Senior Associate – Tax/Audit
ID: 6284
Job Description
Senior Associate – Tax/Audit
Looking for a chance to test your leadership skills at one of the TOP accounting firms? Our Client is on the market for a Tax/Audit Senior Associate to join their Toronto office. A Senior Associate is responsible for preparing budgets, supervise junior staff, prepare work program, along with other general duties. In turn, the firm not only has a dynamic and friendly team of professional, but offers a competitive salary, amazing benefits, and opportunities for growth! ‘Count’ your steps to success and apply now!
Salary: Up to $95K
Key Responsibilities
- Build relationship with client staff at management level during the course of engagements
- Begin to build knowledge of client’s operations and their business
- Learn firm services and how to recognize sales and cross-sales opportunities with existing clients
- With more senior staff, may begin to participate in business development and promotion activities
- Assists in planning and performs procedures in relation to audit, review, and compilation engagements, including preparation of financial statements
- Prepares tax returns (T1, T2, T3, etc.) of medium to hard difficulty
- Applies working methods and relevant tools (which are adapted to the situation) during the production of files
- Begins to analyze and document problematic situations, and may make recommendations from time-to-time
- Completes professional designation requirements (academics and experience)
- Takes responsibility for own continuing professional development
- May supervise and train more junior staff
- May review lower level work
- May review WIP, prepare billing analysis, and draft invoices
- Adheres to firm policies and procedures and Handbook requirements, and ensures that firm quality standards are met
- Other general duties
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2-3 years of public practice or equivalent experience, preferably in a mid-sized accounting firm
- Audit experience is a must
- Final year candidate for CPA designation or holds a CPA designation
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
To apply, please forward your resume to Zaheeda Merali, Manager – Executive Search at zaheeda@cartelinc.com
