Senior Accounting Technician
Top Benefits
About the role
Be part of something bigger. Build with us today - Now, for tomorrow.
At Baker Tilly, we care about the impact you make. That’s why we’re invested in your growth from day one—because the steps you take today define your tomorrow.
We are looking for a Senior Accounting Technician to join our team—a role where your expertise will drive meaningful outcomes and your ambition will help shape what comes next. Here, you’ll collaborate with a dynamic team of professionals, united by a shared commitment to making a difference—for our clients, our communities, and one another.
Baker Tilly is a leading advisory and accounting firm dedicated to building better futures. With global reach and local roots, we combine the scale of a network with the trust of strong relationships. From audit and tax to consulting and specialist advisory services, we help clients navigate complexity and seize opportunity with clarity.
“There is no limit to the growth opportunities at Baker Tilly. We pride ourselves on promoting talent when we see it, and work with each professional to define what success means for them.”
Your role:
- Assisting in preparing client bookkeeping and accounting records, payroll, financial statements, tax remittances, etc.
- Reconciliation of accounts receivable and accounts payable
- Preparing various types of tax filings, HST, and other compliance returns
- Communicating accounting concepts to clients and answering their questions
- CRA correspondence, requests, and audits – ensure your work is easy to audit
- Adjusting Journal Entries, Working Papers, assisting with T2 Returns, and Compilation Engagement Financial Statements
What you bring to the table:
- Completion of a diploma/certificate in Business Administration or Accounting
- 3-5 years of Accounting and Bookkeeping experience required
- Experience working in a professional services environment is an asset
- Keen attention to detail, time management, and organization are essential
- Strong trusting relationship building skills are important, including written and verbal communications skills as well as a collaborative client service approach
- Proficiency with QuickBooks Online (QBO), QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 50, Xero, and Microsoft Office Suite software and aptitude to learn new cloud accounting apps and integrations are valuable
- You can anticipate your client’s and team’s needs, take ownership and initiative of the work, and assist proactively internally and externally for optimal outcomes
- Professional judgment and confidentiality are imperative
- Candidates must possess a basic knowledge of Canadian sales tax rules and compliance, including GST/HST regulations, provincial sales tax requirements, and the ability to navigate complex tax scenarios to ensure accurate and timely reporting
- Proficiency with Caseware and Taxprep is an asset
What’s in it for you?
-
Competitive total rewards package, including salary and incentive programs
-
Robust benefits plan (health, dental, life, dependent life, AD&D, STD, LTD, etc.)
-
Fantastic perks:
-
RRSP matching
-
Generous paid time off package (study leave, vacation, personal, sick, firm holidays, etc.)
-
$500 annual wellness allowance
-
Complimentary on-site gym
-
Free, plentiful parking
-
Dress for your day, including casual
-
Client and employee referral bonuses
-
Growth-focused coaching, mentoring, feedback, and growth plan reviews
-
Learning and professional development opportunities as well as paid professional dues
-
Work-life integration (professional flexibility, working remotely opportunities, compressed work weeks, EFAP)
-
Fun at work year-round with firm-sponsored social events, yoga, lunch and learns, registered massage therapy sessions, monthly espresso happy hour, free snacks and meals, teambuilding events, therapy dog visit, off-site Staff Day, etc.
Where you’ll work:
Dartmouth, NS (Hybrid)
Job type:
Permanent, Full-time
Your schedule:
Monday to Friday
Salary range:
Will be communicated at a later stage in the hiring process.
When you join Baker Tilly, you become part of something bigger—an ambitious, forward-thinking company that puts people first. Ideas matter, perspectives count, and every contribution builds a stronger future. If you’re ready to make an impact, we’re ready to meet you.
We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. #PeopleFirst
About Baker Tilly Canada
With member firms from coast to coast, the Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative is one of the country’s largest associations of chartered professional accounting firms. As an all-Canadian network, we have a longstanding reputation for value-added audit, tax and advisory solutions, due to the depth and breadth of our in-house skills, customized offerings and service excellence. Through our strong network infrastructure, shared expertise, resources and offices across the country, our independent member firms provide clients ranging in size from large, publicly traded companies to owner-managed and emerging businesses with a full complement of professional services across every major industry sector.
Globally connected We are proud to be an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a network which extends across 141 territories, with 43,000 people working out of more than 658 offices. Our membership gives us significant global reach in addition to our national presence.
At Baker Tilly International, we believe in the power of great relationships, great conversations and great futures. They represent what we stand for and what we are working together to achieve. Find out more at www.bakertilly.global.
