About the Client
Our client is a boutique Chartered Accounting practice with offices in Melbourne and Colombo. The firm delivers tax, accounting, and finance services to private clients and emerging corporates across a wide range of industries. Known for its professional yet accessible approach, the business combines technical expertise with a commercial mindset. The culture values flexibility, autonomy, and client relationships, offering a supportive environment in which professionals can thrive.

What’s on Offer
• Competitive salary
• Exposure to international tax and structuring matters
• Flexible and supportive working environment
• Direct collaboration with entrepreneurs and international clients
• Career development into leadership and strategic advisory
• Mentoring and staff management responsibilities
• Involvement in innovation and AI-enabled tax solutions
• Opportunity for international travel to Colombo office

About the Role
Reporting to the Director, this role will manage a wide range of responsibilities across compliance, advisory, and business structuring. You will oversee the preparation and review of tax returns and financial statements, draft technical advice, and devise structures for inbound and outbound investments. The position involves close collaboration with clients, colleagues in Australia and Sri Lanka, and external advisors such as lawyers and bankers.

Key Responsibilities
• Prepare and review direct and indirect tax returns and financial statements
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of client files for Director sign off
• Assist with technical tax calculations including CGT, tax loss utilisation, CFCs, forex and Division 7A
• Manage international tax compliance matters including thin capitalisation and hybrid mismatch rules
• Review annual financial statements and disclosures for companies and trusts
• Devise structures for inbound and outbound investments and draft technical advice
• Collaborate with external advisors including lawyers, bankers and M&A professionals
• Stay abreast of OECD and foreign tax changes and their impact on clients
• Prepare tax provision calculations and financial statement disclosures in line with AASB 112
• Mentor and manage junior staff, including contributing to internal training programs
• Lead process and technology improvements, including deployment of AI tools
• Ensure adherence to privacy, confidentiality, and professional standards

About You
You will be a qualified tax professional with strong technical expertise in corporate and international tax matters, paired with a commercial mindset and the ability to work closely with diverse stakeholders. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, can balance hands-on compliance with strategic advisory, and enjoy mentoring junior staff. Flexibility, professionalism, and the ability to operate across cultures are key to success in this role. Other important things we are looking for include:

• CA or CPA qualified with a degree in business or commerce
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in public practice with a focus on tax
• Skilled in accounting software such as Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks
• Ability to build strong relationships across diverse cultural backgrounds

For a confidential discussion, click APPLY or contact Jake Densley at jake.densley@atlaspartners.com.au at Atlas Partners.