Senior Accountant


Our client, a small, established, Canadian Accounting Firm, is looking to hire a Senior Accountant to joint their team in Mississauga.



In this role you will lead a variety of engagements, providing tax, audit, general accounting and other advisory services to our small business, large corporate and high net worth individual clients.



Responsibilities:



· Consult with clients to gather information required to plan for engagements

· Identify risks and required controls

· Manage client relationships, ensuring regular communications and reporting thru engagement process

· Work with office manager to schedule staff based on skills, availability and client commitments

· Plan, supervise and contribute to work required to complete client tax, audit, accounting and advisory work.

· Conduct process reviews, coach and mentor more junior team members

· Review of tax returns, supporting more junior team members with more complex files

· Guide and review preparation of financial statements

· Preparation of reports for advisory work

· Support and direct bookkeeping staff as appropriate to ensure quality of work

· Oversee all CRA tax audits

· Support continued growth of business thru identification of additional opportunities for services with existing clients or engaging with new potential clients



Requirements:



· Bachelors degree in accounting and CPA Designation

· Min 1-2 years leading client engagements and overseeing work of other team members

· Solid understanding of accounting standards and guidelines, including ASPE (Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise)

· Strong working knowledge of income tax act for both personal and corporate clients

· Solid understanding of bookkeeping

· Strong communication, collaboration, and client management skills

· Strong organizational skills, with exceptional attention to detail

· Able to prioritize, plan, schedule and manage multiple engagements to meet deadlines

· Expert level Excel skills

· Experience with CaseWare or similar engagement management platform

· Experience with Quick Books, Sage or related applications