Kelly Services Looking for Accounting Manager at Ontario Full Time

Our well-established client, an accounting firm in Markham, has partnered with Kelly Services to recruit for an Accounting Manager to join as a fulltime member of their team. If you are looking to work for a company that will exceed your expectations and values employee relationships, please consider the following position details. This is a great opportunity gain valuable experience while working for a dynamic organization.

The Manager works as part of a team on engagements to ensure the Firm exceeds client expectations, with focus on accuracy, completeness and process-efficiency. The Manager is responsible for demonstrating leadership and management skills in their oversight of junior counterparts on the team and consistently strives to manage, build and nurture strong client relationships. Managers will be exposed to a greater depth of working experiences.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gain an overall understanding of the client’s business and its systems through a review of prior year’s files, conduct relevant research online, work with the Partner or Director who is familiar with the client

• Communicate/meet with client prior to the engagement to determine expectations for the year-end

• Develop a game-plan prior to the engagement to determine the most time and cost-efficient process for conducting the engagement, seeking efficiencies where possible

• Prior to an engagement, the Manager will meet with the applicable staff to plan the engagement activities

• Be thoroughly familiar with audit and/or review requirements (CPA Handbook) to ensure all activities required for engagement compliance have been conducted

• As part of the engagement planning, review actual to budget hours of the prior year to find areas for improvement and determine appropriate budget for current year

• Communicate/meet with client prior to an audit or review to determine expectations for the year- end and applicable time frame to complete the engagement

• Review tax returns prepared by staff and provide feedback where applicable

• Supervise Staff throughout the preparation of returns and review their work for accuracy and quality and ensure required corrections are made

• Work with both the applicable partner and client to develop an understanding of their existing tax structure and provide recommendations based on the clients unique situation and objectives including estate planning

• Develop strong relationships with existing clients and seek out new business opportunities

• Ensure minimum Professional Development hour requirement as per the Firm Quality Control Manual is attained on an annual basis

• Keep up to date on current GAAP and CAS knowledge (Assurance staff only) and tax knowledge

• Be a role model and lead the office by example by demonstrating in depth accounting and tax knowledge and professionalism

Requirements:

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance or Business with a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience

• CPA designation is a must

• Strong tax, audit and accounting knowledge

• Ability to carry out an audit or review engagement from beginning to end

• Experience working with corporate groups as opposed to focusing on one client

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills

• Superior communication skills, both verbal and in writing

• Ability to develop strong working relationships with key contacts at different levels of an organization and understand their needs

• Superior management and leadership skills

• Excellent networking skills

• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office Suite, Caseware, Caseview, Taxprep, Research Software

• Working knowledge of QuickBooks and Simply Accounting is and asset

Why Kelly®?

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About Kelly®

At Kelly, we’re always thinking about what’s next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we’re a leading advocate for temporary/non-traditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live. Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels and industries around the world.

Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://stg-mkj.staffingfuture.dev/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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About Kelly

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Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.