Senior Accountant

Our client is looking for a Senior Accountant to be the team leader to supervise, plan and work together with their professional associates to ensure and execute engagements.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and work with the Office Manager to schedule the firm’s professional staff based on capacity by prioritizing meeting deadlines based on client needs’
• Follow established firm’s policies and procedures and compliant with accounting standards
• Lead the completion of the overall assurance, tax, and advisory work process by identifying risks and controls, scoping development, and designing the appropriate approach, ongoing client communications, and reporting
• Review and guide the preparation of financial statements, including all the required notes and year-end letters (i.e. enclosure letter, legal information letter, and engagement letter, etc.)
• Lead, coach and train accounting associates as needed, to ensure file high- quality documentation and procedures are met with firm expectations
• Work on advisory projects with the practitioner, and staff, or independently to provide client performance analytic results
• Understand client needs within the advisory services and provide client solutions to meet client needs and successful results
• Provide guidance or assistance to the bookkeeper as needed and improve the work quality and process when applicable
• Review corporate tax returns, and personal tax, as well as work closely with practitioners on complex and special tax plans and transactions
• Responsible to oversee all CRA tax audits and inquiries at all levels and delegate responsibilities to associates
• Assist the practitioner in identifying advisory opportunities within existing clients as well as research for new opportunities outside of the existing client base
• Conduct research as required to identify benchmarks and/or industry best practices for assessing risks across the business
• Offer sound financial solutions in general to clients in collaboration with the practitioner to maintain excellent client service
• Assist practitioner with management services engagements with various clients when appropriate with the collaboration of advisory team
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Recent CPA designation/completion
• 1 to 2 years of experience managing accounting staff
• Thorough understanding of the current standards and guidelines of ASPE
• Solid knowledge of accounting standards and guidelines as well as bookkeeping
• Solid knowledge of the income tax act and up-to-date with current tax changes/updates
• Proven experience communicating clearly and effectively with Clients and staff
• Proven leadership and business-driven
• Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail and deadlines
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously while taking accountability for deadlines and commitments
• Comfortable contacting clients; conscious of client relations and expectations

Technical Skills:

• CaseWare / Caseview
• Diverse in ERP systems
• Sage 50 / Quick Books / Xero
• Excellent in Excel and PowerPoint

This position is well suited to a highly personable, client focused professional with a desire to succeed. I can be reached at crichards@klopprichards.com if you are interested in learning more about our opportunity.

Klopp Richards & Associates would like to thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this opportunity.