Senior Accountant

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A Senior Accountant role focused on managing audit engagements and assurance services for a diverse client base including corporations, small and medium businesses, local government, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality, and not-for-profit organizations. The position involves leading audit teams, preparing financial statements and tax filings, and mentoring junior staff while working autonomously on complex accounting and auditing matters.

What you will be doing

• Manage audit teams and client engagements from planning through fieldwork execution and reporting
• Plan fieldwork budgets and allocate resources for audit assignments
• Prepare notice to readers, assurance engagements, personal and corporate tax returns, HST returns, T4s, T5s, and T3s
• Mentor and provide training to junior team members
• Communicate audit findings and financial performance insights to client management
• Use accounting software including word processing, spreadsheet, audit, and tax preparation applications
• Develop client relationships and contribute to business development activities

What the role requires

• CPA designation with 1 to 5 years of post-designation experience
• Ability to assess and comprehend diverse business operations across multiple sectors
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for client and team interaction

Designations

What your resume should make obvious

Screeners spend seconds on a first pass. For this role, these are the things worth putting where they will be seen.

• Specify post-CPA years of experience and whether in public practice
• List the types of entities you have audited or provided assurance services for by sector
• Name the audit and tax software platforms you have used
• Quantify team leadership: how many staff you have supervised or mentored on engagements
• Show tax filing breadth: list the return types you prepare regularly
• Highlight any client-facing or business development contributions

Where people in this role usually come from

Candidates typically come from public accounting practices where they have progressed from staff or intermediate accountant roles into positions with engagement management and team leadership responsibilities.