Associate_French Bilingual

Role & responsibilities:

• Develop technical skills and knowledge across Audit and Assurance, Bookkeeping, Compilation Engagements, Accounting, and Corporate Tax.
• Support the preparation and review of financial statements, working papers, schedules, and related engagement documentation.
• Assist with audit and assurance engagements by performing assigned testing, documentation, financial analysis, and follow-up procedures.
• Perform bookkeeping activities, including recording financial transactions, maintaining general ledgers, reconciling accounts, and supporting period-end close activities.
• Prepare Canadian T2 corporate tax returns and other related tax filings, where applicable.
• Manage multiple client files and assignments simultaneously while meeting established timelines and quality standards.
• Summarize clients current financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other relevant reports.
• Review, investigate, and correct discrepancies and irregularities in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Establish charts of accounts and prepare journal entries for posting to accounts.
• Categorize financial data for use in data analytics and prepare related client deliverables.
• Build competencies in data analytics reporting and identify opportunities for relevant client advisory services.
• Prepare correspondence, technical reports, client summaries, and presentations outlining engagement findings, facts, and key highlights.
• Communicate professionally with French-speaking clients, engagement teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with client engagement teams and contribute to building effective working relationships with client contacts.
• Contribute to identifying opportunities to improve internal processes and technologies and collaborate with other internal teams on solutions.

Requirements:

Essential Skills

• French-language proficiency at B2 or C1 level, supported by certification from a recognized institution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in French and English.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies, tools, processes, and software.
• Strong analytical, numerical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail capabilities.
• Ability to organize and manage multiple assignments within established timelines.
• Customer service and/or client service orientation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team-based and client-focused environment.
• Willingness to develop capabilities across Audit, Bookkeeping, Compilation, Accounting, and Tax.

Technical Skills

Foundational understanding of accounting, auditing, taxation, bookkeeping, and financial reporting principles.

• Understanding of balance sheets, profit and loss statements, general ledgers, charts of accounts, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Exposure to taxation, tax return preparation, audit, bookkeeping, accounting, or financial reporting is preferred.
• Experience working with accounting, audit, bookkeeping, or tax software will be an advantage.
• Basic understanding of business, accounting, management, and professional services principles.
• Basic understanding of data analytics and its application within accounting and financial reporting.
• Previous internship or work experience in an accounting, audit, bookkeeping, finance, or taxation-related environment will be considered an asset.
• Experience with Canadian accounting, audit, bookkeeping, or taxation processes is advantageous but not mandatory

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Candidates pursuing or holding professional accounting qualifications may also be considered.
• French-language certification at B2 or C1 level from a recognized institution