Senior Accountant / Client Manager – Career at Holmans Sunshine Coast

Ready to take the next step in your accounting career?

Holmans is looking for an experienced and driven Senior Accountant / Client Manager to join our growing team on the stunning Sunshine Coast.

This is a work-from-home role for candidates based in Brisbane or the Gold Coast, with regular connection to our Sunshine Coast team as needed.

This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to thrive in a values-driven firm that believes in genuine client care, collaboration, and having a little fun along the way.

About Holmans

We’re a long-established, 4-partner firm with offices in Noosa and Maroochydore. Holmans is proud to deliver exceptional service and strategic advice, with deep expertise in the accommodation and tourism sectors, particularly Management Rights businesses.

Our Accommodation Team works closely with clients across the full lifecycle of their business, from acquisition and growth through to optimisation and exit planning.

We’ve built a culture around support, professional growth, and genuine care for each other and our clients. If you’re seeking variety, flexibility, and real career progression this is the place.

Your Role

As a Senior Accountant / Client Manager – Accommodation Team (Management Rights Focus), you will:

• Building lasting relationships with clients, particularly in the accommodation industry
• Delivering tax, accounting, and business advisory services
• Providing strategic guidance in areas such as forecasting, cashflow, and growth planning
• Preparing financial statements, tax returns, BAS and payroll tax obligations
• Being a trusted advisor and part of the client’s success journey
• Prepare Adjusted Profit & Loss for Sale Reports and Financial Verification Reports
• Contribute to the development of systems, workflows, and best-practice processes within the Accommodation Team
• Mentor and support junior team members as the team continues to grow

What We Offer

• A welcoming, supportive team culture
• Quarterly tax updates, specialist training, and structured career progression
• A variety of interesting work — no two days are the same
• Leading systems, templates and workflows to make your job easier
• Work-from-home role for candidates based in Brisbane or the Gold Coast, with periodic travel to the Sunshine Coast for team connection and training
• Regular team events and social catch-ups

About You

• Ideally you’re based in Brisbane or the Gold Coast and comfortable working remotely with a Sunshine-Coast and Brisbane based team
• You’re a confident communicator and relationship-builder
• You take ownership of your workload and enjoy managing a diverse client portfolio
• You have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in public practice
• You’re CA or CPA qualified (or close to completion)
• Experience with Management Rights businesses or accommodation clients is highly regarded
• You’re professional, but don’t take yourself too seriously and you love being part of a positive, motivated team

Let’s Talk

This is a rare chance to join a leading Sunshine Coast firm with a loyal client base and an exceptional internal culture. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, email your resume and cover letter to accom@holmans.com.au or visit our Careers Page and submit your information via our careers form.

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As the 2023 football season drew to a close, the Sunshine Coast Wanderers Football Club (SCW) emerged as a South East Qld powerhouse, displaying remarkable prowess and resilience on the field. Among their admirable achievements, their outstanding performance in the Grand Finals of the FQ Academy League 2 held at Imperial Corp Stadium in Brisbane recently.

Competing in a league where the some of the best teams from the Southeast Queensland (SEQ) region converge, the SCW demonstrated their mettle by securing significant victories. Notably, four out of their five boys’ teams managed to clinch spots in the Grand Finals, with three of them emerging victorious. The extraordinary achievements of the teams have not only brought well-deserved recognition to the club but have also amplified the footballing spirit within the Sunshine Coast community.

Despite their remarkable success, the club remains humble, maintaining a focus on the club values of Respect, Integrity and Team Work. As a result, SCW continues to serve as an exemplary model for aspiring young footballers in the region, both technically and in their journey to becoming young adults.

While the boys’ teams took the spotlight with their impressive wins, the girls’ teams also put up a commendable fight, demonstrating skill and dedication in their matches, even though they narrowly missed out on securing titles during the semi-finals and the Grand Final campaigns.

Holmans, a trusted local firm known for its commitment to the community, proudly stood as Silver Sponsors of the Sunshine Coast Wanderers Football Club this year (& minor sponsor last year). The partnership between Holmans and SCW reflects our shared values. Holmans were happy to contribute to a club that is so heavily reliant on local business support and volunteers. It was pleasing to see the hard work of those volunteers pay off with such a successful season.

The SCW’s U14 team emerged as champions of the Grand Final on the 14th of October, marking a moment of pride for the excited parents and SCW community that had made the trek to watch. Their second-place finish on the table further solidified their position as a team to watch in future seasons.

The support of sponsors like Holmans, Mitre 10, Brightwater Hotel, Ken Mills Toyota, Bebrock Excavations, Jetts, Food Buzz, MacKeller and many other local community businesses ( click here for a complete list of sponsors) has been instrumental in enabling the Sunshine Coast Wanderers Football Club to foster a culture of sports excellence and community engagement.

As we look back on the remarkable achievements of the Sunshine Coast Wanderers Football Club in the 2023 season, we celebrate not only their victories on the field but also their unwavering spirit and dedication to the beautiful game. Well done teams and SCW.

