Assurance Accounting Technician

Job title: Assurance Accounting Technician

Job description: At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

From small businesses to some of the world’s best-known brands, our clients count on reliable financial statements, information, and processes to inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data – and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex audit procedures across a broad range of industries and responsibilities.

The opportunity

As an Accounting Technician, you will be a professional member of our Accounting practice. Together with our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources for our professionals, you will be part of the team that delivers quality services to our clients and their stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities

As an Accounting Technician, you will assist Managers in organizing the workflow, supporting the organization of review and compilation engagements, preparing corporate, trust, and personal taxes, and in managing communication with the client.

Skills and attributes for success

• Prepare review and notice to reader engagements in Caseware
• Prepare adjusting entries and financial statements
• Prepare account summaries and reconciliations
• Complete corporate tax returns and liaise with our tax professionals
• Assist managers with client meeting preparation
• Prepare correspondence to clients and the Canada Revenue Agency
• Respond to other duties as required
• Must have strong attention to detail
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Must have good interpersonal skills and able to liaise with clients, staff and outside parties
• Must be available to work overtime during peak seasons
• Must have initiative
• Must be a team player

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Must possess a university degree and/or college diploma in accounting, or equivalent related experience
• Must possess accounting and tax software knowledge, such as Caseware, Quickbooks, Taxprep
• Minimum 2 years of accounting and tax experience functioning in a similar role as above. Public accounting firm experience is preferred.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• The ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic team-oriented environment

What we look for

You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What we offer

At EY, our Total Rewards package supports our commitment to creating a leading people culture – built on high-performance teaming – where everyone can achieve their potential and contribute to building a better working world for our people, our clients and our communities. It’s one of the many reasons we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work.

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

EY Way of Work and your health and safety

EY Way of Work recognizes flexibility in the way we collaborate, innovate and deliver with the ability to work in-person and remotely. To support a healthy and safe in-person working environment, EY has implemented various layers of health and safety controls while working in the office or at client or other locations. A critical component of EY’s workplace safety program includes our COVID-19 vaccination policy which requires all personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless an accommodation based on a reason protected by human rights legislation is provided.

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

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