ACCOUNTANT (REVIEW and COMPLIANCE)

POSITION PURPOSE

We are looking for a Junior Accountant to join our remote accounting team. This role is ideal for part or near qualified ACCA students or Affiliate seeking practical accounting experience in a structured environment.

This is an execution-focused, part-time role responsible for accurate and timely bookkeeping outputs.

Your primary responsibility is to review completed bookkeeping work before it reaches team leaders and management, catching

errors, inconsistencies, and coding issues.

This role is not a training position. You are expected to take ownership of assigned work within the first month.

After probation, you may be given additional responsibilities, including limited client liaison, based on performance.

The role includes a formal review at six months, with a real opportunity to be promoted to Team Leader (CG4) based on performance.

As an ACCA Approved Employer, Chakra Partners will support Practical Experience Requirements (PER) where sufficient evidence exists. This may include PO6 and PO2, and others subject to performance and supervisor assessment. PER sign-off is not guaranteed.

CODEWORD: SUNSHINE

ROLE SCOPE AND BOUNDARIES

Key Responsibilities

• Review coded transactions and reconciliations prepared by our bookkeepers.
• Check for accuracy, completeness, and correct coding
• Identify and document any anomalies, misclassified coding or missing items.
• Resolve routine queries independently before escalation to the Team Leader
• Provide structured, written feedback to bookkeepers for corrections
• Prepare draft GST/VAT returns, payroll returns, and basic management reports based on reviewed data
• Confirm when a client's file is ready for a Team Leader's approval
• Develop simple checklists and SOPs to reduce the need for rework
• Update work daily and meet agreed deadlines
  
  

What This Role Is NOT

• No final approval authority
• No end-of-year accounting or tax return work until probation has been completed and sufficient knowledge and experience has been gained
• No direct advisory work until probation has been finished
  
  

Essential Requirements

• Experience reviewing or checking bookkeeping work, even informally within a team
• Experience using Xero, QuickBooks, or similar
• ACCA part-qualified (ideally at Skills/Professional level) or Affiliate or equivalent qualification
• Able to give clear, constructive written feedback
• Self-directed and able to manage their own workload without daily oversight
• Reliable and able to meet deadlines
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in an accounting practice environment (not just industry)
• Familiar with at least one of the following accounting standards: UK, NZ, or Australia
• Experience building or following SOPs and checklists
  
  

Deal Breakers

• No experience reviewing or checking others’ bookkeeping work
• Repeats errors after feedback
• Requires a team leader or management to explain basic accounting concepts
• Unable to work independently
  
  

Arrangement

• Part-time, freelance/contract
• Remote/hybrid (Jaipur based preferred)
• Flexible hours, fixed deadlines
  
  

Application Requirements

Please submit:

• Your CV (resume)
• A brief cover letter
  
  

In your cover letter, please state your favourite cloud accounting software and why, AND the codeword. Applications that do not include these will be automatically disqualified.

Optional

We welcome a short audio introduction (maximum 60 seconds) with your application. Please briefly cover your bookkeeping experience and systems used. Including an audio introduction may support your application.