Senior Accountant, National Technical Accounting

Job Details

Description

This bilingual opportunity is also available on MNP’s Postes avec expérience job board in French. Please submit one application only to be considered for this opportunity. Thank you.

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 Standards - Technical Services team as a Senior Accountant. This diverse team of professionals provides best-in-class industry and technical expertise to internally drive the success of our Assurance and Accounting practice. As a trusted advisor, you’ll advise and assist team members on financial reporting matters including interpreting and providing guidance on new accounting standards.

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

• Work alongside managers and Partners to deliver industry and technical expertise on a variety of technical assurance and accounting matters
• Promote the importance of quality control in all Assurance and Accounting engagements and play a role in driving our quality initiatives
• Research and respond to queries under ASPE, IFRS, and CAS
• Maintain knowledge of changes in the profession through research and by attending relevant industry events and training/information session
• Support the development and maintenance of our accounting and assurance tools and protocol
• Assist with the development of accounting and assurance related training in MNP’s extensive in-house education programs; Opportunity to facilitate learning and development programs for Assurance and Accounting engagement team member
• Prepare and review high-quality deliverables, including written reports, presentations, correspondence, and other technical material and
• Contribute to the development of new ideas and approaches to improve our work processes

Skills and Experience

• Completion of, or working towards, a CPA designation
• Written and verbal French and English language skills, due to frequent collaboration with English-speaking teams/clients across Canada and some client deliverables/regulatory reporting obligation are in English
• 1 to 3 years of recent accounting and assurance related experience at a public accounting firm
• Strong technical writing and project management skills, and an understanding of business, accounting, management and practice development principles
• Demonstrate analytical research skills and critical thinking