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Accounting Manager
- Woodbridge, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Experience
- 5+ years of progressive public accounting experience, including leadership responsibilities
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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About The Role
Reporting to senior leadership, you will oversee a portfolio of privately held clients while managing engagement teams across a variety of accounting, assurance, and tax projects. This position offers meaningful leadership exposure without the expectation of business development, allowing you to focus on delivering exceptional client service and developing your team.
What You'll Do
- Manage a portfolio of private company clients across multiple industries
- Review financial statements, tax engagements, and other client deliverables for accuracy and quality
- Lead and mentor accounting professionals, supporting their technical and professional development
- Build trusted relationships with clients, serving as their primary point of contact
- Provide guidance on complex accounting, tax, and financial reporting matters
- Oversee engagement planning, workflow management, budgets, and deadlines
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and enhance the client experience
- Collaborate with firm leadership on operational initiatives and team development
- CPA designation or working toward completion
- 5+ years of progressive public accounting experience, including leadership responsibilities
- Experience managing private company clients in a public accounting environment
- Strong technical knowledge of accounting, assurance, and tax principles
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage multiple engagements, and build client relationships
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Experience in a small or mid-sized public accounting firm is considered an asset
Join a collaborative firm that values professional growth, mentorship, and long-term career development. You'll work alongside an approachable leadership team, enjoy meaningful client exposure, and have the opportunity to grow your leadership skills in an environment that recognizes performance and supports career progression.
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Responsibilities
Oversee a portfolio of privately held clients and lead engagement teams across accounting, assurance, and tax projects, reviewing deliverables and advising on complex financial matters. Build client relationships, mentor team members, manage engagement plans and deadlines, improve processes, and collaborate with firm leadership on operational initiatives.
Requirements
Requires a CPA designation or progress toward completion, along with at least five years of progressive public accounting experience that includes leadership responsibilities. Candidates should have experience managing private company clients, strong accounting, assurance, and tax knowledge, and the ability to lead teams, manage engagements, and build client relationships.
Skills
- Client Engagement Management
- Financial Statement Review
- Tax Engagement Review
- Accounting
- Assurance
- Tax
- Financial Reporting
- Team Leadership
- Mentoring
- Engagement Planning
- Workflow Management
- Budget Management
- Process Improvement
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- CPA
- Public Accounting
- Private Company Clients
- Accounting
- Assurance
- Tax
- Financial Statements
- Financial Reporting
- Client Engagements
- Engagement Planning
- Workflow Management
- Budget Management
- Client Service
- Team Leadership
- Mentoring
- Process Improvement
- Operational Initiatives