Junior Tax Accountant

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🕒 August 30

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $60k - $65k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

💲 Accountant / Accounting

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Zenbooks

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

☁️ SaaS

💸 Finance

SaaS • Finance

Zenbooks is a tech-savvy Canadian cloud accounting firm providing virtual bookkeeping, accounting, tax planning, payroll compliance, and financial reporting for small and medium-sized businesses. Many team members are qualified CPAs, CAs, and tax specialists. They specialize in cloud accounting platforms (Xero, QuickBooks/QBO), eliminating paperwork and data entry, and advising clients on productivity and daily financials. They offer free discovery calls and position themselves as business advisers and tax planners.

📋 Description

• Communicate directly with clients to collect information and documents needed to prepare tax returns and keep them updated • Prepare Canadian personal (T1) and corporate (T2) tax returns using established templates and processes • Prepare tax-related manual journal entries for booking to financial statements • Prepare tax slips, election forms, letters, Compilation Engagement Reports, and appropriate checklists • Apply appropriate credits, adjustments, and deductions to minimize clients' taxes • Assist the Tax Manager with simple to moderately complex research and explain straightforward tax issues to clients • Support the Tax Manager with CRA reviews and audits by compiling required information • Stay current on changes to the tax code and accounting principles • Report to the Tax Manager

🎯 Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience preparing tax returns • Experience in Canadian tax • Comfortable communicating directly with clients • Proficiency in English is required • French is an asset but not required • Comfortable working independently in a fully remote, paperless environment • Must pass a criminal background check and education/employment verification • Ability to work overtime during peak tax season, as needed • Working from home is a requirement • Preferred: Post-secondary education in accounting or a related field • Preferred: Experience with cloud-based accounting and tax software • A CPA designation is not required, nor is enrolment in the CPA program

🏖️ Benefits

• 5 Personal Days + 10 Vacation Days + 1 week during the December Holiday Season • 100% Employer-paid Health benefits (medical, dental, disability, life insurance and vision) (including EAP) and flexible health spending account • Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) • 100% Employer-paid Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse • 100% Employer-paid Ergonomic assessment of your home office (Virtual) • Flexible work schedule • On-the-job training and ongoing support