At Pointer, we understand that your postcode does not determine your suitability for a meaningful and stimulating job.
We know that talented professionals live across the country and that when employees have a work/life balance, they are a better performing team member. We are passionate about providing a platform to connect people with remote work so that they can live where they want and in turn, the regions will continue to flourish.
Remote Readiness
Is remote working for you?
Remote work is a working style that allows professionals to work outside of a traditional office environment. It is based on the concept that work does not need to be done in a specific place to be executed successfully. Working remotely can be stimulating, engaging and rewarding, but is not for everyone.
Click the button below to take our 'Remote Readiness' Assessment to see if it's for you.
How Pointer Remote works
Looking for a job you can do from anywhere? There is a $85 registration fee to sign up with Pointer.
Step 1
Want to 'Go Remote'? Register and pay your $85 sign-on fee through Pointer's website to create your profile
Step 2
Select the types of work you are looking for, the industries you are experienced in and upload your resume
Step 3
Get emailed jobs that match your profile, choose to apply (or not!) and give employers access to your profile
Step 4
Get shortlisted, interview for the job, get an amazing offer and you're ready to work remotely!
Current roles
Commodity Operations
Operations/support role required for a young Commodity trading/export business.
Due to organic growth, we are looking for an operations employee to take over a lot of the daily tasks generated as part of a growing business. We are a 2-person team, both of us working remotely from each other - one in Orange & the other near Lismore in Northern NSW. The ideal candidate will have had experience in business/corporate roles and can efficiently self-manage workflow with a high degree of autonomy. Experience with below platforms are desirable but not necessary, as we will provide on the job training. We view the role suited to a contractor to start, with permanent full-time employment an option - however we are flexible on terms for the right candidate. It will be a wide-ranging role that will evolve as the business does, but general areas of responsibility include:
- Daily bank cash reconciliations & coding in XERO
- Maintaining/updating order sheet workflow in our excel database.
- Processing commodity movements in our contract management system (Agridigital)
- Help manage logistics issues that arise over the week.
- Processing & emailing bills/invoices via Agridigital/XERO interface
Being the link between shipping lines, trade counterparties, & our external service provider for shipping documents; ensuring that shipping document workflow progresses in an efficient & timely manner.
Requirements
- Ability to self-manage your workload in an efficient manner. The role is full time, but there is the ability for the hours to be flexible - hence your personal organisation, time management, prioritisation and multi-tasking skills need to be highly developed.
- The most crucial aspect to the role is monitoring issues/emails and being timely & accurate in actioning them.
- Very high levels of attention to detail.
- Medium to Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities - a lot of our Order workflow stems from a shared Excel database.
- Exceptional verbal and electronic communication skills
- There will be some required face to face training to start - following which the role would become remote.
Benefits
Working in a small company where remote working is the norm - and has been since inception. This results in a focused but flexible approach to the workplace. We believe more in efficient, timely & accurate performance rather than mindless bulk hours at the desk.
To be negotiated depending on the candidate & whether mutually agree to contract or permanent terms. Base of 70-80K for right candidate.
Virtual or Regional Accountant... You choose!
We are an accounting business that understands numbers and business. We get what makes them work and what makes them fail. We get cash flow, profit, staffing and how to create a great team, and we most certainly understand leadership. Everyone has their strengths and combined we make one hell of a team and support network. We all have a different why, but as a business it is to help our clients and make their life easier and more fulfilling. Our clients all have goals and things they want to achieve in life – how can we get them there and how can we improve things for them? So, our 'why' is to share our knowledge and experience to enrich the lives of those around us and inspire them in their business.
We are a regional Accounting Business Based in Tenterfield NSW. We employ a team of empathetic professionals that communicate well to their clients, their team and their community. Remote, Virtual and Working from Home is not something new to us, having operated with a mix of remote and office based staff for over 3 years. Our systems are well established as is our team, our clients acceptance and understanding of virtual working, and our culture.
