About The Kalculators

The Kalculators is one of the top accounting firms in South Australia providing a holistic suite of affordable financial services to individuals and businesses through our dedicated team of accounting professionals. We pride ourselves in delivering all kinds of accounting services such as tax returns, Bookkeeping, Advisory, assets financing, mortgage broking, insurance accounting, refund services, cash accounting and general accounting. We believe in nurturing and empowering people on their path to more meaningful careers, providing the right opportunity for our staff members to learn, transform and evolve while pursuing their passion.

We are currently seeking an Accountant to join our Adelaide team.

About you

This hands-on accounting role will suit someone who is an analytical thinker, has a strong work ethic and is keen to learn and grow with the organisation. You have good interpersonal skills, excellent communication and the ability to work well in a team as well as autonomously. You have high attention to detail, ability to think strategically as well as the ability to deliver operational responsibilities in a changing environment.

About the role

As an Accountant, you will report to the Branch Manager and you will be responsible for the following duties for our individual and corporate clients:

1. Preparing taxation returns and superannuation payments.
2. Preparing and lodging Business Activity Statements.
3. Bookkeeping in Xero, Quickbooks and other accounting software.
4. Preparing monthly consolidated management reporting packs, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
5. Preparation of financial statements for regular reporting to the Board of Directors, Senior Management and other stakeholders.
6. Preparation of half-yearly and yearly annual reports and supporting schedules.
7. Financial investigations and audits as required Providing consultancy on monitoring operating costs, organisations' income and expenditure, as well as preparation of monthly balance sheet, reconciliations and system maintenance to our corporate clients.
8. Advising on financial and taxation matters.
9. Providing consultancy for continuous improvements by introducing and maintaining appropriate accounting systems.
10. Assistance with determining accounting treatment for technical accounting issues. Overseeing the accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
11. Providing consultancy on the development of budgetary and accounting policies.
12. Supervising and training internal staff members.

Qualifications & experience

1. Must have at least 1 year of demonstrated practical accounting experience.
2. Expert/proficient user of Xero, Quickbooks, Handi Sage and other accounting software.
3. Strong technical accounting knowledge, advanced Excel skills (including but not limited to Nested If statements, VLookUps, Pivot Tables, Sumifs, Countifs, Match, Index) CA/CPA/IPA/ACCA qualification or ongoing.
4. Great communication skills, both written and verbal.
5. Candidates with Urdu/Punjabi/Hindi language proficiency will be preferred.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Kalculators is an inclusive employer. We celebrate our diversity and strive to reflect contemporary Australian society in order to better serve our diverse group of clients. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people, People with Disability, Sexually and Gender Diverse people, people with lived experience of adversity and from people of all ages.