Job Description

Real tax work. Real clients. None of the corporate noise.

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Most senior accountants spend their best years capable and still second-guessed: buried in a portfolio someone else assigned, work reviewed by rote rather than trusted. LS Accountants is offering something different: your own portfolio, technical judgement that's actually taken seriously, and a direct working relationship with our Practice Lead, not layers of process between you and them.

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Why this role exists

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We're expanding into Brisbane, and our Practice Lead needs an experienced senior accountant who can carry real technical weight without being managed line by line. This isn't a leadership role: it's a senior technical one. You'll own your own portfolio, mentor the people coming up behind you, and work closely alongside the Practice Lead, not instead of them.

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About us

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We work with SME and private group clients across healthcare and a broad range of other industries: relationships built over years, not churned through a pipeline. Several of our people have stayed a decade or more, for a reason. This is a place where you do great work with outstanding clients, and you're not expected to take the work home with you.

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What you'll own

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A portfolio of SME and private group clients end to end: income tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships and individuals, done properly, not rushed

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Senior-level review support on month end and year end work, working alongside the Practice Lead to keep quality and turnaround tight

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Direct ATO dealings on your clients' behalf: assessments, payment arrangements, penalty and interest remission, rulings, audits and objections

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Technical guidance and mentoring for the accountants coming up behind you

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Direct, regular contact with the Practice Lead and partners on the technical and client work that actually matters

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What makes this different

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Minimal layers between you and the people who make decisions: the Practice Lead and partners are a conversation away, not an email chain

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No expectation to sell or grow a book of work: this is consulting, not business development

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Clients worth the effort: established, complex and loyal, not a churn and burn book

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A culture that means what it says: no work you carry home, no micromanagement, no politics

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What you bring

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CA/CPA qualified, operating at a senior level

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Deep technical grounding across GST, CGT, FBT, Div 7A and Australian tax law more broadly

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The judgement to own a portfolio and manage competing deadlines without someone checking your work

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A genuine track record of developing people, not just supervising them

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The confidence to talk directly to clients and the Practice Lead alike

📌 Senior Tax Accountant (Victoria)
🏢 LS Accountants
📍 Victoria