Our business adopted the methodology in 2017 that in order to attract and retain great talent we needed to be able to recruit in other locations to reach those not wanting to relocate to Tenterfield. These days, and following Covid19, people everywhere are assessing their living choices and lifestyle, and making the change to country and rural living, above the over-populated and fast pace of our cities. Our business is ideally placed to employ a virtual accountant as well as someone looking to work in Tenterfield.
This position is a full time accounting position. This is ideally suited to a senior with 5-10 years experience and has worked within accounting teams with support staff and juniors. There will be some elbow grease going into the jobs, it's not all about reviewing and flicking, you are most certainly in the trenches, but that's where all our team gets the most fulfilment. The role includes compliance, strategy advice and for the right applicant business advisory and coaching assistance. We mould our roles to suit our team - because culture comes first. Culture before qualifications.
Requirements
An opportunity exists within our firm for a qualified and experienced accountant. This position is structured to be either based in our Tenterfield office, or Remote/Virtual. Requirements of the position include:
- Qualification in Accounting
- CPA, CA or IPA qualifications
- Minimum 5-10 years experience in a public accounting firm
- Experience with the following software preferred
- Xero
- Xero Tax
- Xero Workpapers
- Xero Practice Manager
- Office 365
- MYOB
- BGL
- Xero Ecosystems an advantage
- Ability to supervise support team and work within accounting teams
- Have a positive attitude, be a self starter, show initiative and enthusiasm for your position and the impact your roll has on your clients, work well within a remote and in-office team and be willing to mentor those within your team
- Must have great internet (virtual accountant)
- Virtual Team supply own laptop and hardware and will use an app on your mobile for access to the office phone system
- Experience in all entity structures. Self Managed Superannuation Fund experience is an advantage but not essential
- Strategic thinker, looking for tax savings, opportunities for clients and opportunities to better the client position with great advice
Your application must include details of experience, an example of where you have had an impact on a client or a rad tax saving you have achieved, references, notice period you require and interview availability times (helps to be confident!). And here’s a tip – a video is a great way to apply and showcase your personality and suitability to us.
Benefits- Flexibility
- Be a part of a fun loving, vibrant, passionate, innovative team
- An extra day off a year, just because it is your birthday
- 3 week close period each year at Christmas
- Ability to work remotely/virtually or in Tenterfield - or a mixture of both
- Great culture and team focus
- Awesome Christmas parties (destination parties - usually resort style!)
- Opportunities for further learning and advancement and study support
- Flexibility
- Be a part of a fun loving, vibrant, passionate, innovative team
- An extra day off a year, just because it is your birthday
- 3 week close period each year at Christmas
- Ability to work remotely/virtually or in Tenterfield - or a mixture of both
- Great culture and team focus
- Awesome Christmas parties (destination parties - usually resort style!)
- Opportunities for further learning and advancement and study support
Senior Accountant
We are a motivated and professional team driven by the challenges of finding solutions to our clients needs. We take a holistic approach in our client services providing a broad range of accounting, tax, business advisory and financial services. We are located in Kingston, ACT and offer a modern, professional working environment. We place a strong emphasis on technical and professional development supporting relevant training courses, internal and external. Further information can be found on our website at www.capitaladvisory.com.au
Tasks & responsibilities
- Preparation of annual financial statements from beginning to completion
- Preparation of tax returns for companies, trusts and partnerships
- Providing direct taxation and accounting assistance for Directors
- Remotely join our weekly work in progress meeting
- Remotely join our quarterly in-house training session
- 20-25 hours per week of project based work
Requirements
- Completion of the CA Program
- At least three years experience working in tax, accounting and business services
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working in Xero, MYOB and Excel
Graphic Designer
About us
Pointer Remote works with communities, businesses and individuals who understand that work is what we do, not where we go. We are passionate about connecting with those who know that access to the best talent is not governed by postcode. We do this by supporting organisations from sole traders through to corporates and Government to embrace the world of 'remote' through:
Connection between employers and professionals who work from home or a coworking space anywhere in Australia.
