Head of Accounting - Business Services

Job Description

5 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants 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. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for the Head of Accounting, who will report to the Country Head of Sleek Australia and be part of the management team. Given below is the Mission and Outcomes over the next 6-12 months. Mission: The Head of Accounting leads the team, driving process transformation, compliance, and profitability. They ensure team competency and client satisfaction through timely, accurate, and high-quality deliverables. Outcomes: Provide structured training and leadership to the bookkeeping, payroll and tax teams, ensuring they stay updated on accounting standards and regulatory requirements across corporate secretarial, tax, payroll, and other services. Ensure timely filing of corporate returns, BAS/IAS and taxes per SLAs. Maintain team efficiency through timely hiring and training, swift corrective actions for staff issues, and full compliance with workflows. Contribute to continuous improvement of the accounting bot by integrating updated resources and expertise. To do this, you will have a minimum of 8 years’ experience in client facing and handling complex accounting matters including commercial and/or audit experience and you will most likely be located in Sydney. Requirements: Recognised degree in Accountancy or equivalent. Professionally certified preferably with ACCA, CPA, or CA qualification. Proven track record of more than 3 years of leadership experience in a fast paced and technology driven organisation. Good understanding of Australia's regulatory compliance. Hands-on experience with Google workspace and Microsoft applications. Resourceful and experience with various productivity software applicable to facilitate daily 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. Behavioural fit is also important at Sleek, and we will be looking for candidates that have a proven track record of embodying the below attributes in their recent roles: 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. Data driven: We are a data rich business with ~15,000 small customers. Each decision we make can impact many more people than we realise - so it’s critical that we use sound data to support our strategies and review the success of our initiatives. Can have tough conversations in a positive way: It’s not a matter of if, but when difficult interpersonal situations arise. Disagreement, conflict and disappointment are a given in a fast moving business where people care about their work. People that proactively have tough conversations with kindness build empathy, trust and great working relationships. Seniority level Director Employment type Full-time Job function Accounting/Auditing and Finance Industries Accounting #J-18808-Ljbffr