Assistant Manager

About the Team

• A significant part of a growing global company of 2500 employees and $200m in revenue.
• Special leave – additional week of leave over Christmas.
• Hybrid workplace and supportive work environment with access to wellness days and established Social and Wellness committee.
• Endless opportunities for learning and nurturing your growth to enable mastery of your profession.

Oxygen Private Clients (an InCorp company) are a youthful, energetic and a diverse team of professionals. We are looking to grow our team to keep up with our continuing client growth. Our team members have excellent communication skills, are personable, detail orientated, curious and collaborative. Our Managers hold key client relationships and an integral aspect of this role is to mentor and develop younger team members to build relationships as part of the client service team and teach them technical and problem solving skills.

Our Managers are energetic, proactive and enjoy problem solving. They conduct themselves with integrity and respect for others and ensure 'on the job' learning is prioritized for team members. Our Managers are responsible for the delivery of tax and accounting compliance and assist Directors with consulting and special projects.

In a client facing and relationship driven role, our Managers are pivotal to the success of our organisation. Our managers oversee all aspects of our clients' experience from initial contact to facilitating the delivery of services to presenting outcomes to our clients.

Managers play an integral role in developing our team members, delivering workflow on time and actively participating in the management of our firm. Client responsibilities range from; day to day business services in outsourced Financial Controller and CFO roles, managing year-end tax compliance and providing consulting services on a range of technical topics to clients.

About the Role

We will support you to succeed through every stage of your career and professional development, with mentoring and coaching. We offer a range of initiatives to encourage and motivate our team including flexible work times, working from home arrangements, health & wellbeing programs and team social events.

We are looking for a Manager who has completed a degree with a major in accounting or finance and has completed their Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) qualification as part of their professional development.

• Applicants must be an Australian citizen or Permanent resident at the time of application;
• Have at least 4 years of relevant work experience at an Australian based accounting firm, preferably with private client, and private business services experience including Div 7a, GST/BAS and payroll experience;
• Have experience being responsible for delivering services to clients and maintaining client relationships;
• Enjoy problem solving and critical thinking as tax technical research is a key component of this role;
• Be motivated to continue your development and learning;
• Has a positive attitude and is someone who enjoys working as part of a diverse team with a broad range of clients; and
• Is a confident and adept communicator as communication is the key to success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of Income Tax Returns, Financial Statements, workpapers, fringe benefits tax returns, activity statements and yearly tax estimates to clients;
• Provide accounting and tax solutions in a broad range of topics including Division 7a, CGT, GST/BAS issues including the margin scheme as well as tax technical topics;
• Providing solutions to clients on issues as they arise including facilitating research with junior team members and presenting technical solutions to Directors;
• Managing client relationships and working to develop long-term, meaningful relationships with clients;
• Lead training and mentoring accountants to develop their technical and soft skills; and
• Actively participate in firm administration including workflow planning, billing and implementation of process improvements.