Job description
Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.
We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.
We operate 3 business segments:
- Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
- Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service
- FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses
Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.
We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.
Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.
We are looking for a Head of Accounting that is excited about the below Mission and Outcome.
Mission: The Head of Accounting leads the team, driving service delivery, process transformation, compliance, and profitability. They ensure team competency and client satisfaction through timely, accurate, and high-quality deliverables.
Outcomes:
Lead and mentor the payroll team, delivering structured training to maintain up-to-date knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, superannuation requirements, and related regulatory changes.
Oversee the accurate and timely processing of payroll for SME clients across diverse industries, ensuring compliance with ATO, and other statutory requirements.
Ensure timely lodgement of payroll-related filings, including Single Touch Payroll (STP), superannuation, PAYG, and payroll tax, in line with client SLAs.
Collaborate with internal teams to drive operational efficiency and maintain high client satisfaction.
Monitor and improve gross profitability of the payroll function through efficient processes, accurate billing, and proactive client engagement.
Maintain team productivity through timely hiring, targeted training, and prompt resolution of performance issues, ensuring adherence to Sleek’s workflows and quality standards.
Work with product teams to continuously enhance Sleek’s payroll automation tools by sharing updated regulatory resources and operational insights.
To do this, you will have a minimum of 8 years experience in an Accounting leadership role and you will be located in Sydney.
Required Experience
- Recognised degree in Accountancy or equivalent.
- Professionally certified preferably with ACCA, CPA, or CA qualification.
- Proven track record of more than 8 years of leadership experience in a public accounting practice with sizable operations.
- Good understanding of Australian regulatory compliance.
- Resourceful and experience with various productivity software applicable to facilitate daily work, including the use of AI to streamline work.
- Self-motivated, positive attitude, proactive, highly-organised and detail-oriented.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to adapt to VUCA way of thinking and contribute to process improvement efforts.
- Able to meet tight deadlines.
- Preferably a Tax Agent - not mandatory.
Behavioural fit is also important at Sleek, and we will be looking for candidates that have a proven track record of embodying the below attributes in their recent roles:
Ownership: This shows reliability and helps build trust within the team. We move fast and need to know that everyone will see things through to completion and proactively help to get things back on track when challenges arise. Accountability is really important to us.
Humility: There is so much we don’t know. Humility allows for open-mindedness to feedback and a willingness to learn from others. It paves the way for collaboration and creates a positive work environment. It is a key ingredient of self awareness and emotional intelligence.
Structured Thinking: Our business is complex with many layers (many services, many countries, many cultures). Regardless of whether you’re more analytical or creative in nature, being able to show sound judgement is important to us. It ensures solutions are pragmatic and balance the needs of the organisation, team and customers.
User-centric: You understand the importance of system reliability and performance for both internal and external users and make sure users are heard before suggesting solutions. Our business relies on our platform availability and you need to be cognizant of your actions as it comes with great responsibility.
The interview process
The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages (note that the order might be slightly different).
We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish. Whether the interviews are held over video call or in person will depend on your location and the role.
Case study A ~60 minute chat with the Hiring Manager and/or another member of the team, where they will give you some real-life challenges that this role faces, and will ask for your approach to solving them.
Career deep dive A ~60 minute chat with the Hiring Manager. They’ll discuss your last 1-2 roles to understand your experience in more detail.
Behavioural fit assessment A ~60 minute chat with a member of HR or the leadership team, where they will dive into some of your recent work situations to understand how you think and work.
Offer + reference interviews We’ll make a non-binding offer verbally or over email, followed by a couple of short phone or video calls with references that you provide to us.
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Requirement for background screening
Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.
This may include using external vendors to verify the below:
- Your education
- Any criminal history
- Any political exposure
- Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history
We will ask for your consent before conducting these checks. Depending on your role at Sleek, an adverse result on one of these checks may prohibit you from passing probation.
By submitting a job application, you confirm that you have read and agree to our Data Privacy Statement for Candidates, found at sleek.com.
Some other great things about working at Sleek…
Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.
Flexibility: You’ll be able to work from home 2 days per week . If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year
Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Additionally, you’ll be able to access our A$1,200 pa flexi benefits scheme for home office equipment or health and fitness expenditure. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.
Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.
Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp: Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry’s, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy. We have planted over 29,271 trees to reforest our ecosystem and saved 7 tons of paper from landfills by processing over 1.4M pages through SleekSign. We aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030.
