Commercial Management Accountant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Prepare and evaluate monthly management accounts.

• Analyze Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and cash flow data.

• Conduct variance analysis and identify trends, anomalies, data gaps, and issues needing investigation.

• Review accounting files, suggesting improvements, cleanup, and reporting corrections.

• Create driver-based annual budgets, rolling forecasts, reforecasts, and cash-flow forecasts.

• Analyze cash-flow pressures and pinpoint opportunities for working-capital improvements.

• Develop financial scenarios and articulate budget and forecast assumptions along with business drivers.

• Engage in commercial modeling and assess job, project, product, customer, and service-line profitability.

• Evaluate margins, labor costs, productivity, pricing, capacity, and working capital.

• Create models that support commercial decisions and translate analysis into actionable recommendations.

• Design and maintain management reports and dashboards utilizing platforms like Fathom, Syft Analytics, or Translucent.io.

• Identify relevant KPIs and produce written commentary for the CFO.

• Detect issues, opportunities, and suggested actions from financial results.

• Investigate commercial challenges, formulate recommendations, seek reviews, communicate findings, and document processes.

• Delegate preparation and investigative tasks, review delegated work, and enhance junior team capabilities.

• Assist bookkeeping staff and clients in understanding the commercial objectives of finance work.

• Take part in client meetings, progressively present analyses, recommend actions, facilitate discussions, and independently lead management and CFO meetings.

• Utilize AI for research, analysis, documentation, and workflow enhancements.

• Identify automation opportunities and develop reusable prompts, templates, and workflows.

• Contribute to AI-assisted CFO methodologies, training materials, and standardized CFO processes.

• Recognize Australian tax implications, integrate tax considerations into commercial recommendations, and escalate issues needing specialist advice.

• Collaborate effectively with bookkeeping teams, external accountants, tax advisors, and the CFO team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Candidate must be based in the Philippines.

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in accounting, management accounting, or commercial finance.

• Hands-on experience with Australian accounting, taxation, and SME environments.

• Strong expertise in management accounting, including management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow analysis.

• In-depth understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, cash flow, profitability, margins, and working capital.

• Ability to scrutinize financial information, identify accounting and data-quality issues, and enhance management reporting.

• Proficient in Excel and financial modeling.

• Significant experience with accounting software, preferably Xero.

• Practical knowledge of GST, BAS, PAYG withholding, payroll, and superannuation.

• Solid commercial judgment and the capacity to recognize tax implications and escalate matters as necessary.

• Ability to work collaboratively with external accountants and advisors.

• Excellent written and spoken English skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-accountants.

• Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, ownership, and organizational abilities.

• Capability to work independently, meet deadlines, collaborate remotely, and delegate effectively.

• Availability to align with Australian business hours, approximately 9 AM–5 PM Monday to Friday.

• Disclosure of any current ongoing roles or client work is required.

• LinkedIn profile must indicate the engagement as “Independent Contractor.”

• Nice-to-have: 3+ years of experience supporting Australian SMEs.

• Nice-to-have: CPA, CA, or an equivalent qualification.

• Nice-to-have: Experience with Fathom, Syft Analytics, Translucent.io, or QuickBooks Online.

• Nice-to-have: Advanced proficiency in Xero.

• Nice-to-have: Experience in 13-week cash-flow forecasting, profitability, pricing, margin, or capacity modeling.

• Nice-to-have: Experience in dashboard, KPI, and CFO/Board reporting.

• Nice-to-have: Client management-meeting experience.

• Nice-to-have: Experience in training or mentoring junior finance staff.

• Nice-to-have: Practical AI experience using ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools.

• Nice-to-have: Experience with Microsoft automation.

• Nice-to-have: Background in process documentation, standardization, or productization.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote work from home.

• Flexibility in managing your time as a contractor.

• Opportunities for career progression towards Senior Commercial Management Accountant, Senior CFO/Fractional CFO, team leadership, specialist, and innovation pathways.

• Structured learning pathways based on demonstrated capabilities.

• Opportunity to mentor, train, and lead developing finance professionals.

• Chance to contribute to CFO methodologies, learning systems, and AI/finance innovation.

• Opportunity to enhance capability, influence, remuneration, and leadership responsibilities.