Business Manager Jobs

Who are we?

Curtis-Villar was established over 30 years ago and has built a reputation of trust with our team and clients. We understand that the world is changing at a rapid rate and it is important to embrace change and adapt. We were early adopters of real-time accounting and have coached many of our clients through the process.

We are believers that while there are times of year where our choice of career does require overtime, we can also achieve balance in our lives. We provide our team with a health spending account, personal hours, paid overtime, paid professional development, a hybrid working environment, and team events/rewards.

What is the opportunity?

Curtis-Villar Chartered Professional Accountants is growing and looking for the next outstanding team member to join us! Are you someone who enjoys interacting with clients and brings their A-game each and every day? Do you excel at organization and are a team player? Do you enjoy offering exceptional client service? Do you have the ability to lead a team and will step in to help when needed?

Your role on the team will include a variety of responsibilities working with a wide range of exciting clientele – the small to medium sized businesses that are driving Ontario’s economy. You will be responsible to effectively manage, establish, control, optimize and direct all support activities for Curtis-Villar. You will ensure that implementation of the business support function & strategy. You will provide leadership and for mentoring to the existing team. At Curtis-Villar, our strength is the efficiency with which we deliver on our products, services and internal innovations. The business manager will manage daily activities, supervise workflow and push toward financial and operational objectives. The business manager will have a can-do attitude and be ready to jump in to assist where needed. This could be with client communications, assisting with the collection of documents, following up on outstanding items, scheduling meetings (internally and externally), identifying training opportunities for the team, updating clients on status of their files, providing assistance internally and externally with our client portal, and submitting documents to CRA.

As a key member of the team, you will be accountable for taking ownership of tasks related to our clients and identifying opportunities/issues to be addressed. You will be responsible to bring ideas to meetings and to provide solutions that positively impact our team and workflows.

To provide the most up to date experience we are embracing cloud based applications and automation to free us up for the exciting, high-value work our clients are looking for.

While the main location of this position is the Guelph office, this individual will also be expected to work in the Fergus office.

Who are you?

As the ideal candidate you will have a can-do attitude and be a team player who enjoys interacting with people. You will display each of the following attributes:

• Positive Attitude
• Comfortable with Technology
• Initiative
• Pride of Ownership
• Problem-Solving
• Experience in a Public Accounting Firm is an asset
• Planning and Organizing
• Communication
• Organized
• Proven experience in a managing a team
• Self-Management
• Leadership
• Attention to Detail

Effective and professional communication is your calling card. You aim to provide client service and partner with clients and colleagues in achieving their goals. You are confident enough to develop internal and external relationships and build rapport with team members, business partners and clients. You are excited about being exposed to new technology and you understand that client’s needs are rapidly changing how and what we do. You want to be at the forefront of this movement. You have experience using a variety of programs. Some examples of programs we used are (but not limited to) QuickBooks Online, Xero, Caseware, TaxPrep, Dext, iFirm, etc.

If this describes you and you are interested in working in a professional environment with other remarkable people, please submit a cover letter and resume.

Application Requirements:

Cover letter and resume

*There could be some out-of-country travel required for this position. A passport and the ability to travel to the USA is required.

Curtis-Villar LLP is committed to a fair and inclusive work environment. We will endeavor to accommodate the needs of qualified applicants in all parts of the hiring process