Accounting Technician

We are always searching for talented people with real-world experience to join our tax and accounting practice. We seek to employ motivated accountants with strong client focus and high levels of aptitude.

If you are interested in using your skills to make a difference for clients, and in working for a firm that makes an impact in the local community, take the first step towards joining our team.

Our business is constantly evolving, and so are our staffing needs. If there aren't any openings listed below, please check again. New career opportunities arise on an ongoing basis.

**Accounting Technician / Bookkeeper**

We have an upcoming opening for an** Accounting Technician / Bookkeeper permanent position**:

- on-site in our 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.

All of our team is involved in the hiring process because we want everyone to have a say in who they will be working alongside every day. _We can't pick our family, but wouldn't it be nice if we could all pick our co-workers?_

The biggest responsibility will be bringing a positive attitude to the workplace and assisting all your co-workers while working in an extremely positive and flexible team environment.

**Did you know?**

Alberta Minimum Standards only list 9 General holidays (aka Stats). While our team members get 14.5 of these a year?

Recently, thanks to our incentive programs, and generous paid leave our permanent staff could still have had 8% less starting base wage than a traditional firm and still make more monetary compensation per hour of work.
- More money_ _**_and_** _fewer hours of actual work?_

**Yes, at CGL Tax, it is possible.**

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 a collaborative way.
- Boring stuff... I mean _

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

**Experience and Education Requirements**
- Solid understanding of business and accounting principles
- Preference will be given to formal bookkeeping or accounting training
- Strong computer literacy and proficiency to learn new software quickly
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook are an asset.
- Experience working with multiple bookkeeping software packages both online and on desktop including Xero, Sage50, and QuickBooks
- HubDoc, WagePoint, TaxCycle, DoxCycle, CaseWare, SharePoint, Power Automate, PowerPoint, FormStack, MailChimp, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop, Citrix ShareFile, RightSignature, WagePoint, GoProposal, Zapier
- Levels: Beginner - Intermediate - Proficient - Advanced - Expert

**Additional Assets**
- Relevant work experience in a public accounting firm
- 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
- 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)**
- Displays positivity, enthusiasm, optimism, drive, and passion while maintaining a high level of productivity through self-motivation.
- Professional whose honesty, integrity, high ethical standards, 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
- Understands the importance of quality service by being courteous, responding to requests in a timely manner, and monitoring