Junior/Intermediate Bookkeeper – Contract Term (Maternity Leave)

We have an upcoming opening for a Maternity Leave Term Position (with the possibility of staying on with firm growth) on-site in our new modern office in Gasoline Alley!

Multiple Award-Winning Red Deer CPA Firm is Now Hiring!

Do you have what it takes to be the Best of Red Deer again and again?

CGL TAX is accepting resumes for an upcoming maternity leave term position working on-site in our Red Deer office to service our clients.

Full-time and Part-time options are available for the right candidate(s).

The latest anticipated start date would be September 11, 2023, and casual hours prior to that date may be available.

Responsibilities will include preparing full cycle bookkeeping for our corporate clients; gathering, compiling, and reconciling information; entering and performing spreadsheet analysis; and assisting co-workers in an administrative support role while working in an extremely positive and flexible team environment.

Boring stuff… ... I mean…

Job Duties

• Develop a thorough understanding of CGL Tax services, businesses, and industry
• Collaborate with the production team prior to the commencement of client work to discuss roles, responsibilities, and deadlines
• Provide internal administrative support duties like scanning and sorting client records as a key member of the production team
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, colleagues, and network
• Raise identified technical issues with management
• Respond to client questions and queries
• Contribute to the development of new ideas and assist in the implementation to improve work processes
• Full cycle bookkeeping for corporate and business client accounts
• Prepare bank reconciliations, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable
• Work with multiple accounting software packages and provide support to clients
• Prepare personal tax returns, GST, and other tax compliance (T4 and T5 slips), ensuring compliance with government standards

Are you still there? We’re almost through the boring stuff…

Experience and Education Requirements

• Experience working with multiple bookkeeping software packages both online and on the desktop including Xero, Sage50, and QuickBooks
• Proficient working experience in the following applications will also be considered an asset. Please list any that apply in your application as well as any others you have experience using and at what level:
• Strong computer literacy and proficiency in learning new software quickly
• HubDoc, WagePoint, TaxCycle, DoxCycle, CaseWare, SharePoint, Power Automate, PowerPoint, FormStack, MailChimp, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop, Citrix ShareFile, RightSignature, WagePoint, GoProposal, Zapier
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook skills are an asset.
• Levels:Beginner – Intermediate - Proficient – Advanced – Expert
• Preference will be given to formal bookkeeping or accounting training
• Solid understanding of business and accounting principles

Additional Assets

• Experience in running your own business, working in a family-run business, or earning results-based remuneration like commissions so you can personally relate to our clients
• Relevant work experience in a public accounting firm
• Recent experience in using Zoom or Microsoft Teams video conferencing software to interact with the public and co-workers in a professional work environment

Personal Characteristics (on the serious side)

• Willing and desire to learn and use new technology as it becomes available
• Displays positivity, enthusiasm, optimism, drive, and passion while maintaining a high level of productivity through self-motivation
• Professional whose honesty, integrity, high ethical standards, and open communication while respecting confidentiality contribute to effective leadership and optimal business relationship
• Effectively expresses ideas and conveys information in timely business writing, conversations, and interactions with others
• Effectively manages multiple assignments, adapts to changing priorities on short notice, and is able to work independently, unsupervised, or as part of a cooperative and collaborative team
• Takes responsibility for one's own actions and performance by setting clear goals, tracking progress against those goals, while extremely organized and uses personal judgment and decision making
• Works collaboratively with team members and management in order to achieve a common goal while developing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with others, both inside and outside the workplace
• Committed to ongoing learning and skill improvement in a constantly changing regulatory environment.
• Understands the importance of quality service by being courteous, responding to requests in a timely manner, and monitoring the satisfaction of others

The Real You? (on the not-so-serious side)

• Maintain a high level of customer service and product quality while taking pride in your work
• Able to adapt and learn new technology, applications, and software quickly
• Have an easy-going and laid-back sense of humor
• Knows what it takes to work hard, take initiative on your own, and be part of a cohesive, positive, and successful team
• Desire to become part of a small, cohesive, and tightly knit team
• Focused on attention to detail and understands it is paramount to our success because there is a big difference in typing $10000 instead of $100.00
• Willing to work extended hours and some Saturdays during tax season (March / April)
• Strong vokabulary and accreat spelling (without spellcheque) because clearly not every error gets noticed by the computer
• Want to be rewarded for results, not just time spent, with a focus on growing the business together

Compensation

• 3 weeks (6%) vacation pay
• 1 week (2%) paid personal leave able to be taken in as small as ½ day increments
• Base hourly wage will be based on experience and education.
• Ability to bank hours to allow for flexible or compressed scheduling
• New client recruitment commissions
• The remaining will be retroactive to the hire date after a 3-month probationary period:
• Employee profit-sharing program
• $400/month Health Spending Account
• Preferential screening will be given to those that provide their range of compensation expectation

To Apply

If this sounds like a fit for you, then send your resume along with a cover letter to [email protected] with the following:

1. Why we should screen your application for the next phase;
2. How your skills and experience would apply to our office; and
3. If you have (and when you had) tax season employment in an accounting firm last.

Apply early, as this position will only be open until filled.

We appreciate all applications. However, only those screened into the next step in the process will be contacted.

Last updated: 2023-05-05

Open until position is filled