Staff Accountant - Audit

Baker Tilly WM; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading advisory firm in Toronto is seeking an Experienced Staff Accountant - Audit Services to ensure financial accuracy and compliance. You will collaborate with a dynamic team to drive meaningful outcomes. Ideal candidates should have a CPA designation and public practice experience. Competitive total compensation package, career growth, and a flexible work environment are offered.

Benefits

Career Growth opportunities

Competitive total compensation

Vacation (3 weeks per year)

Continuing Professional Development courses

Flexible hybrid work

Health and wellness spending account

Qualifications

• Completion of CFE.
• Experience with both private and public enterprise is an asset.
• Good written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Examine and analyze journal entries and financial records.
• Conduct field engagement work to ensure compliance.
• Assist in preparing detailed reports on audit findings.

Skills

Public practice experience

Client service skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving and analytical skills

Organizational and time management skills

Education

CPA, CA or working towards CPA designation

Job description

Where you’ll work: Toronto

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

Your schedule: Monday to Friday

We are looking for an Experienced Staff Accountant - Audit Services to join our team—bring your ambition and shape what comes next. Be part of something bigger. Build with us today — Now. For tomorrow.

At Baker Tilly, we care about the impact you make. That’s why we’re invested in your growth from day one—because the steps you take today define your tomorrow.

We are looking for a Experienced Accountant - Audit Services to join our team—a role where your expertise will drive meaningful outcomes and your ambition will help shape what comes next. Here, you’ll collaborate with a dynamic team of professionals, united by a shared commitment to making a difference—for our clients, our communities, and one another.

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory and accounting firm dedicated to building better futures. With global reach and local roots, we combine the scale of a network with the trust of strong relationships. From audit and tax to consulting and specialist advisory services, we help clients navigate complexity and seize opportunity with clarity.

There is no limit to the growth opportunities at Baker Tilly. We pride ourselves on promoting talent when we see it, and work with each professional to define what success means for them.

Responsibilities

• Examine and analyze journal entries, assets, liabilities, expenditures, tax returns and other accounting and financial records, documents and systems of corporations or other establishments to ensure financial recording accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards, procedures, and internal controls.
• Conduct field engagement work of corporations to ensure compliance with provisions of the Income Tax Act, Canadian Business Corporations Act or other statutory requirements.
• Assist to prepare detailed reports on audit findings and make recommendations to improve corporation's accounting and management practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you bring to the table

• CPA, CA or working towards a CPA designation; completion of CFE
• Public practice experience is required
• Experienced in both Private and Public Enterprise is an asset
• Superior people and client service skills
• Good written and verbal communication
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Adept organizational and time management skills, including the ability to meet deadlines

What’s in it for you?

• Career Growth opportunities
• Competitive total compensation package including extended health care, dental and group life benefits
• Family Benefits - parental leave top-up program for new parents
• Matching RRSP plan
• Annual bonus program
• Health and wellness spending account
• Vacation (3 weeks per year)
• Continuing Professional Development courses are provided as well as numerous informal training and development opportunities. The Firm will also reimburse you for approved professional development fees and membership dues
• An open-door culture promoting interaction with all staff levels, including partners
• A fully stocked kitchen with breakfast foods, healthy snacks, and treats during tax season, plus coffee, tea, and drinks throughout the year
• Overtime meal and parking reimbursements
• A smart casual dress code (client/day specific)
• Client referral, employee referral, and vehicle purchase incentives
• Many entertaining social events throughout the year

Salary range: Will be communicated at a later stage in the hiring process.

Baker Tilly is fair and competitive when it comes to rewarding our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors and levels. Our total rewards philosophy is rooted in recognizing people's unique contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver. Along with a competitive base salary we offer comprehensive benefits and perks, performance bonuses and flexible hybrid work. For more information on our Total Rewards click here.

When you join Baker Tilly, you become part of something bigger—an ambitious, forward-thinking company that puts people first. Ideas matter, perspectives count, and every contribution builds a stronger future. If you’re ready to make an impact, we’re ready to meet you.

If you are selected for an interview, we will contact you directly via email. All virtual interviews will be conducted exclusively on Microsoft Teams. We will never request additional personal information such as bank details or other sensitive data.

Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex (including gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, parental status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other non-merit factors. Baker Tilly is dedicated to fostering, supporting and celebrating a diverse workplace. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout our recruitment and selection process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.

Baker Tilly WM LLP is a member of Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative, which is a member of the global network of Baker Tilly International Limited. All members of Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative and Baker Tilly International Limited are separate and independent legal entities.

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