Financial Reporting & Tax Compliance, Senior Associate (Bilingual FR/EN)

At PwC, tax services professionals advise clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses navigate complex regulations and optimize tax positions. In tax accounting, you will assist with preparing and reviewing tax provisions, returns, and financial statements, ensuring compliance. As a Senior Associate in Financial Reporting & Tax Compliance, you will manage various projects, including compilations, review engagements, and tax compliance, while developing self-awareness and coaching team members.

Must Have

• Manage compilations, review engagements, and tax compliance engagements.
• Prepare and review tax provisions, tax returns, and financial statements.
• Confirm compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations.
• Possess a Bachelor in Accounting.
• Hands-on experience in accounting and tax software such as Taxprep or iFirm.
• Draft financial statements including note disclosures.
• Experienced in review and compilation engagements.
• Understand ASPE accounting standards.
• Understand Canadian tax and prepare tax returns for corporations, trusts and partnerships.
• Fluent in English and French.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and bring order to unstructured problems.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
• Collaborate with others independently or within a team environment.

Good to Have

• Experience in a mid-size accounting firm.
• Qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent reciprocal/recognized designation.

Perks & Benefits

• Continuous development environment.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Inclusive benefits.
• Flexibility programs.

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Entrepreneurial & Private Business (EPB) - General

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

In tax accounting services at PwC, you will assist businesses in preparing and reviewing tax provisions, tax returns, and financial statements, confirming compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations.

Meaningful work you’ll be part of

As a Financial Reporting & Tax Compliance Senior Associate, you’ll work in our Tax Line of service as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Managing a variety of projects, including compilations, review engagements, and tax compliance engagements

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas

• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results

• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems

• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends

• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance

• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice

• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives

• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others

• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct

• Collaborating with others independently or within a team environment

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve

• Experience in a mid-size accounting firm is an asset

• Bachelor in Accounting

• Qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent reciprocal/recognized designation is considered an asset

• Hands-on experience in accounting and tax software such as Taxprep or iFirm

• Drafting financial statements including note disclosures

• Experienced in review and compilation engagements

• Understanding of ASPE accounting standards

• Understanding of Canadian tax and ability to prepare tax returns for corporations, trusts and partnerships

• Creativity in problem solving in today’s dynamic environment, bringing your perspectives to the stakeholders

• Excellent client relationship management skills

• The successful candidate requires fluency in English, in addition to French as they will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues and/or stakeholders during the course of their employment with PwC Canada

• PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Tax Returns, Communication, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Review, Financial Statement Analysis, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Preparing Tax Documents, Self-Awareness, Tax Accounting, Tax Compliance, Tax Preparation, Tax Research, Tax Return, Tax Services {+ 1 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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