Hybrid Senior Accountant | Client-Focused Growth

Distinct | North America; St. Marys; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible scheduling

Mentorship opportunities

Path to partnership

Direct client relationships

Job summary

Distinct | North America’s independent CPA firm in St. Marys, ON seeks a Senior Accountant to join a team serving owner-managed businesses and individuals across accounting, tax and advisory services.

You’ll work across compilation engagements, corporate and personal tax, trusts and partnerships, with exposure to financial reporting and year-end questions while maintaining direct client relationships.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Canadian CPA firm/public accounting experience.
• CPA designation strongly preferred.
• Strong compilation engagement experience.
• Experience preparing financial statements.
• Corporate tax experience.
• Personal tax experience.
• Trust and partnership tax exposure would be beneficial.
• Experience working with privately owned or owner-managed businesses.
• Comfortable dealing directly with clients.
• Strong understanding of Canadian accounting and tax.
• CaseWare experience.
• QuickBooks experience useful.
• Able to work independently and manage multiple client files.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and complete compilation engagements.
• Prepare financial statements using CaseWare.
• Prepare T2 corporate tax returns.
• Prepare T1 personal tax returns.
• Prepare T3 trust returns.
• Work on partnership tax filings.
• Assist with tax planning for individuals and privately owned businesses.
• Work directly with owner-managed clients throughout the year.
• Analyze client accounts and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Assist clients with financial reporting and year-end questions.
• Support clients around financing and other business decisions.
• Liaise directly with clients to obtain information and resolve file issues.
• Review bookkeeping and accounting records.
• Work with QuickBooks and other Canadian accounting and tax software.
• Assist with the development of more junior team members.

Skills

Canadian CPA firm/public accounting

Compilation engagements

Financial statements

Corporate tax

Personal tax

Trust & partnership tax

Client relations

CaseWare

QuickBooks

Independent/multi-client work

Tools

CaseWare

QuickBooks

Job description

Distinct | North America’s independent CPA firm in St. Marys, ON seeks a Senior Accountant to join a team serving owner-managed businesses and individuals across accounting, tax and advisory services.

You’ll work across compilation engagements, corporate and personal tax, trusts and partnerships, with exposure to financial reporting and year-end questions while maintaining direct client relationships.