Job Description
Kent Town SA **** · Full time · Business Services & Corporate Advisory
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.
We are fifteen years old and most of the way through rebuilding how the practice works: electronic workpapers, documented procedures, upfront pricing, and a serious investment in automation and AI tooling.
That is not a line in an ad.
The role
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
That means:
Financial statements and income tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships, individuals and SMSFs
BAS and IAS
Division 7A, trust distributions and resolutions,
CGT matters
Year-end tax planning and estimates
Direct client contact — queries, meetings, and the conversations that go beyond compliance
The split between compliance and advisory is roughly ***** now and moving.
If you want it to move faster,



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

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