Accounting Technician

**Pettinelli Mastroluisi LLP**:
Pettinelli Mastroluisi LLP is an accounting firm with over 35 years’ of experience and is the business partner of choice for privately owned corporations, their shareholders and non-profit organizations throughout Hamilton and surrounding areas.

The firm employs 70+ employees and offers services in accounting, advisory, taxation, and valuation/litigation support services.

**Overview of the Opportunity**:
The Accounting Technician will perform general accounting duties as well as support accountants and other financing professionals with various tasks and responsibilities such as recording revenues and investments, preparing bank reconciliations and processing customer bills and accounts receivable.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- **Day-to Day Accounting**: Assist a broad range of small business clients with day-to-day accounting queries while assisting on CRA assessment reviews and preparing of personal tax returns.
- **Internal Stakeholder Engagement**: Maintain regular contact with Manager or Partners, and provide updates on engagement process.
- **External Stakeholder Engagement**: Communicate directly with clients, government agencies and other business contacts as required.
- **Report Preparation**: Prepare specialized financial reports as requested by clients, basic corporate tax returns, notice of financial statements and notice to reader financial statements.
- **Filing and Investigation**: Prepare regular external filings such as T4’s and T5’s, HST and EHT returns, as well as identify investigate and correct discrepancies and/or irregularities in client financial entries, documents, and reports.
- Maintain professional and Firm standards.
- Attend internal and external courses to further develop accounting knowledge.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- **Education**_
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or equivalent diploma or experience
- **Experience**_
- Zero to three years’ in public accounting or a comparable organization performing similar work for owner-managed clients;
- **Skills and Knowledge**_
- Superior time and task management skills;
- Strong working knowledge of QuickBooks (desktop and online) and TaxPrep or a similar tax program are assets;
- Experience with full-cycle bookkeeping;
- Solid understanding of business, accounting and bookkeeping principles.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with an ability to effectively convey messages and collect information;
- High degree of professionalism and the ability to build rapport with clients and external business contacts.
- Experience with owner-managed, small to mid-size businesses and experience with not-for-profit organizations are also assets.

**Benefits and Perks**:

- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package including:

- Group RRSP matching
- Health and dental benefits
- Firm sponsored social events
- Firm sponsored professional development
- Potential for flexible working arrangements and work-life balance
- Opportunities to grow within the firm
- This role has no direct reports

**Notice for Job Applicants**

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an employee assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Management retains the discretion to make reasonable additions or changes to the duties of the position at any time.

We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources if you require any accommodation.

Pettinelli Mastroluisi LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Pay: $20.25 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person