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Senior Accountant

LawPath

LawPath

Accounting & Finance
Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia
Posted on Jul 2, 2024

Come join our mission
At Lawpath, we're revolutionising the way professional services are delivered to SMBs! 🚀


Lawpath stands as Australia’s premier professional services platform, dedicated to serving over 450,000 small businesses with comprehensive legal, compliance, and accounting support. Recognised with numerous awards, Lawpath is consistently identified as one of Australia’s fastest-growing startups. Our commitment lies in leveraging technology to streamline professional advice, making it faster, simpler, and more cost-effective.


About the role
Join our team as a Senior Accountant, utilising your expertise to advise small business clients and identify opportunities to upsell additional services and advice. Your main responsibilities will include:

  • Business advisory calls with a wide range of business clients in a diverse range of different industries.
  • Identify opportunities to upsell advisory calls into tax compliance plans and/or formal tax advice.
  • Advise clients on various accounting and tax-related matters including:
    • the benefits of different structures including family trusts and multiple company structures.
    • GST-related questions.
    • Personal services income questions.
    • Optimal way for clients to get cash out of their business’.
    • Best practices for managing accounting software files.
    • Finance function and bookkeeping questions.
    • ESOP best practices and how it may work for client’s businesses.
    • Other accounting and tax advice questions as they arise.
  • Utilise Lawpaths custom software to summarise advisory calls and schedule future calls.
  • Research tax rulings, tax determinations and tax legislation to provide relevant and up to date tax advice.


About you:

The ideal candidate will:

  • Minimum 4+ years’ of experience in a chartered accounting firm in Australia.
  • CA or CPA qualified.
  • Strong communication and effective problem-solving abilities, combined with the capacity to thrive in a collaborative team environment.
  • Proficiency in accounting software such as Xero, MYOB, and more is highly desirable.
  • Be a strong communicator and enjoy building long-lasting relationships.


Amazing benefits we’ll provide:
Our benefits are designed to help everyone enjoy a fulfilling, productive and balanced life in & out of work. Find out more at: http://bit.ly/3QLA5uO. Some of our benefits include:
💸A generous ESOP to reward your hard work
🎂 An additional paid day of leave for your birthday
👪 Generous parental leave policy for parents and carers
💻 A genuine flexible work-from-home policy to assist you in balancing your work and personal life
📚 Annual Learning Stipend for you to allocate towards any course of your choice, supporting both your personal or professional growth
📈 Mentoring Program to facilitate your growth and development by tapping into the experience of our accomplished business leaders
✨Culture of transparency supported by initiatives such as regular CEO Town halls, regular employee feedback surveys and end-of-month department performance reports shared across the business
🎉Culture Calendar with monthly activities, birthday cake celebrations and team-building days
💪 Discounted gym membership that’s a 2-min walk from our office
🏢 End-of-trip facilities to make your commute smooth & easy


Lawpath celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.


This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing and sociable company in an exciting new industry. Please apply with your CV. You need to have full legal working rights to work in Australia to be considered for this position.