Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Experience
5 years or more
Work setting
- Transportation, communication and utilities
- Urban area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Plan, set up and administer accounting systems
- Train staff
- Arrange training for staff
- Ensure accuracy and compliance to accounting standards, procedures and internal control
- Prepare reports and audit findings
- Supervise staff
- Prepare financial statements and reports
- Recommend improvements to accounting systems and management practices
- Conduct field audits of businesses to ensure compliance with provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Canadian Business Corporations Act or other statutory requirements
- Develop and maintain cost findings, reporting and internal control procedure
- Prepare income tax returns from accounting records
- Analyze financial documents and reports
- Examine accounting records
- Provide financial, business and tax advice
- Make recommendations concerning cash management, insurance coverage, investment planning, retirement and estate planning
- Identify clients' financial goals and objectives
- Analyze clients' financial records
- Oversee payroll administration
- Develop financial plans for clients
- Keep financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems
Supervision
- 3-4 people
Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge
- Accounting software
- Simply Accounting
- Quick Books
- Data analysis software
- Human resources software
- MS Excel
- MS Windows
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Office
- MS Outlook
Area of specialization
- Accounting
- Financial planning
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Interpersonal awareness
- Dependability
- Ability to multitask
- Adaptability
- Proactive