About the role
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
We are seeking a detail-oriented and client-focused professional to join our team as an Staff Accountant in our Sussex**, New Brunswick** office. In this role, you’ll work with small to mid-size businesses across diverse industries, providing exceptional accounting and tax services. At Ascend, we go beyond the numbers, adopting a personal advisory approach to help clients achieve their goals and drive their success.
Why This Role?
This opportunity is perfect for someone who:
- Has a passion for partnering with business owners to help them achieve their growth and success goals.
- Thrives in a forward-thinking environment that leverages technology and process improvement to deliver innovative solutions.
- Values teamwork and understands that collaboration is the foundation of achieving common goals.
- Seeks continuous growth, committed to ongoing professional development and learning.
- Prioritizes flexibility, recognizing the importance of balancing personal and professional responsibilities to enhance overall well-being.
What You Will Be Doing
- Preparing client bookkeeping and accounting records, financial statements, corporate and personal income tax returns.
- Reconciling accounts receivable and accounts payable.
- Preparing T1s, T4s, T5s, HST, and other compliance returns.
- Developing management reports, financial analysis, and client memos.
- Communicating tax and accounting concepts to clients and addressing their inquiries.
- Responding to CRA correspondence, requests, and audits—ensuring work is organized and audit-ready.
- Preparing adjusting journal entries, working papers, T2 returns, and compilation engagement financial statements.
What You Bring
- An accounting or business diploma/certificate or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of public accounting experience.
- Solid understanding of the accounting cycle and balance sheet reconciliation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, and QuickBooks.
- Knowledge of Canadian personal, corporate, and trust tax.
- Experience with Caseware, Sage, Xero, Wagepoint, Hubdoc, and QBO Certification is an asset.
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay—apply anyway! Your unique background might make you the perfect fit for this or another role at Ascend.
What We offer:
At Ascend, we believe that investing in our people is key to our success. When you join our team, you can expect:
- A Supportive Culture that prioritizes collaboration, innovation, and meaningful connections.
- Growth Opportunities and continuous support for professional development and career advancement.
- A focus on work-life integration to help you balance personal and professional priorities.
- A well-rounded benefits package designed to support your overall well-being.
How to Apply:
Ready to elevate your career? Send your cover letter and resume as a single document.
We appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into your application. Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Our Commitment to Diversity
At Ascend, we celebrate and value the unique perspectives that diversity brings. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone—regardless of race, religion, ability, gender identity, or orientation—feels empowered to succeed.
About Ascend
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
About the role
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
We are seeking a detail-oriented and client-focused professional to join our team as an Staff Accountant in our Sussex**, New Brunswick** office. In this role, you’ll work with small to mid-size businesses across diverse industries, providing exceptional accounting and tax services. At Ascend, we go beyond the numbers, adopting a personal advisory approach to help clients achieve their goals and drive their success.
Why This Role?
This opportunity is perfect for someone who:
- Has a passion for partnering with business owners to help them achieve their growth and success goals.
- Thrives in a forward-thinking environment that leverages technology and process improvement to deliver innovative solutions.
- Values teamwork and understands that collaboration is the foundation of achieving common goals.
- Seeks continuous growth, committed to ongoing professional development and learning.
- Prioritizes flexibility, recognizing the importance of balancing personal and professional responsibilities to enhance overall well-being.
What You Will Be Doing
- Preparing client bookkeeping and accounting records, financial statements, corporate and personal income tax returns.
- Reconciling accounts receivable and accounts payable.
- Preparing T1s, T4s, T5s, HST, and other compliance returns.
- Developing management reports, financial analysis, and client memos.
- Communicating tax and accounting concepts to clients and addressing their inquiries.
- Responding to CRA correspondence, requests, and audits—ensuring work is organized and audit-ready.
- Preparing adjusting journal entries, working papers, T2 returns, and compilation engagement financial statements.
What You Bring
- An accounting or business diploma/certificate or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of public accounting experience.
- Solid understanding of the accounting cycle and balance sheet reconciliation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, and QuickBooks.
- Knowledge of Canadian personal, corporate, and trust tax.
- Experience with Caseware, Sage, Xero, Wagepoint, Hubdoc, and QBO Certification is an asset.
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay—apply anyway! Your unique background might make you the perfect fit for this or another role at Ascend.
What We offer:
At Ascend, we believe that investing in our people is key to our success. When you join our team, you can expect:
- A Supportive Culture that prioritizes collaboration, innovation, and meaningful connections.
- Growth Opportunities and continuous support for professional development and career advancement.
- A focus on work-life integration to help you balance personal and professional priorities.
- A well-rounded benefits package designed to support your overall well-being.
How to Apply:
Ready to elevate your career? Send your cover letter and resume as a single document.
We appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into your application. Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Our Commitment to Diversity
At Ascend, we celebrate and value the unique perspectives that diversity brings. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone—regardless of race, religion, ability, gender identity, or orientation—feels empowered to succeed.
About Ascend
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.