Upskilling through training delivered in person, online or self-paced to manage teams or work remotely more effectively.
Support for communities, businesses and individuals to leverage the social, economic and benefits of remote.
About the role
We're looking for an experienced graphic designer to join us on a project based contract, to create us a suite of branded content templates.
The ideal candidate has:
- A solid understanding of the Pointer brand
- Demonstrated skill in creating engaging designs
- A solid understanding of creating bespoke content for each social media platform
- Extensive experience using Canva Pro
- Availability to fulfill the contract immediately
To apply
Provide us with:
- At least three examples of your work
- An indication of your hourly/project rates
- Any wild cards that would make you stand out from the crowd
Practice Manager
We are a fully remote, technology focused, dynamic bookkeeping practice that offer our services to the Pharmacy industry. We are passionate about providing business owners the information they need to understand their numbers so they can make the best decisions.
We are looking for a Practice Manager who is passionate and self-driven. You should be well-versed in technology and how to embrace its power to assist your performance. Creative and strategic thinking is a must.
This role is required to be worked on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
The Practice Manager is responsible for:
- Filing of uploaded documents to each client’s virtual filing cabinet
- Updating MYOB/XERO,XERO bank feeds associated with each client
- Maintaining the integrity of ReceiptBank and invoices uploaded to it
- Keeping our practice management software updated in real time
- Managing the company email account and delegating emails to other employees
- Answering the phone
- Managing the onboarding of new clients
- Chasing up clients for outstanding information required for their bookkeeping
- Maintaining the integration of our technology stack and the automations associated
Requirements
Essential:
- MUST BE AWESOME WITH COMPUTERS! What does that mean? You should be able to troubleshoot technology errors on your own, guide others in how to utilise our systems and be able to delve into our different apps to learn them inside out.
- Sound knowledge of office administration systems and processes
- Experience with GMAIL (at a high level) and Microsoft Office
- Experience with handling tax invoices, statements from multiple suppliers
- Must be super organised - almost to OCD levels! And be able to put in place systems to organise others
- Strong data entry and numeric skills completed with speed and accuracy
- Oral and written communication skills of a high order
- Excellent time management skills
Advantageous but not required:
- Experience using Xero and MYOB
- Previous experience working remotely
- Experience with Slack and Karbon
- Previous work experience in similar roles in the bookkeeping industry
- Previous work experience utilising various apps to deliver a professional service
Benefits
Completely flexible & remote role that can fit around your situation.
We have team members located all around Australia so you will be joining a group that already understands remote work.
We are task driven, not time driven and are fully appreciative that family comes first.
Each cog in the wheel is important and valued and we provide regular feedback so we can all improve.
We aim to have team members that share our values of a strong, self-driven work ethic, meticulous attention to detail and take ownership of their work.
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If you are a passionate about the opportunity that remote work brings to individuals, businesses and communities and would like to connect, we’d love to hear from you.
Testimonials
“I have been so happy to see such fantastic roles coming through Pointer. I take great interest following Pointer’s LinkedIn feed, about people not just in regional areas but in the city (such as myself) who are looking to avoid commuting etc and want work/life balance but still want to perform meaningful work. I find your commitment to this outcome for your stakeholders really inspiring. Please keep up the fantastic work and keep the roles coming through!”
Ritika – Pointer candidate
"Finding a part time remote job with Pointer has meant that I have been able to actually be available when my family needs me. Working flexibly means I can get the work done, but can also attend school assemblies!"
Jane - Pointer Candidate
"Thanks Pointer! I'm very excited to be able to work three days from home and do school pick up, it's life changing for me. Over the three days, it saves me about six hours of travel compared to what I was doing before this job"
Ness - Pointer Candidate
