Role Highlights
- Tailored remuneration: $110,000 - $130,000 plus superannuation + commission
- Structured partnership pathway: From Senior Accountant → Provisional Partner → Full Equity Partner
- Unique earning potential: Build your own portfolio and be paid directly for its performance
- Centralised support teams: Dedicated admin and SMSF teams to free you up for high-value work
- Coolangatta-based role: Primarily in-office for collaboration and client service
- Entrepreneurial culture: Encourages building niche expertise, personal brand, and your own client pool
About the Firm The firm forms part of a growing national accounting group built around small, Partner-led practices supported by a centralised back office. This structure allows every Senior Accountant to:
- Build and own a client portfolio ("Partner Pool")
- Earn commissions equal to 20% of fees generated
- Progress to partnership without paying a traditional buy-in
- Operate an independent practice within the group if desired
- Access group-wide admin support, processes, training, and marketing
- Benefit from a highly supportive collective of Partners and senior staff
This model provides a rare combination of autonomy, career acceleration, and shared resources usually found only in much larger firms.
About the Coolangatta Team
This office serves a diverse SME client base across industries and is known for its technical strength, collaboration, and down-to-earth approach. You'll work closely with experienced leaders who have progressed quickly under this career structure.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Accountant, you will manage a quality portfolio while being supported to grow your own.
This role suits someone who thrives in client-facing work, values autonomy, and wants the freedom to build something meaningful over time.
You'll benefit from
- Warm new client leads allocated based on fit
- A 12-person centralised client services team handling tax admin, ATO/ASIC interaction, lodgements, and workflow
- Specialist SMSF team preparing all SMSF work
- Comprehensive process documentation through Confluence
- A pathway designed for long-term ownership
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and review tax returns, financial statements, BAS, and advisory deliverables
- Manage relationships across a diverse SME portfolio
- Provide value-driven advisory and structured tax planning
- Support junior staff and contribute to the team workplace
- Build your own Partner Pool by winning, servicing, and retaining clients
- Develop niche expertise aligned with your interests and market opportunities
- Liaise with the central admin and SMSF teams to streamline workflow
Ideal Candidate
- 4+ years' public practice Business Services experience
- CA/CPA qualified or close to completion
- Excellent communication and client relationship management skills
- Strong technical capability and interest in advisory
- Proactive, commercially minded, and self-directed
- Comfortable operating in a high-autonomy model
- Experience with Xero; familiarity with Confluence helpful but not required
Tools & Technology
- Xero Practice Manager
- Confluence for processes and documentation
- Centralised Client Services Team to support workflow and admin
For a confidential discussion about this position, please call Shaun from Minchin Recruitment via
[email protected] or (07) 3733 3544.
📌 Senior Accountant (Coolangatta)
🏢 Minchin Recruitment
📍 Coolangatta