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About the Role
Join KPMG's Audit & Assurance practice as a Second Year Staff Accountant for our Public and Private Company practice in Ontario. You will deliver high-quality work supporting trust, transparency, and confidence across organizations, while fostering an environment of high challenge and support where curiosity and critical thinking are encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Apply KPMG's audit and accounting practices and methodologies at client engagements.
- Conduct external and internal financial statement audits for both public and private companies.
- Lead field engagement teams, coach, and mentor junior staff members.
- Perform analysis of complex accounting issues.
- Perform financial and systems analysis.
- Develop and maintain relationships with clients.
Requirements
- Completion of a Canadian CPA-eligible Bachelor’s degree.
- Pursuit or completion of the Canadian CPA designation, or equivalent international credential.
- 1+ years post graduate experience in external audit of publicly listed entities (PCAOB, IFRS, ASPE, ASNPO, and/or US GAAP).
- Excellent project management, teamwork and interpersonal skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work both independently, with little supervision and within a team environment.
- Effectively monitor multiple or complex projects regularly to check progression against deadlines and budget.
- Excellent client service skills with an aptitude to understand the clients' business and maintain strong client relationships.
- Dedication and motivation to achieve high standards of client service while demonstrating professionalism in the performance of duties.
- Uses previous experience and technical knowledge to the benefit of the client.
- Able to use a range of techniques to analyze an issue.
Skills
- Project management
- Teamwork
- Interpersonal skills
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Independent work
- Team collaboration
- Client service
- Analytical skills
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1+ years post graduate experience
Education Level
- Canadian CPA-eligible Bachelor’s degree
- Canadian CPA designation or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $55,000 to $68,500
Benefits
- Eligible for bonus awards
- Comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards program
About the Company
- KPMG in Canada's Audit practice helps clients manage risk so they can focus on their core businesses.
- By intimately understanding the client's business, we convert information into insights to uncover hidden opportunities to improve client efficiency and performance.
- Our values are: Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together, For Better.
Equal Opportunity
- KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential.
- A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work.
- We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.
- Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process are available.
- We embrace the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our recruitment processes. AI tools may help with organizing applications or surfacing relevant qualifications. However, no hiring decisions are made using AI. Every hiring decision is made by our hiring managers and recruitment professionals, who are equipped with training that empowers them to use these tools responsibly. AI technologies used in our recruitment process undergo detailed risk assessments, including security and privacy requirements, that align with KPMG’s Trusted AI framework.
- We believe technology should empower human judgment, not replace it. It’s one of the many ways we’re delivering on our vision of being a technology-first, people-driven firm.