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Senior Accounting Technician
Top Benefits
About the role
Be part of something bigger. Build with us today - Now, for tomorrow.
At Baker Tilly, we care about the impact you make. That’s why we’re invested in your growth from day one—because the steps you take today define your tomorrow.
We are looking for a Senior Accounting Technician to join our team—a role where your expertise will drive meaningful outcomes and your ambition will help shape what comes next. Here, you’ll collaborate with a dynamic team of professionals, united by a shared commitment to making a difference—for our clients, our communities, and one another.
Baker Tilly is a leading advisory and accounting firm dedicated to building better futures. With global reach and local roots, we combine the scale of a network with the trust of strong relationships. From audit and tax to consulting and specialist advisory services, we help clients navigate complexity and seize opportunity with clarity.
“There is no limit to the growth opportunities at Baker Tilly. We pride ourselves on promoting talent when we see it, and work with each professional to define what success means for them.”
Your role:
- Assisting in preparing client bookkeeping and accounting records, payroll, financial statements, tax remittances, etc.
- Reconciliation of accounts receivable and accounts payable
- Preparing various types of tax filings, HST, and other compliance returns
- Communicating accounting concepts to clients and answering their questions
- CRA correspondence, requests, and audits – ensure your work is easy to audit
- Adjusting Journal Entries, Working Papers, assisting with T2 Returns, and Compilation Engagement Financial Statements
What you bring to the table:
- Completion of a diploma/certificate in Business Administration or Accounting
- 3-5 years of Accounting and Bookkeeping experience required
- Experience working in a professional services environment is an asset
- Keen attention to detail, time management, and organization are essential
- Strong trusting relationship building skills are important, including written and verbal communications skills as well as a collaborative client service approach
- Proficiency with QuickBooks Online (QBO), QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 50, Xero, and Microsoft Office Suite software and aptitude to learn new cloud accounting apps and integrations are valuable
- You can anticipate your client’s and team’s needs, take ownership and initiative of the work, and assist proactively internally and externally for optimal outcomes
- Professional judgment and confidentiality are imperative
- Candidates must possess a basic knowledge of Canadian sales tax rules and compliance, including GST/HST regulations, provincial sales tax requirements, and the ability to navigate complex tax scenarios to ensure accurate and timely reporting
- Proficiency with Caseware and Taxprep is an asset
What’s in it for you?
-
Competitive total rewards package, including salary and incentive programs
-
Robust benefits plan (health, dental, life, dependent life, AD&D, STD, LTD, etc.)
-
Fantastic perks:
-
RRSP matching
-
Generous paid time off package (study leave, vacation, personal, sick, firm holidays, etc.)
-
$500 annual wellness allowance
-
Complimentary on-site gym
-
Free, plentiful parking
-
Dress for your day, including casual
-
Client and employee referral bonuses
-
Growth-focused coaching, mentoring, feedback, and growth plan reviews
-
Learning and professional development opportunities as well as paid professional dues
-
Work-life integration (professional flexibility, working remotely opportunities, compressed work weeks, EFAP)
-
Fun at work year-round with firm-sponsored social events, yoga, lunch and learns, registered massage therapy sessions, monthly espresso happy hour, free snacks and meals, teambuilding events, therapy dog visit, off-site Staff Day, etc.
Where you’ll work:
Dartmouth, NS (Hybrid)
Job type:
Permanent, Full-time
Your schedule:
Monday to Friday
Salary range:
Will be communicated at a later stage in the hiring process.
When you join Baker Tilly, you become part of something bigger—an ambitious, forward-thinking company that puts people first. Ideas matter, perspectives count, and every contribution builds a stronger future. If you’re ready to make an impact, we’re ready to meet you.
We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. #PeopleFirst
About Baker Tilly Canada
With member firms from coast to coast, the Baker Tilly Canada Cooperative is one of the country’s largest associations of chartered professional accounting firms. As an all-Canadian network, we have a longstanding reputation for value-added audit, tax and advisory solutions, due to the depth and breadth of our in-house skills, customized offerings and service excellence. Through our strong network infrastructure, shared expertise, resources and offices across the country, our independent member firms provide clients ranging in size from large, publicly traded companies to owner-managed and emerging businesses with a full complement of professional services across every major industry sector.
Globally connected We are proud to be an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a network which extends across 141 territories, with 43,000 people working out of more than 658 offices. Our membership gives us significant global reach in addition to our national presence.
At Baker Tilly International, we believe in the power of great relationships, great conversations and great futures. They represent what we stand for and what we are working together to achieve. Find out more at www.bakertilly.global.