Baker Tilly KDN LLP (BT KDN) is hiring an Accounting Technician/Bookkeeper for our Peterborough office. At BT KDN, we ask our employees to think beyond the numbers. Exceptional customer service and true business understanding are required to advise our clients and help them plan for tomorrow. Embrace a role with opportunities for continued career growth, while making a difference for your clients, community and profession.
Why join the Baker Tilly KDN team?
With BT KDN, you can find a career that's uniquely you. Our professionals are encouraged to Be True to their values and ambitions. Our mission is to develop and support great people so they can feel their best, be their best and bring their best. When you join our firm, you can expect:
- 3 weeks vacation to start
- Banked/paid overtime program (say hello to summer Fridays off)
- Flex time
- A leadership team committed to your success
- Challenging and varied assignments
- Ongoing training and support for professional development
- Competitive compensation and employer paid benefits package including comprehensive health and RRSP matching program
- A professional, fun and friendly working environment
What would you be doing?
An Accounting Technician/Bookkeeper engages in great interpersonal relations with clients and team members. This position has strong initiative and a positive can-do focus. A focus on learning and delivering our exceptional services of full cycle bookkeeping and small business transactions including accounts payable/receivable, financial reporting and payroll administration.
- Providing bookkeeping assistance to clients, internally and externally, in various formats including Quickbooks, QBO, Sage/Simply Accounting, and CaseWare
- Processing bi-weekly/ semi-monthly payroll for clients
- Produce accurate income statements
- Complete and submit ROEs
- Bank reconciliations
- Set up chart of accounts and set up new companies in accounting systems
- Preparation and filing of CRA remittances
- Preparing monthly journal entries and reconciliations for balance sheet accounts as well financial and operating statements
- Preparation and filing of HST returns
- Providing assistance with ad-hoc reports as required
- Preparation of client reports as required
- Preparation of T4's as required
- Maintaining regular contact with clients and taxation authorities (CRA) to complete all routine formalities from an accounting perspective
Who is our ideal candidate?
- Graduation from a postsecondary institution – accounting or bookkeeping diploma
- 2+ years of accounting experience in public practice or for multiple clients
- 2+ years experience with and/or knowledge of QuickBooks Online, Sage Accounting, and Microsoft Office suite
- Experience with CaseWare an asset.
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Ability to change priorities quickly and easily, meet recurring deadlines and take ownership of assigned client work
- Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn and develop
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently as well as part of a team
- Adept at problem solving and troubleshooting as not everything is as it seems
- Strong client and interpersonal skills - our clients mean the world to us
- Approachable, supportive team player with a strong sense of urgency and a demonstrated history of achieving common goals
- Experience working in a professional and confidential capacity
About Baker Tilly KDN
Baker Tilly KDN LLP (BT KDN) is a full-service accounting firm providing assurance, tax and related business advisory services to a broad range of clientele from our offices in Peterborough, Lindsay, Courtice and Cobourg. With 18 partners and more than 130 employees, BT KDN is the largest locally owned and operated regional accounting firm in Central Ontario. We have strong community roots and believe in providing our clients with high quality, personalized service.
In addition to top-notch assurance and tax guidance, BT KDN stands out by providing dynamic value-added expertise in a number of specific areas, including valuation, cybersecurity, and data analytics.
*Baker Tilly KDN LLP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, political affiliation, parental status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other non-merit factors. Baker Tilly KDN LLP is dedicated to fostering, supporting and celebrating a diverse workplace. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout our recruitment and selection process. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require accommodation. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.
Baker Tilly KDN LLP is a member of Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative, which is a member of the global network of Baker Tilly International Limited. All members of Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative and Baker Tilly International Limited are separate and independent legal entities.
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