Senior Staff Accountant

Our client, a well established public accounting firm, downtown Toronto, has an immediate need for a CPA designated Senior Staff Accountant

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interact with clients and handle correspondence
• Confident and credible in both client and staff interactions
• Develop an understanding of client businesses and diagnose needs/opportunities and suggest solutions
• Assume ownership of client files and proactively ensure files are completed in an efficient and effective manner
• Written communication skills required for memos, management letters and financial statement notes
• Ensure all client issues are resolved in a timely manner
• Keep abreast of competition’s offerings
• Actively promote new service capabilities to clients
• Prepare engagement budgets, analyze fieldwork time vs budget, and identify opportunities for additional billing
• Perform detailed review of own work as well as that of junior team members
• Ensure effective utilization rate of team members
• Share and transfer knowledge with team members, mentor staff and promote positive morale
• Supervise small teams of professionals and technicians, and manage workflow
• In-depth knowledge of ASPE and IFRS
• Working knowledge of corporate and personal taxation
• Ability to complete assurance files with minimal supervision

Interested candidates please contact Stephanie Williams at (416) 945-6601 ext. 231 or forward your resumes to swilliams@collinsrecruit.com.