Crawford Smith & Swallow is currently looking for an experienced full-time accountant for our Niagara Region Offices. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work with fantastic people and awesome clients in an environment that values and encourages respect, personal and professional development, and a healthy work-life balance.

This particular role is best suited for those who have an enterprising spirit and are looking to gain diverse experience. The unique responsibilities and opportunities offered by this position offer a different and exciting prospect for ambitious professionals.

You will be challenged with increasingly important accounting and audit roles for our clients. You will be challenged with recognizing, analyzing and understanding our client’s business and their needs, as well as helping to train and develop junior staff. You will have an opportunity to work in an environment that builds on the strengths of every employee and promotes their professional and personal development.

The ideal individual has an aptitude for developing and maintaining good relationships with clients and staff. You must be able to handle a variety of responsibilities in a professional manner, working on multiple assignments with a high degree of autonomy over your work and producing high-quality deliverables with short deadlines. 

The client base includes a multitude of corporations, small & medium sized businesses, local government, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality and not- for-profit sectors.

As a Staff Accountant, you will be responsible for the following:

• Maintaining books of accounts; journal entries, reconciliations
• Reconciling accounts
• Preparing trial balance of books
• Maintaining general ledgers and financial statements
• Calculating and prepare cheques for payroll
• Calculating and preparing GST/HST, payroll and other government remittances
• Preparing T4’s, T4A’s, and T5018’s
• Preparing corporate income tax returns
• Completing WSIB and EHT filings
• Recording investments either using Excel or using specific software program
• Preparing personal income tax returns
• Keep financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems

What we offer all of our employees:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Professional development, learning, and growth support

The successful candidate will have:

• Post-secondary education, with a focus on accounting preferred
• CPA Designation NOT required for this position
• Minimum three (3) years experience in a public accounting firm preferred
• Bookkeeping experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• Remuneration based on experience.
• Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in the selection process; please let us know if you require a specific accommodation.

How to apply:

If you are interested in a great career opportunity with a growing, flexible and dynamic organization, please apply by sending your cover letter and resume, with subject line Staff Accountant I or II – Job Opportunity to HR@crawfordss.ca. Please be aware, this is NOT a remote position.

Crawford Smith & Swallow LLP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

No agencies, please.

Crawford Smith & Swallow LLP is currently looking for an experienced full-time Payroll & Bookkeeping Administrator for our Niagara Region Offices. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work with fantastic people and awesome clients in an environment that values and encourages respect, personal and professional development, and a healthy work-life balance.

Critical success factors:

• Be a forward thinker with the ability to adjust to the changing requirements of the position.
• Provides superior service to clients.
• Works cooperatively and effectively with others to reach a common goal.
• Participates actively with the team fostering a team environment.
• Balances a myriad of tasks; prioritizes duties as needed and minimizes unproductive time.

Overall expectations:

• Always maintain professionalism, tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to portray the Firm in a positive manner.
• Effective verbal and written skills to communicate clearly with clients and team members.
• Backup reception duties and other administrative tasks, as required.

As a Payroll & Bookkeeping Administrator:

• Bookkeeping (including HST Filing).
• Responsible for HST and year-end file preparation.
• Responsible for maintaining weekly and bi-weekly payroll for clients, including monthly reporting, monthly and semi-monthly remittances, EHT and WSIB.
• WSIB and EHT annual reconciliations.
• Calculate commissions for various clients as required.
• Accurately post-bankruptcy deposits and transfer cheques.
• Accurately filing weekly payroll (client).
• Responsible for posting weekly payroll cheques (client) and remittance cheques (client) into QuickBooks.
• Prepare and post weekly payroll (client) invoices.
• Efficiently scan all payroll trust cheques (client) into the computer filing system.
• Accurately prepare Records of Employment for various clients as needed.
• Printing and comparing financial statements to archived copies as required.
• Print all T slips as required.
• Archive financial statements, final copies, T1’s & other T forms as per the Firm’s standards.
• Complete finalizations as required to Firm standards.
• Prepare year-end payroll files for various clients, accurately file/archive previous files as required.

What we offer all of our employees:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Professional development, learning, and growth support

What the successful Candidate will have:

• Minimum 5+ years experience in an administrator/payroll/bookkeeping role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

How to apply:

If you are interested in a great career opportunity with a growing, flexible and dynamic organisation, please apply by sending your cover letter and resume, with the subject line Payroll & Bookkeeping Administrator – Job Opportunity to HR@crawfordss.ca. Please be aware, this is NOT a remote position.

Crawford Smith & Swallow LLP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

No agencies, please.

Crawford Smith & Swallow is currently looking for an experienced full-time Accountant for our Niagara Region Offices. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work with fantastic people and awesome clients in an environment that values and encourages respect, personal and professional development, and a healthy work-life balance.

This particular role is best suited for those who have an enterprising spirit and are looking to gain diverse experience. The unique responsibilities and opportunities offered by this position offer a different and exciting prospect for ambitious professionals.

You will be challenged with increasingly important accounting and audit roles for our clients. You will be challenged with recognizing, analyzing and understanding our client’s business and their needs, as well as helping to train and develop junior staff. You will have an opportunity to work in an environment that builds on the strengths of every employee and promotes their professional and personal development.

As a Senior Accountant or Account Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Plan and lead teams including but not limited to audit teams, meetings, and client engagements
• Plan fieldwork assignments including budget and resource needs
• Accurately perform audit procedures
• Efficiently and accurately oversee, sign off and present findings on audits
• Leverage strong computer skills in Word, Excel, CaseWare, CaseView and TaxPrep
• Prepare notice to readers, assurance engagements, personal and corporate tax returns, HST returns, T4’s, T5’s, T3 returns and bookkeeping
• Proactively market and attract new clients to the Firm
• Actively participate in the training and mentorship of junior team members
• Clearly communicate both verbally and in writing with clients and team members
• Think strategically, thrive in a dynamic client-focused culture, and create a strong team environment with a sense of excellence
• Maintain a high standard of ethics, professionalism, confidentiality, tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to portray the Firm in a positive manner
• Complete all other tasks as required by the Office Managing Partner

What we offer all of our employees:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Professional development, learning, and growth support

The successful candidate will have:

• CPA Designation
• One to six years post designation experience
• Remuneration based on experience.
• Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in the selection process; please let us know if you require a specific accommodation.

   

  How to apply:

  If you are interested in a great career opportunity with a growing, flexible and dynamic organization, please apply by sending your cover letter and resume, with subject line Sr. Accountant or Account Manager- Job Opportunity to HR@crawfordss.ca. Please be aware, this is NOT a remote position.

  Crawford Smith & Swallow welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

  We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

  No agencies, please