Accounting Co-op Student

Treewalk; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Treewalk is seeking accounting co-op students in a flexible, learning-focused environment. You will handle bookkeeping tasks for diverse clients, including reconciliations, GST filings and journal entries, while maintaining organized records and supporting audits.

A strong candidate is pursuing a accounting degree, enrolled in a co-op program, and proficient in Word and Excel. The role offers remote work options within Canada, with potential hybrid or office work as well.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or diploma program in accounting.
• Current enrollment in a recognized co-op program is required for this position.
• Comfortable formatting documents in Word and proficient in Excel.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
• Interested in pursuing a CPA designation.

Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping for multiple clients in Canada and the US, including AR, AP, reconciliations, GST filings, and journal entries.
• Maintain organized electronic records of invoices/statements.
• Handle foreign exchange transactions.
• Assist in providing documents for client audits.
• Prepare working papers for financial statement line items.
• Support projects and administrative tasks as needed.

Skills

Self-motivation

Organization

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Willingness to learn

Accounting knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or diploma in accounting

Tools

Excel

QuickBooks

Sage 50

Job description

The Role

Ranked as one of BC's Best Workplaces and Canada's Best Employers for Recent Graduates, Treewalk is an innovative and entrepreneurial mid-sized accounting firm headquartered out of Vancouver with an expanding office presence across the country. We are a CPABC pre-approved training office that supports CPA students through their journey to designation. If you want to work with a great team of accounting professionals, you've found the right place.

We are looking for accounting co-op students passionate about accounting. Our ideal candidate is a self-motivated individual that is excited about challenging work, is obsessively organized, and has a commitment to continuous improvement. You have a knack for problem solving and are always seeking to learn more about accounting and bookkeeping. If you take immense satisfaction from getting a difficult reconciliation to balance or solving what feels unsolvable you would be a good fit for our team.

What will your days look like

• Bookkeeping for multiple public/private clients in various industries in both Canada and the US including AR, AP, bank transactions, reconciliations, GST filings, journal entries, etc.
• Maintaining organized e-records of all invoices/statements
• Dealing with foreign exchange transactions
• Assisting in providing documents for our clients' audits. We work with many of the mid-size accounting firms in Vancouver.
• Preparing working papers for financial statement line items
• Supporting various projects and administrative tasks as required.

Our ideal candidate

• Is in progress on a Bachelor's degree or diploma specializing in accounting
• Is in a recognized co-op program (current enrollment in your institution's co-op program is a requirement for this position)
• Can navigate the tribulations of formatting documents in Word
• Is comfortable working in Excel
• Works well under the pressure of deadlines
• Is interested in taking in taking on challenging work to grow their skills within a supportive learning environment
• Embraces new technology
• Is extremely detail-oriented and meticulous, even to the point where some might find it annoying
• Is interested in pursuing a CPA designation.

Bonuses would be

• Previous accounting or bookkeeping experience
• Customer service or client service experience
• Exposure to accounting software like Quickbooks and Sage 50 - even just through a course

It's Treewalk for a Reason

• We'll expose you to many different parts of the business over your co-op term - including seeing the financial reporting process & getting to handle some of your own accounting clients.
• If you join us after your term, we will cover your CPA schooling, annual dues, and professional development courses. Better yet, we do not have a claw-back policy - if you decide to leave Treewalk at any point, we will never ask for that money back.
• We encourage you to work from wherever is most convenient and productive for you. We offer fully remote work options within Canada, although you're welcome to work hybrid or in our offices as well.
• Work with a team of other CPA students to experienced CFOs, with opportunities of mentorship and exposure to different careers in accounting.

Who We Are

Treewalk is a firm with an anti-firm culture - think tech-startup, but accounting. We are on a journey to become the go-to training place for accountants of all levels who want to work in industry.

We are an accounting and advisory practice based out of downtown Vancouver with an expanding presence across the country. We specialize in financial reporting and accounting needs for private and public companies. Our clients are from all industry sectors, and because we are industry-agnostic, we never shy away from new and emergent industries - having worked with companies in e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, cannabis, mining, and biotechnology, to name a few.

As one of the fastest growing accounting firms in Canada, we've got a lot on the go, and as far as we're concerned, the only barrier to reaching our goals is finding exceptional talent to keep building out our team.

Our Core Values

Mastery: At Treewalk, we pursue knowledge. We aspire to be the best at our craft, and we create and pursue opportunities to build on our expertise.

Support: At Treewalk, you're never alone. Teamwork and collaboration are our bedrock, and constant support for each other and our clients is what sets us apart.

Ownership: At Treewalk, we fight to take responsibility. We own our mistakes and our oversights, and are relentlessly committed to our responsibility to our colleagues and our clients.

Kaizen: At Treewalk, we don't settle. Kaizen is a business philosophy that means "change for the better", or "continuous improvement". We recognize that nothing is perfect, but we're striving for it anyway.

Application Requirements

• Resume
• Transcript, official or unofficial, submit attached to resume as one combined document

Submission cut off of September 15th.

Successful candidates will be contacted by September 16th.

Salary: $23 per hour

Treewalk is able to offer this co-op position thanks to the federal government's SWPP program. In order to participate in this program, eligible participants must be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or a person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2. This position is only open to candidates who meet one of these criteria.