconciliations, journals, accruals, fixed assets, and depreciation
- Support the implementation and daily operation of Xero Practice Manager, including jobs, statuses, timesheets, and budgets
- Prepare Practice Ignition compliance proposals and engagement renewals for Director approval
- Draft information requests and client correspondence, then send routine follow-ups once processes are established
- Prepare tax-planning estimates and supporting workpapers for Director review
- Support the rollout of AI-assisted bookkeeping and transaction coding from the third month
- Maintain consistent, fully documented workpaper files
- Own year-end compliance for an Australian SME client portfolio and work directly with the Director
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Accountancy
- Strong working knowledge of Australian taxation, including company, trust, partnership, and individual income tax; Division 7A; trust taxation and UPEs, including awareness of section 100A; FBT; CGT; and GST
- Practical experience using Xero
- Intermediate or advanced Excel skills
- Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to draft client emails requiring minimal editing
- Five to seven years of accounting experience, including at least five years in Australian public practice
- SME business services experience supporting clients with turnover of up to approximately $6 million
- Experience independently completing full year-end compliance for companies, trusts, and individuals
- Ability to manage Division 7A and FBT matters when required
- Experience managing personal job lists and timesheets in Xero Practice Manager or a comparable practice-management system
- Autonomous, detail-focused, deadline-conscious, and process-oriented working style
- High integrity and strict confidentiality when handling client data
- Willingness to adopt AI tools and apply review feedback
- Xero Practice Manager experience is highly regarded
- Experience with BGL Simple Fund 360, BGL CAS 360, Practice Ignition, CPA Philippines or CA/CPA ANZ; exposure to AI and automation; supervision, review, or training experience; and real estate or service-business clients are advantageous
Benefits
- Join as the first member of an offshore team planned to grow to approximately five people, with the opportunity to help establish its foundations
- Defined progression toward Tax Manager, with a formal promotion review after 12 months against established criteria
- Work closely with the Director for direct feedback, mentoring, and visibility into your contributions
- Work remotely from anywhere in the Philippines
- Build broad Australian tax experience across companies, trusts, SMSFs, and corporate secretarial work, including Division 7A and FBT matters
- Use a modern cloud technology stack featuring Xero, Xero Practice Manager, BGL Simple Fund 360, BGL CAS 360, and Practice Ignition, while helping introduce AI bookkeeping
- Grow with a practice that adds new clients each week through an established marketing engine
- Join an established firm that has operated since 2002
- Receive a competitive, above-market package for the right candidate