Posted 16 months ago
Senior Accountant
@ Baker Tilly GMA LLP
Riverview, New Brunswick
Overview
Baker Tilly GMA LLP is hiring a Senior Staff Accountant to work with all levels of the firm and build client relationships. The role covers tax and accounting engagements, client meetings and staff coaching. The posting offers a competitive salary, flex time and a comprehensive benefit package.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare personal and corporate tax returns and accounting engagements
- Attend client meetings and build client relationships
- Coach and train new students and mentees
- Manage deadlines and complete CRA filings including HST
- Prepare technical sessions for firm staff
Requirements summary:
- CPA designation, enrolled in CPA program, or relevant firm experience
- 2 to 5 years of accounting experience
- High proficiency in MS Office
- Caseware and TaxPrep experience an asset
- Attention to detail and project management skills
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · bamboohr
- Employer posting date
- 2025-07-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CPA |
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Baker Tilly GMA LLP
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 3 |
We at Baker Tilly are seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to join our growing team. This position would work closely with all levels within the firm and would be working towards building strong client relationships.
Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly Canada. With member firms from coast to coast, we are one of the country’s largest associations of Chartered Professional Accounting firms. With an international network, we have a longstanding reputation for value-added accounting, tax, and advisory solutions. We embrace a model of client-focused, partner-led service and believe that quality of life for our high-performance team is important. We have strong community roots and believe in providing our clients with high quality personalized services.
At Baker Tilly, we pride ourselves on our client service and work-life balance for our staff. We offer a competitive salary, flex time and a comprehensive benefit package. This position requires someone who is confident in their abilities, can communicate effectively with clients, and is a self-motivated and positive team player.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Preparing an array of accounting/tax engagements such as personal tax returns, corporate tax returns, compilation, review and audit engagements including detailed client financial statement disclosures.
- Sitting in on client meetings, communicating regularly with clients to learn their business needs and building those strong client relationships
- Assisting with training for new students
- Managing various deadlines throughout the year
- Provide support, coaching and development of mentees.
- Preparation and presentation of technical sessions to firm staff
- Understanding the impact of engagement financials including time budgets, work in process variances and billings
- Staying up to date on relevant accounting standards and changing tax laws
- Completing various CRA filings for clients as needed including HST and responding to CRA calls.
A successful candidate will have:
- Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Designation, is a student in the CPA program or has relevant work experience in a firm environment.
- 2-5 years of experience in the accounting field (experience with review and audit engagements would be considered an asset)
- High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
- Experience with Caseware and TaxPrep softwares considered an asset
- Excellent attention to detail and project management skills
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Strong work ethic and ability to work both independently and demonstrated ability to work with other’s effectively as part of a team
- Understanding of a client-focused fast paced work environment and the ability to effectively pivot between tasks, prioritize and manage deliverables to meet conflicting deadlines
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