Senior Accountant, Assurance

Inspirational, innovative and entrepreneurial - this is how we describe our empowered teams.

Combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the face of change.

Make an impact with our Indirect Tax team as a Senior Accountant. This diverse team of professionals delivers customized tax strategies within a complex and dynamic regulatory framework. As a trusted advisor, you’ll identify benefit entitlements and develop customized federal and local indirect tax strategies that minimize clients’ tax liability while maintaining regulatory compliance.

MNP is proudly Canadian. Providing business strategies and solutions, we are a leading national accounting, tax and business advisory firm in Canada. Entrepreneurial to our core, our talented team members transcend obstacles into opportunities and are successfully transforming mid-market business practices.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multiple client facing engagement teams responsible for GST/HST and sales tax planning and management services
• Assist in interpreting and demonstrating Indirect Tax legislation (GST/HST and PST) on complex tax related issues
• Research new developments in commodity and indirect tax, advise of implications of tax and policy changes
• Research client issues that arise and refer to various Indirect Tax mandates
• Identify issues and errors, investigate discrepancies and discuss with managers or engagement partners to develop resolutions
• Correspond with clients and various government agencies to address client tax compliance issues
• Prepare high quality deliverables, reports, technical work, and management presentations
• Collaborate with client engagement team prior to commencement of client work to discuss roles and responsibilities, risk areas, materiality and deadlines
• Lead engagement teams, developing effective relationships with clients while coaching and mentoring junior team members
• Contribute to the development of new ideas and approaches to improve work processes
• Participate in business development initiatives and identify new business opportunities
• Maintain flexibility to travel, as necessary

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce or business administration (accounting or finance major is preferred)
• 2 to 4 years of relevant public accounting experience
• 1 to 4 years of Canadian Indirect Tax experience
• 3 to 5 years Indirect Tax experience
• 2 to 4 years working with accounting and tax software
• Advanced Microsoft Excel; complex formulas, pivot tables.