Head Of Accounting

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

- **Corporate Secretary**: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
- **Accounting & Bookkeeping**: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service
- **FinTech payments**: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

**Requirements**:
We are looking for a Head of Accounting that is excited about the below Mission and Outcome.

**Mission**: The Head of Accounting leads the team, driving service delivery, process transformation, compliance, and profitability. They ensure team competency and client satisfaction through timely, accurate, and high-quality deliverables.

**Outcomes**:

- Lead and mentor the payroll team, delivering structured training to maintain up-to-date knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, superannuation requirements, and related regulatory changes.
- Oversee the accurate and timely processing of payroll for SME clients across diverse industries, ensuring compliance with ATO, and other statutory requirements.
- Ensure timely lodgement of payroll-related filings, including Single Touch Payroll (STP), superannuation, PAYG, and payroll tax, in line with client SLAs.
- Collaborate with internal teams to drive operational efficiency and maintain high client satisfaction.
- Monitor and improve gross profitability of the payroll function through efficient processes, accurate billing, and proactive client engagement.
- Maintain team productivity through timely hiring, targeted training, and prompt resolution of performance issues, ensuring adherence to Sleek's workflows and quality standards.
- Work with product teams to continuously enhance Sleek's payroll automation tools by sharing updated regulatory resources and operational insights.

To do this, you will have a minimum of 8 years experience in an Accounting leadership role and you will be located in Sydney.

**Required Experience**
- Recognised degree in Accountancy or equivalent.
- Professionally certified preferably with ACCA, CPA, or CA qualification.
- Proven track record of more than 8 years of leadership experience in a public accounting practice with sizable operations.
- Good understanding of Australian regulatory compliance.
- Resourceful and experience with various productivity software applicable to facilitate daily work, including the use of AI to streamline work.
- Self-motivated, positive attitude, proactive, highly-organised and detail-oriented.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to adapt to VUCA way of thinking and contribute to process improvement efforts.
- Able to meet tight deadlines.
- Preferably a Tax Agent - not mandatory.

**Ownership**: This shows reliability and helps build trust within the team. We move fast and need to know that everyone will see things through to completion and proactively help to get things back on track when challenges arise. Accountability is really important to us.

**Humility**: There is so much we don't know. Humility allows for open-mindedness to feedback and a willingness to learn from others. It paves the way for collaboration and creates a positive work environment. It is a key ingredient of self awareness and emotional intelligence.

**Structured Thinking**: Our business is complex with many layers (many services, many countries, many cultures). Regardless of whether you're more analytical or creative in nature, being able to show sound judgement is important to us. It ensures solutions are pragmatic and balance the needs of the organisation, team and customers.

**User-centric**:You understand the importance of system reliability and performance for both internal and external users and make sure users are heard before suggesting solutions. Our business relies