Intermediate Accountant

Job Description

We are a GTA based boutique firm of accountants and professional advisors serving entrepreneurial businesses. We offer broad range of professional services, all designed to help our clients achieve their business goals. We are very focused on building customer experience by providing agile and informed Advisory, Accounting, Assurance and Tax solutions to our clients.

We are currently seeking an Intermediate staff accountant with 2 to 4 years of recent public accounting experience to join us full-time. The individual should be well versed in SME accounting and basic tax matters. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential along with an ability to manage client responsibilities independently with minimal supervision.

Roles and responsibilities:

· Provide full-cycle accounting and bookkeeping services, including payroll services, to various clients

· Interact directly with senior client personnel and manage weekly, monthly and annual client deliverables independently with minimal supervision

· Understand the client’s business and apply appropriate industry / business knowledge in anticipating, identifying and addressing issues relevant to the client’s business

· Preparation of annual working papers including year-end adjusting journal entries

· Assist in the preparation of Financial Statements. Preference will be given to the candidates who have worked on CaseWare software.

· Preparation HST returns, WSIB, Annual T4/T5 returns, T1 returns etc. Preference will be given to the candidates who can prepare corporate tax return (T2) as well.

· Foster an efficient and team-focused environment

Professional experience and skills requirements:

· Graduate of an accounting/business degree program or obtained recognized professional bookkeeping certification

· 2-4 years of recent public accounting experience

· Demonstrable knowledge of GAAP based general ledger accounting, compilation engagements.

· Ability to prepare T1, HST and WSIB returns. Ability to prepare T2 would be an added asset.

· Proficiency in accounting and tax softwares, particularly Quickbooks Desktop and Online

· Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel

· Ability to adapt to changing technology with interest in learning about new applications

· Self-starter with strong attention to detail

· Dependable, organized and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deliver in deadline-driven environment

· Strong interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills to liaise with clients and team members

While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.