[Hiring] Accountant - Business Services @Sleek

Role Description

As an Accountant in our Australia team, your mission is to deliver accurate BAS lodgements, maintain clean financial records, and provide clients with clear, actionable financial insights. We’re looking for an excellent communicator who thrives on being the go-to person for clients’ accounting needs, offering support, clarity, and confidence every step of the way.

• Prepare and lodge accurate Business Activity Statements (BAS) and Instalment Activity Statements (IAS), ensuring GST and payroll liabilities are reconciled and compliant with ATO regulations.
• Maintain accurate financial records and full sets of accounts across a portfolio of clients, using cloud systems like Xero and Dext, including fixed asset management, journals, and reporting.
• Oversee accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring timely invoicing, collections, payments, and reconciliation of supplier/client accounts.
• Collaborate with bookkeeping and tax teams to ensure accuracy of transaction recording, ledger integrity, and smooth financial operations.
• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports, offering clients clear insights to support decision-making.
• Provide payroll support and maintain strong communication with clients, acting as their go-to advisor for day-to-day accounting needs and ensuring adherence to Australian regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience as an Accountant within Australian Accounting.
• Located in the PHILIPPINES.

Requirements

• Ownership: Reliability and trust-building within the team.
• Humility: Open-mindedness to feedback and willingness to learn from others.
• Structured Thinking: Ability to show sound judgement in complex situations.
• Data driven: Use of sound data to support strategies and review initiatives.
• Can have tough conversations in a positive way: Proactively addressing difficult situations with kindness.
• Tech + services savvy: Understanding and excitement about utilizing software to scale a business.
• Problem Solving: Ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve issues quickly.
• Attention to detail: Managing multiple, complex workstreams effectively.
• Excellent listener and clear communicator: Present in calls and thoughtful in messaging.
• Analytical Mindset: Methodical approach to dissecting problems and evaluating scenarios.
• Collaboration-Driven: Thriving in a cross-functional team environment.
• AI-ready and curious: Identifying additional AI-led applications and practicalities.

Benefits

• Humility and kindness: A culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh.
• Flexibility: Work from home options and the ability to work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year.
• Financial benefits: Competitive market salaries, generous paid time off, and eligibility for employee share ownership plan.
• Personal growth: Responsibility and autonomy with access to internal and external training programmes.

Company Description

Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs through proprietary software and AI, focusing on customer delight. We operate in three business segments:

• Corporate Secretary: Automating company incorporation and related processes.
• Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax, and Payroll services.
• FinTech payments: Offering digital banking services to new businesses.

Founded in 2017, Sleek has around 15,000 customers across Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and the UK, with approximately 500 staff. We have recently raised Series B financing and are recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.