Senior Accountant

The Mason Group Inc; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth & conversion

Industry exposure

Hybrid schedule

Leadership development

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking an experienced Auditor V to join the Internal Audit team for a 4‑month contract with strong extension potential. Hybrid work from Waterloo or Toronto, handling audits across the Canadian portfolio and driving key control testing and reporting.

The role emphasizes engagement management, project leadership, documentation, and opportunities to apply data analytics to testing, with exposure to asset management, retirement and insurance frameworks.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of dedicated audit, risk management, or advisory/consulting experience within the financial services industry.
• Deep knowledge of control frameworks (COSO/ COBIT) and risk/operational risk frameworks.
• Strong command of audit techniques: planning, scoping, project management, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Engagement management: lead and execute complex audit engagements within budget and timelines per IIA standards.
• Project leadership: provide directional leadership to ensure team objectives are met.
• Documentation: support documentation of processes, metrics, and test strategies.
• Client engagement: lead project meetings, present findings and recommendations.
• Control evaluation: assess designs, perform testing, identify gaps, track findings to resolution.
• Reporting: prepare and review internal audit reports for management.
• Innovation & analytics: identify opportunities to automate testing using analytics and internal tools.

Skills

Audit experience

COSO/COBIT

IT audit

Data analytics

Senior stakeholder

Education

Audit designation

Tools

ITGC

CAAT tools

Job description

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Our client, a leading financial services organization, is seeking an experienced Auditor V to join their Internal Audit team for a 4-month contract with a strong possibility of extension or permanent conversion. Operating from either the Waterloo or Toronto office on a hybrid schedule, you will play a pivotal role in managing and executing audit activities across the Canadian business portfolio. This position offers a unique...

Advantages

• Growth & Foot-in-the-Door: High potential for contract extension or conversion to a full-time permanent role.
• Industry Exposure: Gain deep, specialized knowledge in Canadian asset management, group retirement, and insurance frameworks.
• Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the balance of a hybrid schedule, coming into the Waterloo or Toronto office just 1 to 2 days a week to connect and collaborate.
• Leadership Development: Opportunity to step into informal people leadership and directly influence audit methodology discussions.

Responsibilities

• Engagement Management: Manage and execute multiple complex audit engagements within resource budgets and target timelines, ensuring strict adherence to department methodology and Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) standards.
• Project Leadership: Monitor the progress of ongoing audit projects, providing directional leadership to ensure team objectives are met.
• Strategic Documentation: Support the documentation of business processes, performance metrics, key controls, and test strategies to align audit approaches with broader business needs.
• Client Engagement: Lead project meetings with clients to drive the audit process; confidently present findings and recommendations during formal opening and closing meetings.
• Control Evaluation: Assess key control designs, execute rigorous testing, identify gaps, and monitor findings through to effective resolution.
• Reporting: Prepare and review comprehensive internal audit reports for delivery to management.
• Innovation & Analytics: Identify opportunities to automate traditional testing using data analytics and internal toolsets (CAAT, analytical tools, etc.).

Qualifications

Must-Have Experience & Frameworks:

• 4 to 6 years of dedicated audit, risk management, or advisory/consulting experience within the financial services industry.
• Deep knowledge of control frameworks (e.g., COSO, COBIT) alongside established Risk Management and Operational Risk frameworks.
• Strong command of standard audit techniques, including planning, scoping, project management, and internal control testing.

Preferred Technical Skills & Certifications:

• A recognized professional audit designation is highly preferred (CPA, CIA, CRMA, or CISA).
• Knowledge of or exposure to IFRS and regulatory compliance (Anti-Money Laundering, Privacy, Market Conduct, ABAC).
• Professional IT Applications Audit experience, including exposure to IT Risk and IT General Controls (ITGC, Automated Controls, Report Testing).
• Hands-on experience or familiarity with data analysis tools.

Core Soft Skills:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills; a proven ability to influence senior management and lead cross-functional meetings.
• Sound business judgment with a knack for translating complex risks into value-added, practical recommendations.
• A proactive, flexible team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment experiencing rapid change.

Summary

• Must be able to successfully pass a standard Tier 1 background check prior to onboarding (Reliability Clearance and CyberArk access are not required).

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.