Accounting Technician – Private Enterprise

About the role

Join Baker Tilly’s dynamic team in Dartmouth as an Accounting Technician, supporting client bookkeeping, payroll, tax filings and financial reporting while collaborating with professionals dedicated to making a difference.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in preparing client bookkeeping and accounting records, payroll, financial statements, and tax remittances.
• Reconcile accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Prepare various tax filings, HST, and other compliance returns.
• Communicate accounting concepts to clients and answer their questions.
• Handle CRA correspondence, requests, and audits, ensuring work is audit‑ready.
• Prepare adjusting journal entries, working papers, and support T2 returns and compilation engagements.

Required profile

• Diploma or certificate in Business Administration or Accounting.
• 1‑3 years of accounting and bookkeeping experience.
• Experience in a professional services environment (asset).
• Keen attention to detail, strong time‑management and organizational skills.
• Excellent relationship‑building and communication abilities.
• Professional judgment, confidentiality, and basic knowledge of Canadian sales tax rules.

Required skills

• Proficiency with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 50, and Xero.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to learn new cloud accounting applications and integrations.
• Caseware and Taxprep (asset).

What we offer

• Competitive total rewards package, including salary and incentive program.
• Robust benefits (health, dental, life, AD&D, STD, LTD, etc.).
• Health & Wellness spending accounts and RRSP matching.
• Generous paid time off and cell‑phone allowance.
• Complimentary on‑site gym, free parking, and casual dress code.
• Growth‑focused coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
• Work‑life integration with remote flexibility, compressed weeks, and EFAP.
• Year‑round social events, yoga, lunch‑and‑learns, massage therapy, and more.