Manager, Accounting Services

Are you an accountant with a “triple-threat” combination of tax knowledge, managerial experience and accounting fluency? If so, we’d love to meet you!

Stern Cohen LLP is a rapidly-growing, award-winning, public accounting firm at Yonge and St. Clair in Toronto. We focus exclusively on privately-held businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Despite our 60+ year history, our approach is thoroughly modern (like our paperless office and use of cloud technologies).

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for an Manager to help lead our privately-held business accounting services practice. The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for ensuring quality execution of notice to reader/compilation engagements and tax returns for our clients. This position requires management experience in public accounting, with oversight for non-audit client engagements. Our firm is growing, so if your career aspirations include leadership and business development, advancement opportunities exist.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing engagement files and tax returns for small business clients;

• Building strong relationships with clients;

• Acting as the “go to” person for experienced accounting staff;

• Coaching and performance management of the small business accounting team, and ad hoc training for others in the Firm;

• Interacting with the team and the office’s scheduler for any small business client engagements;

• Becoming an integral part of the management team and assisting with practice management;

• Identifying value-added service opportunities and networking for new business.

Qualifications:

• Qualified accounting designation (CPA in combination with CA, CGA, CMA);

• Strong investment and tax knowledge;

• Minimum 2-3 years’ managerial working experience in a public accounting environment and overseeing small business accounting client work, including file and tax return reviews;

• Experience as the “doer” performing similar work;

• Personal and corporate tax experience of some complexity. Experience working with investment management/holding companies;

• Work experience with Caseware/Caseview, Tax Prep, and Excel software programs;

• Strong knowledge of accounting software programs especially QuickBooks;

• Client service and relationship building excellence (for external and internal clients);

• Detail orientation and analytical/inquiry skills that will enable a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses;

• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation);

Benefits of working at Stern Cohen:

• Culture of lifelong learning

• Supportive and collaborative work environment

• Enthusiastic team spirit

• Flex hours to allow for work-life balance

• Dress for Your Day casual dress policy

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits and compensation package

Learn more about employee experience at Stern Cohen on our Careers page and on LinkedIn.

Interested applicants are kindly asked to include a cover letter along with their resume. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, we will only contact applicants who closely match our requirements.

Stern Cohen LLP offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities in its recruitment processes. If you are contacted regarding a job opportunity, please advise if you require accommodation.