A growing Toronto tax advisory practice is seeking an experienced Accounting Technician to support tax compliance, bookkeeping, and year-end work for a diverse base of private business and family clients. Working closely with senior leadership in a hybrid arrangement with lighter hours outside peak season, this is a growing team with room to take on more responsibility over time.
The successful candidate will be trusted to prepare and manage client files from intake through to review. This role requires solid technical accounting skills, exceptional organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage deadlines and changing priorities with minimal direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare personal, corporate, and trust tax returns, including related schedules and elections, for senior review.
- Prepare information returns and slips, including T4, T5, T3, T5013, and T4A.
- Prepare GST/HST returns and maintain the filing calendar and instalment schedules.
- Keep tax authority authorizations current and draft first responses to routine CRA review letters.
- Maintain client books, including bank and credit card reconciliations, payroll entries, and HST.
- Prepare year-end working papers, adjusting entries, and draft compiled financial statements.
- Prepare shareholder loan reconciliations and corporate tax continuity schedules.
- Request and follow up on year-end information from clients and their bookkeepers.
- Track deadlines and keep client files complete, accurate, and ready for review.
- Communicate professionally with clients and tax authorities through clear written correspondence.
Qualifications and Experience
- 2–4 years of experience in a CPA firm or public practice, preparing tax returns and year-end files.
- A diploma or degree in accounting. CPA PEP students and CPA candidates are welcome.
- Strong working knowledge of tax software and QuickBooks Online or Xero.
- Solid Excel skills.
- A working understanding of how corporations, shareholders, and trusts interact for tax purposes.
- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfortable owning a file from intake through to review and resolving issues independently.
- Clear written English for client emails and correspondence.