With the ongoing support of sponsors, the SCW can continue to pave the way for a vibrant sporting culture, inspiring generations of young athletes to pursue their passion for football and embody the values of sportsmanship and camaraderie.

So if you want to get behind a local community club that has such a positive story, you can view a bit about the club story here https://www.facebook.com/SCWanderersFC/videos/300021552546429.

For more updates and information about the Sunshine Coast Wanderers Football Club, visit their Facebook page.

Disclaimer: This article contains general information only. Regrettably, no responsibility can be accepted for errors, omissions or possible misleading statements or for any action taken as a result of any material in this guide. It is not designed to be a substitute for professional advice, as such a brief guide cannot hope to cover all circumstances and conditions applying to the law as it relates to these items.

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A granny flat arrangement is a written agreement that gives an eligible person the right to occupy a property for life. From 1 July 2021, capital gains tax (CGT) does not apply when a granny flat arrangement is created, varied or terminated.

When the CGT exemption applies

A granny flat arrangement is exempt from CGT if:

• the owner or owners of the property are individuals
• one or more eligible people have an eligible granny flat interest in the property
• the owners and the people with the granny flat interest enter into a written and binding granny flat arrangement. This arrangement must not be commercial in nature.

The exemption only applies to creating, changing or terminating a granny flat arrangement.

Other CGT events that are not related to a granny flat arrangement, or sit outside the arrangement, are subject to normal CGT rules and may be liable to CGT. For example, the sale of a property that was used in a granny flat arrangement, which has since terminated, is subject to the normal CGT rules.

Click here to view example: eligibility of events for the CGT exemption

Granny flat interest

An individual has an eligible granny flat interest if they have a right to occupy a property for life under a granny flat arrangement.

A granny flat interest can be held in any type of property, provided it is a dwelling. This includes the owner’s main residence or a separate property. It is not restricted to what is commonly referred to as a ‘granny flat’.

The interest may be in part or all of the property.

For more information on granny flat interest, visit the Services Australia website.

Granny flat arrangement

To be exempt from CGT, a granny flat arrangement must:

• be in writing
• indicate an intention that the parties are legally bound
• not be commercial in nature.

It should include:

• the parties involved in the arrangement, including the individual(s) with an ownership interest in the property
• the circumstances in which the arrangement can be varied or terminated
• what happens when the arrangement is varied or terminated.

A granny flat arrangement can be entered into with any party, including family or friends.

Varying or terminating an arrangement

A granny flat arrangement might need to be varied when something happens that was not included in the original arrangement.

The parties involved in the original arrangement can vary the existing arrangement, adding in new terms and conditions.

They can also terminate the existing arrangement and create a new one.

The following examples explain the tax consequences of the granny flat rules. For information on the social security consequences, visit the Services Australia website.

Click here to view example: creating and varying a granny flat arrangement.

Eligible people

For a granny flat arrangement to be exempt from CGT, the person with the granny flat interest must either:

• have reached pension age
• require assistance for day-to-day activities because of a disability.

Person with a disability

Eligibility to hold a granny flat interest is based on the disability at the time of entering into or varying the granny flat arrangement.

A person with a disability is eligible to hold a granny flat interest if they:

• need assistance to carry out most day-to-day activities because of their disability
• are likely to continue needing assistance because of their disability for at least 12 months after the arrangement or variation is made.

Generally, an individual who is eligible for the disability support pension would meet this requirement.

However, the person does not need to be eligible for the disability support pension to meet this requirement.

The person does not meet the eligibility requirements if they only need assistance due to injuries they expect to recover from within 12 months.

Types of arrangements

A granny flat arrangement typically happens between an older person and their adult child. However, the parties in a granny flat arrangement do not need to be related.

A formal arrangement makes it easier for the older person to establish, assert and enforce rights. These rights are agreed upon by all parties involved in the arrangement, including the owner of the property.

The arrangement:

• reduces the risk of financial abuse or exploitation of older people
• provides benefits to the older person, like housing, care and support
• can also benefit the adult child with managing property and funds.

Click here to view example: creating, varying or terminating a granny flat arrangement

Arrangements involving the main residence

A person’s main residence (their home) is generally exempt from CGT.

The creation, variation or termination of a granny flat arrangement does not affect the main residence exemption. This is because the granny flat arrangement is a right to occupy the property, not a right to the property itself.

Click here to view example: mother transfers home ownership to daughter

Commercial arrangements

If the granny flat arrangement is commercial in nature, it is not exempt from CGT.

The most obvious commercial arrangement is where the holder of a granny flat interest is required to make payments (such as rent) at a market rate.

However, if the person with a granny flat interest only contributes towards ongoing household costs (such as electricity and water), the arrangement is unlikely to be considered commercial. This is because the arrangement is a reimbursement of actual costs.

Click here to view example: arrangement not commercial in nature

Disclaimer: This article contains general information only. Regrettably, no responsibility can be accepted for errors, omissions or possible misleading statements or for any action taken as a result of any material in this guide. It is not designed to be a substitute for professional advice, as such a brief guide cannot hope to cover all circumstances and conditions applying to the law as it relates to these items.

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