Accounting Manager (028-1177)

Looking for Filipino (Philippines-based) candidates

Job Role: Accounting Manager

Compensation range: PHP 130,000 to 180,000 per month + 13th Month pay

Engagement type: Full-Time Employee

Working Schedule: 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday to Friday

Work Arrangement: This role will initially be fully remote while onboarding and processes are being established. Over time, the position will transition into a hybrid setup, requiring employees to work from the office 3 days per week. Candidates should be comfortable with this future arrangement and be willing to commute or relocate to ensure they can meet the onsite requirement.

Who We Are: At Hunt St we help Australian companies directly hire top 5% remote talent in the Philippines. You will be hired directly by the client, typically as an independent contractor. We are not an outsourcing agency. All of our roles are 100% remote so you'll be able to work from home.

Who the Client Is: Our Client is an AI-native boutique accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Brisbane, with operations across Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, and the USA, supported by offshore teams in the Philippines and India.

They operate across 22 practice areas including International Tax Advisory, R&D Tax Incentive, Virtual CFO/Financial Advisory, and SME Compliance. Our mission is to deliver Big Four-quality advisory services to SMEs and mid-market clients through AI-enabled operational efficiency.

Role Overview: This role owns end-to-end production for the offshore delivery team: job scheduling, workflow, capacity allocation, WIP management, quality control and turnaround, reporting directly to the Brisbane principal. The work is compliance-led and business-weighted (roughly 90 percent business services and business tax), with a genuine, non-optional requirement for hands-on SMSF exposure. Beyond compliance, this person will draw on the team for advisory support, management reporting, financial modelling, and R&D tax incentive work, on a growth basis for those who show the aptitude and appetite for it. This is a hybrid, Manila-based role: 3 days in the office, 2 from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end production for the offshore delivery team: job scheduling, workflow, capacity allocation, WIP management, quality control and turnaround
• Act as the technical escalation point across the full Australian compliance suite, business and SMSF, reviewing work prepared by the team to review-ready standard
• Run the job pipeline against SLAs and hit agreed turnaround targets
• Review management reports and financial models produced by the team, not just compliance files
• Use AI to compress preparation and review time, and help build AI-driven workflows across the team, not just within individual jobs
• Hold the team accountable to quality and turnaround standards, with strong written English as the direct link to the Brisbane principal
• From time to time, support advisory work: monthly and quarterly management reporting packs and commentary, financial modelling (budgets, cash flow and three-way forecasts, scenario work), and R&D tax incentive workpapers, training provided, not expected on arrival

Requirements

• 5 years in Australian accounting, including at least 3 years managing a production or delivery team
• CPA, CA or equivalent (Philippine CPA acceptable)
• Australian experience only: hands-on Australian tax and compliance experience from an Australian accounting practice or an Australian-facing offshore team. Not US, UK, or Canadian experience
• Technical depth across company, trust and partnership tax returns; financial statements; individual returns including business and investment schedules; BAS, IAS, GST, PAYG withholding and instalments; Division 7A; trust distributions, losses and family trust elections; CGT including small business concessions; company loss carry-forward and continuity of ownership testing; FBT; STP Phase 2; superannuation guarantee; TPAR; payroll tax and workers compensation; and ASIC annual reviews and company secretarial work
• Hands-on SMSF exposure: fund annual returns and financial statements, member statements and contributions/cap monitoring, pensions and TBAR reporting, and working with an external auditor through to signed audit
• Enough breadth and speed across both business and SMSF work to take on any Australian compliance job and bring it to review-ready without needing to hand it off
• Proven experience running a job pipeline against SLAs and hitting them
• Deep Xero and Xero Practice Manager experience. Familiarity with Ignition, HubSpot, Microsoft 365, Slack, and SMSF platforms such as BGL Simple Fund 360 or Class Super is a plus
• Strong written English and the confidence to hold a team to account
• Based in Metro Manila or willing to relocate, within a realistic commute, and able to commit to 3 in-office days per week

What Success Looks Like?

• Has taken ownership of the production pipeline and can speak to WIP, capacity, and job status across the team at any time
• Is actively reviewing team output across both business and SMSF work, acting as the technical escalation point
• Progressing the team toward the target 80 to 85 percent billable rate and 28-day turnaround from job receipt to completion
• No jobs sitting idle past 21 days for reasons within the team's control

Benefits

Work Arrangement & Expectations:

To ensure alignment and transparency, successful candidates will be expected to:

• Join a rapidly growing AI-first accounting and advisory firm
• Work with modern accounting technology and AI-powered workflows
• Gain exposure to complex cryptocurrency accounting and international clients
• Collaborate with experienced Australian accounting professionals
• Competitive salary with 13th month pay
• Hybrid work arrangement with a collaborative Makati office environment