AU Bookkeeper
AU Bookkeeper: join a supportive hybrid team handling BAS, IAS, and advisory for Australian clients; grow with autonomy, clarity, and real impact.
Grow your accounting career with purpose. We are seeking a highly capable and detail-oriented AU Tax and Business Advisory Accountant to join our growing team. This role is ideal for an experienced intermediate-level accountant who wants to build a long-term career within a dynamic, supportive firm environment.
Work Setup: Hybrid 3x a week onsite - Alphaland Corporate Tower, Makati City.
Role Overview
In this role, you will support Australian clients across tax compliance, business advisory, and financial reporting. This is not a heavily micromanaged environment—we are looking for someone proactive, self-directed, and committed to delivering high-quality work with minimal supervision.
You will have the opportunity to grow long-term with the team, gain exposure to advisory and external CFO support work, and become a trusted contributor to client success.
Key Responsibilities
Tax & Compliance: Prepare and lodge BAS and IAS returns, year-end financial statements, working papers, Australian income tax returns, and Fringe Benefits Tax returns while ensuring compliance with Australian taxation and accounting standards.
Spot Risks Early: Identify inconsistencies, compliance issues, and potential risks proactively, helping clients stay accurate, compliant, and informed.
Support Business Advisory: Assist with advisory engagements, management reporting, external CFO service delivery, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow reporting.
Turn Data into Insight: Analyze financial data, identify improvement opportunities, and provide recommendations that support client decision-making.
Keep Records Accurate: Maintain clean accounting records and reconciliations, and support bookkeeping review where required.
Improve the Way We Work: Collaborate with internal team members, meet deadlines, and contribute to process improvement and operational efficiency initiatives.
Skills & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
3–5+ years of accounting experience supporting Australian clients.
Strong understanding of Australian taxation, accounting standards, and compliance requirements.
Experience preparing BAS, IAS, financial statements, company and trust tax returns, and FBT returns.
Strong business advisory exposure or capability, with confidence supporting client decision-making.
Proficiency in Xero, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time management skills.
Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision.
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Nice to Have
Experience with management reporting and external CFO support.
Exposure to Sift Analytics, Spotlight Reporting, or equivalent reporting tools.
Experience reviewing bookkeeping work.
CA or CPA qualification, or ongoing studies.
What’s in It for You
Flexibility that Fits: Hybrid options across Makati and Pampanga, on day shifts aligned with our Australian clients.
Workspaces that Work: Modern offices built for focus, collaboration, and real productivity.
Coffee and Good Company: Barista coffee on demand and a café bar to unwind after work.
Meals on Us: Complimentary meals once a week on your on-site day.
Covered from Day One: Health coverage with free dependent coverage, so you're looked after from the start.
Compensation You Can See: Transparent salary packages with direct client involvement.
Room to Grow: Ongoing training and real opportunities to step into bigger roles.
An Award-Winning Home: Join a team ranked 8th Best Workplace in the Philippines and recognised among Fortune Best Workplaces in Southeast Asia.
People Who Have Your Back: Work alongside reliable, easy-going people who care about doing great work.
A Global Stage: Work directly with international clients and see how teams scale worldwide.
About Us
At hammerjack, we connect skilled professionals in the Philippines with growing businesses across Australia and beyond—building teams that work as true extensions of our clients. We're proud to be named among the Fortune 100 Best Workplaces in Southeast Asia and ranked the 8th Best Workplace in the Philippines.
Our Impact
Our people aren't outsourced—they're embedded. With aligned tools, shared goals, and real accountability, they deliver at the same standard and pace as onshore teams while building long-term careers they're proud of, across accounting, tech, admin, and marketing.
- Department
- Finance & Accounting
- Role
- Bookkeeper
- Locations
- Makati City
- Remote status
- Hybrid