Senior Staff Accountant

Job Location: Aylmer & St. Thomas
Job Type: Permanent

Salary Range: $70,000 – $90,000

About Graham Scott Enns (GSE):

We are a mid-sized public accounting firm with offices in St. Thomas and Aylmer. Based on number of firm members, we are the largest professional services firm in Elgin County. We develop long-term, meaningful relationships with our clients in London and throughout Southern Ontario. We’ve found that maintaining open, trusting, and ongoing relationships with our clients help us understand where they are, how they work, and where they want to go.

This core philosophy guides GSE’s team and permeates every aspect of our firm. We believe that investing in our firm members is the only way to create valuable, mutually beneficial relationships.

What we offer:

• Flexible work arrangements that support work-life integration
• Training and professional development
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Compensated overtime policy
• Positive and collaborative work environment

About You:

You’re a skilled accountant looking for an opportunity to grow within a team. As our ideal candidate you will have a well-rounded background practicing in Tax, Assurance, Audit and all public accounting key areas. Strong Audit experience is a definite asset. You are detail-oriented and strive to put forth your best in everything you do. You can work in a team environment and develop strong working relationships with other professionals to provide strong client service.

Qualifications:

• 3 years or more of public accounting experience or equivalent
• Bachelor’s Degree &/or CPA (CA, CGA, or CMA) designation or pursing designation

What You’ll Do:

• Provide high quality and timely services to a portfolio of clients
• Work with small to medium sized companies in a broad range of industries on a variety of engagements including notice to reader, review and audit engagements. Work may be performed at the client’s premises.
• Prepare corporate and personal tax returns
• Manage and prioritize concurrent engagements effectively
• Ensure client relationships, quality of work and deadline expectations are met

As a Senior Accountant you will also:

• Assist the Manager/Associate/Partner in evaluation of internal control and related processes for financial accounting
• Provide other financial information for clients (cash flow projections, salary vs. dividend, etc.)
• Share knowledge and experiences with all firm members at staff meetings and provide feedback, guidance and assistance
• Actively participate in the Firm’s Buddy/Mentor Program
• Supervise junior firm members as required.

Skills, Experience & Attributes

• Comprehensive knowledge of the CPA Handbook
• Working knowledge of the Income Tax Act relevant to client work
• Working knowledge of Audit regulations and best practices
• Experience working with accounting and tax software would be an asset (Case Ware & Tax Prep)
• Excellent computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word & Excel)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to problem solve, attention to detail and adhere to internal quality standards
• Act with honesty and integrity, demonstrate ethics and respect for others throughout all aspects of work
• Displays strong leadership, teambuilding and supervisory skills

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to the Manager(s) and may also report directly to the Associate/Partners individually and as a group.
• The Senior Accountant is responsible for mentoring and supervising firm members assigned to them, including file review, as necessary.

Graham Scott Enns is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. If you require disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please make us aware of this so that we may ensure your individual accessibility needs are met.

Graham Scott Enns is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. If you require disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please make us aware of this so that we may ensure your individual accessibility needs are met.