We are actively seeking a highly experienced and adept Team Leader to join our client's team through Acme Services. This pivotal role demands a professional with strong expertise in Canadian taxation, bookkeeping, and financial statement review. The ideal candidate will excel at engaging with various stakeholders, managing client communications, ensuring quality and timely deliverables, and mentoring a team to achieve high performance in a client-facing environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Engagement & Workflow Coordination: Engage effectively with various stakeholders, including Clients, engagement teams, engagement managers/partners, and operations teams, to coordinate the smooth flow of work and ensure seamless project execution.
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Train and mentor staff on Canadian taxation, relevant software, and accounting processes. Mentor the Canada FA taxation team, ensuring high-quality, timely deliverables in a client-facing setup. Manage and direct the day-to-day activities of the offshore tax group.
- Client Communication & Delivery Management: Handle all client communications directly and manage all deliveries of each engagement, ensuring that Quality and TAT (Turnaround Time) are consistently maintained.
- Canadian Tax & Accounting Expertise:
- Demonstrate strong exposure to Canadian personal and corporate tax returns/laws.
- Possess expertise on Canadian Book-keeping (through QuickBooks) and finalization of accounts (through Case-ware).
- Financial Statement Review: Perform Financial Statement Presentation and Review of financial statements for various engagements (Notice to Reader/Review) as per Canadian GAAP/ASPE for different organization types (Corporations, Trusts, Partnerships, Non-profit organizations, Proprietorship).
- Tax Return Review & Quality Assurance: Review Canada Individual (T1), Corporate (T2), and Trust (T3) tax returns. Review tax calculations by tax analysts and ensure feedback is meticulously documented.
- Compliance & Reporting: Responsible for complying with daily submission of timesheets and updating workflow systems to maintain accurate records.
Skills
- Strong ability in engaging with various stakeholders for smooth workflow.
- Proficiency in training/mentoring staff on Canadian taxation, software, and accounting.
- Excellent skills in handling client communications and managing all deliveries to maintain quality and TAT.
- Mandatory exposure to Canadian personal and corporate tax returns/laws.
- Expertise on Canadian Book-keeping (through QuickBooks) and finalization of accounts (through Case-ware).
- Competence in Financial Statement Presentation and Review as per Canadian GAAP/ASPE.
- Skills in reviewing Canada Individual (T1), Corporate (T2), and Trust (T3) tax returns.
- Ability to review tax calculations by tax analysts and document feedback.
- Proven experience in mentoring Canadian FA taxation teams.
- Capability to manage and direct day-to-day activities of an offshore tax group.
- Responsible for complying with daily timesheet submissions and workflow system updates.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Team Leader or Senior Accountant/Analyst in a Canadian tax and accounting environment.
- Demonstrable expertise in Canadian taxation laws and accounting standards (GAAP/ASPE).
- Strong leadership, communication, and client management skills.
