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Junior accountant
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- Business administration and management, general
- Accounting
Tasks
- Identify clients' financial goals and objectives
- Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
- Plan, set up and administer accounting systems
- Supervise staff
- Analyze clients' financial records
- Arrange training for staff
- Ensure accuracy and compliance to accounting standards, procedures and internal control
- Prepare financial information for individuals, departments or companies
- Prepare financial statements and reports
- 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
- Review and examine financial services and institutions to ensure compliance with governing legislation and regulation
- Analyze financial documents and reports
- Examine accounting records
- Provide financial, business and tax advice
- Assist in the planning and execution of financial statement audits
- Keep financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems
- Oversee payroll administration
Supervision
- 3-4 people
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Adaptability
- Proactive
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly