Job description
The Opportunity
Horizon CPA is a mid-size professional accounting firm located in downtown Vancouver. We provide hands-on accounting, tax compliance, advisory and financial planning services to entrepreneurs, professional corporations and other privately-owned entities.
We are looking for undergraduate business students who are intending to pursue their CPA designation to join our Tax Team for a 4-month term, starting January 2025.
As part of our team, you will be responsible for:
- Preparing T1s, T4s, T5s, T3s, and GST/PST returns
- Assisting with other corporate tax filings
- Reviewing notices from CRA and preparing responses when required
- Providing bookkeeping assistance when required
- Building positive working relationships with clients and responding to enquiries
- Communicating with senior team members regarding the progress of their engagements
- Other tax related tasks
Future Development
As you gain more experience, you will be assigned to more challenging and complex jobs, developing your technical tax knowledge and other enabling competencies required for the CPA designation.
Keys to Your Success
- Just like us, you are a tenacious self-starter.
- You have excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
- You are resourceful, capable of working independently, and takes initiative.
- You have above-average time management and organizational skills to meet deadlines.
- You are technology-savvy and can learn new applications quickly.
At times, business needs arise and employees are required and agree to work beyond their normal work day or work week to fulfill the accountabilities required for their job. Likewise, people need extra time to devote to personal matters, and our approach to flexibility provides for this.
We believe in providing our people with continuous learning and growth opportunities through our training systems, exposure to a variety of industries, challenging work, and the opportunity to see work through from beginning to end. We also believe in fostering a strong collaborative environment. You will work with different teams throughout the year and develop relationships with junior accountants, managers, and partners.
If you are interested in joining our team, please respond to this job posting with a cover letter, resume, and transcript combined in one PDF. In your cover letter, please tell us about a time that you had to deal with a difficult deadline. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
