Accounting Technician - Red Deer, Canada - ProVerus LLP

ProVerus LLP

Verified Company

Red Deer, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

ROLE
The Accounting Technician is a transitional, career-entry role with a high learning curve.

During the initial learning phase the Accounting Technician is expected to learn and develop the skills necessary to help the team exceed client expectations.

The purpose of the role is to process client documents in order to organize them into financial information for a variety of uses, including preparation of financial statements (Compilation Engagements) and tax returns.

Must have the ability to work 10 hours of overtime per week from February 1st to April 30th.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

Technical - Accounting and Taxation

Develop an understanding of client bookkeeping and payroll processes
Prepare working papers (reconciliations that support various balance sheet accounts)
Prepare financial statements
Develop an understanding of basic Canadian Income Tax reporting requirements
Prepare simple corporate tax returns
Prepare various compliancerelated reports in prescribed form for reporting authorities (ie. CRA T4 and T5 Summaries and Supplementaries; WCB reports, GST reports)
Prepare personal tax returns (including business schedules T22125)
Identify accounting and tax issues relevant to the client and draft correspondence to clients for further discussion of the issues

Administrative

Process, summarize, organize and gather required information for the assigned task
Print, scan, link, hyperlink, attach and file documents as required
Respond to client and coworker inquiries to resolve questions and coordinate projects

Client Service

Develop positive relationships with clients and team members
Organize & summarize work and questions to minimize disruptions to firm and client staff
Understand the purpose of the time budgets and monitor own time compared to budget

DESIRED SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE