Senior Accountant, Audit

Overview

At KPMG, you’ll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.  

Are you a talented individual who provides exceptional customer service?

KPMG's Audit practice located on the North Shore helps clients manage risk so they can focus on their core businesses. By intimately understanding the client's business, we convert information into insights to uncover hidden opportunities to improve client efficiency and performance.

Our teams of professionals help our clients' manage risk so they can focus on their core business. By intimately understanding each client’s business, we convert information into insights to uncover hidden opportunities to improve client efficiency and performance.

What you will do

 As a Senior Accountant you will be required to:

• Apply KPMG's auditing and accounting practices and methods to client engagements.
• Work closely with Directors and Senior Directors.
• Lead the audit from planning to completion.
• Empower selected individuals to lead engagement team members in the field, including less experienced staff.
• Perform internal and external audits of financial statements for public and private companies.
• Lead field engagement teams and act as coach and mentor to less experienced staff.
• Perform analysis of complex accounting issues.
• Test internal controls.
• Perform financial and systems analyses.
• Establish and maintain good customer relations.

As an Audit professional, you will provide a service that represents a high-value mark for our firm, helping companies assess their risk as they work to ensure transparency across their operations.

What you bring to the role

• Accounting/business diploma
• Successful completion of the CFE or working towards a CPA designation
• 3 – 5 years post graduate experience with exposure
• Experience of PCAOB, IFRS and other financial reporting standards mandatory
• Excellent project management, teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work both independently, with little supervision and within a team environment
• Effectively monitors multiple or complex projects regularly to check how they are progressing against deadlines and budget
• Excellent client service skills with an aptitude to understand the clients' business and maintain strong client relationships
• Dedication and motivation to achieve high standards of client service and professional in the performance of duties
• Uses previous experience and technical knowledge to the benefit of the client
• Able to use a range of techniques to analyze an issue

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best

Our Values, The KPMG Way

Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters

KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here.

Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process

At KPMG, we strive for an inclusive recruitment process that allows all candidates to Come As You Are and Thrive with Us. We aim to provide a positive experience and are ready to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best. Adjustments (an informal request), i.e. extra preparation time or the option for micro breaks during interviews, and accommodations (a formal request), i.e. accessible communication supports or technology aids are tailored to individual needs and role requirements.

To begin a confidential conversation about adjustments or accommodations at any point throughout the recruitment process, we encourage you to contact KPMG’s Employee Relations Service team for support by emailing cdnersteam@kpmg.ca or by calling 1-888-466-4778, Option 3.

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