SENIOR CLIENT MANAGER
A genuine pathway to General Manager / Brisbane HQ with hybrid work arrangements / $130K–$150K + Super + Equity Opportunity
Step into a strategic leadership role with future equity and a clear career path.
Are you a proven Senior Accountant or Client Manager ready to elevate your impact? Join a progressive and system-driven advisory firm offering a genuine opportunity to grow into a General Manager role.
So, what’s in it for you:
- $130K–$150K + Super + Bonuses + Equity opportunity
- Clear pathway to General Manager within 12–18 months
- Premium client base – mostly A&B business clients consulting, not just compliance
- Equity opportunity – participate in business success and long-term wealth creation
- Structured bonus program – tied to team performance and client success
- Hybrid working – Brisbane HQ with flexibility to work remotely (WFH/InOffice/Hybrid – your choice)
- Highly systemised and cloud-based – best-in-class app stack including Xero, XPM, NowInfinity, Ignition and more
- State-of-the-art systems & SOPs – work in a firm with Tier 2 discipline and minimal bureaucracy
- Offshore support team – focus on client strategy while production is streamlined
- Annual professional development budget – CPD, conferences, and technical workshops covered
- Modern, values-driven culture – zero-blame, team-focused, and outcome-driven
- Work with a CEO who values mentorship and strategic growth
- No micromanagement. No red tape. Just opportunity.
You will manage a portfolio of high-value SME clients while leading a team of 5 accounting and booking professionals and offshore support. Your focus is strategic advisory, structuring, and delivering high-quality outcomes beyond compliance. You’ll oversee client relationships, guide technical delivery, and support business growth initiatives.
Client Management & Advisory
- Manage primarily A and B-grade clients with a focus on strategic impact
- Deliver advice across:
- Structuring, asset protection, and tax planning
- Succession and exit planning
- Due diligence
- Cloud system optimisation
- Lead AGMs to align client goals and performance
- Identify value-add opportunities to support client success
- Lead and mentor your local and offshore team, supporting professional development
- Run regular check-ins and performance reviews
- Coach across compliance, reporting, and payroll
- Build a positive, accountable team culture
- Review financials and tax returns across all entity types
- Ensure technical accuracy and client-ready outputs
- Apply expertise across CGT, Division 7A, FBT, and trust strategies
- Support complex advisory work (e.g. due diligence, exits)
- Manage workflow, productivity, and budgets, maintaining & improving SOPs and systems
- Liaise with the CEO on operations and technical priorities
- Help drive scalable delivery models as the firm grows
- Collaborate with the CEO on team and business planning, driving innovation & automation, and service enhancement
- Represent the firm with clients and stakeholders
- Prepare to step into a GM role within 12–18 months
What you will bring to the role:
A professional with commercial savvy who blends technical depth with strong leadership and a passion for client success. You might be a Senior Accountant ready to step up or an established leader seeking more purpose, ownership, and alignment:
✔ Strong technical foundations
- Strong experience in public practice or business advisory
- Sound knowledge of tax, trusts, companies, CGT, and FBT
- Skilled in financial reporting, strategic tax planning, and asset protection strategies
- Proficiency with (ideally) Xero, and other cloud-based tools
- 5+ years in a senior accountant, team leader or client manager role
- Experience leading team - You will be genuinely interested in coaching and mentoring a team of accountants and bookkeepers both locally and offshore
- Be outcomes driven, leveraging off your great people and technical skills.
- Confidence in reviewing work, developing others, and running performance reviews
- Comfortable managing workflow, productivity, and coaching with empathy
- You should have the ability to be an extremely good communicator of complex technical information
- Excellent interpersonal skills – your clients trust you because you explain things clearly and act proactively
- Commercial thinking – you understand business drivers & identify opportunities to add value
- Naturally curious and passionate about solving problems for clients
- A genuine enjoyment of being customer facing and developing long term trusted partnership relationships by providing proactive, strategic guidance
- A desire to join a firm that values systems, process and people equally, whilst supporting continuous improvement and innovation, best practice and team accountability
- Excited by the opportunity to grow into a General Manager role and help shape the business’ future
- Thrive in a values-led, high-performance environment
This role suits a client-first professional seeking long-term career growth in a high-performing, people-focused environment. For a confidential chat please call Nick on 0410 425 358 or simply apply now and take control of your future. All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.
Hinchen Recruitment Group is a team of experienced industry recruiters who offer a highly informative honest process, where our genuine goal is to provide a quality & valued service. One that is respectful to all & is as transparent as possible. Confidentiality is assured with all applications, with your privacy our utmost priority.
Acknowledgement of Country: Hinchen Recruitment Group pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elder’s past and present and acknowledge the valuable contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to Australian society.
