Job Description
Kent Town SA **** · Full time · Business Services & Corporate Advisory
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We are an established Adelaide public practice acting for privately owned business groups across SA. Family groups, trading companies, trusts, SMSFs, and the people behind them.
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We are fifteen years old and most of the way through rebuilding how the practice works: electronic workpapers, documented procedures, upfront pricing, and a responsible investment in automation and AI tooling. That is not a line in an ad.
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The role
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You will own a portfolio of client groups end to end — plan the job, prepare the work, resolve the technical issues, and sit in the meeting where the
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That means:
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Financial statements and income tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships, individuals and SMSFs
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BAS and IAS
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Division 7A, trust distributions and resolutions,
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CGT matters
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Year-end tax planning and estimates
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Direct client contact — queries, meetings, and the conversations that go beyond compliance
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The split between compliance and advisory is roughly ***** now and moving.
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If you want it to move faster,



say so — that is a conversation we want to have.
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What we are looking for
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CA or CPA, completed or well underway
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At least five years in accounting, with three or more in Australian public practice
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Hands‐on Australian tax compliance experience across entity types
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Comfortable running your own client groups with light review
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Helpful, not essential
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Xero and Xero Practice Manager / Xero Tax — this is our stack
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Electronic workpapers
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BGL or Simple Fund 360
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Experience using AI tools in a professional workflow
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What we offer
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A portfolio that is yours, not a queue of jobs handed down
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Direct access to the director, and to clients
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A practice actively removing low-value work rather than complaining about it
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Salary matched to experience — tell us what you are on and what you want
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Study support if you are mid-CA or mid-CPA
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Flexibility on hours and location, discussed honestly rather than advertised
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We respond to everyone.

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