Job Description

CPA Students (Staff Accountants - 8) - Dartmouth, NS
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Are you a one-of-a-kind professional in Accounting who wants to live your values and ambitions creating an exceptional experience as part of the most engaged team? Do you want to be:

• empowered to thrive?
• engaged for team success?
• someone\xe2\x80\x99s favourite colleague?
• someone who influences tomorrow?
• part of something meaningful?
• part of something more?

At Baker Tilly Nova Scotia (BTNS), an entrepreneurial, local, independent member firm of Baker Tilly Canada, you will collaborate with a team of 130 dynamic, interesting professionals who pride themselves on exceptional service and commitment to success along with our 40 member-firm offices across the country providing value-added accounting, tax, and advisory services to a wide range of clients from individuals to not-for-profits to large private companies. We are thrilled to work directly alongside Harbinger Law, providing an even more innovative offering. Affiliated with Baker Tilly International, a global network of 148 territories with 39,000 people working in more than 706 offices, you can collaborate with a talented group of high-performing colleagues across the world. Baker Tilly International was honoured to receive the \xe2\x80\x9cNetwork of the Year\xe2\x80\x9d Award at the prestigious International Accounting Forum & Awards 2023!

Our team has opportunities for 8 CPA Students (Staff Accountants) to grow along with BTNS! We will support you to do what you do best every day by offering you:

• Competitive total rewards package, including salary and incentive program
• Robust benefits plan (health, dental, life, dependent life, AD&D, STD, LTD, etc.)
• Fantastic perks:

• RRSP matching
• Generous paid time off package (study leave, vacation, personal, sick, firm holidays, etc.)
• $500 wellness allowance
• Complimentary on-site gym
• Free, plentiful parking
• Dress for your day, including casual
• Client and employee referral bonuses
• Growth-focused coaching, mentoring, feedback, and growth plan reviews
• Learning and professional development opportunities (including a week in Banff!!!) as well as paid professional dues
• Work-life integration (professional flexibility, working remotely opportunities, compressed work weeks, EFAP)
• Fun at work year-round with a TON of firm-sponsored social events, yoga, lunch and learns, registered massage therapy sessions, office barista-made coffee delivery, free snacks and meals, teambuilding events, therapy dog visit, off-site Staff Day, etc.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Engage in whole client files from start to finish, not just a section! Learn bookkeeping, accounting, and tax that contribute to both your client service experience as well as your future career.
• Complete a wide range of Audit, Review, Compilation, White Paper, and Tax engagements, both independently and as part of a cross-functional team, so you better understand our clients\xe2\x80\x99 businesses and how to identify opportunities to add value.

A successful candidate will have:

• Successful completion of a university undergraduate degree with a concentration in Accounting (*graduation date set for August 2024 or sooner)
• Strong desire to complete the CPA program supported by a firm with a 99% success rate
• Your whole, authentic self and unique skills \xe2\x80\x93 our firm is full of interesting, vibrant, curious, talented colleagues!

Application Information:

If you are ready to Be True to yourself while you create great relationships, great conversations, and great futures, we welcome your application to be part of something more. Join our diverse team that delivers high service and performance through deep connection, empathy, and creativity. Now, for the future.

Are you ready to live your values and ambitions as part of the most engaged team in NS? by sharing your cover letter, resume, and most recent transcripts (attached in the same document as your resume) with our Campus Recruitment Team by Monday, September 18, 2023.

We are actively seeking to add team members from communities with lived experiences of marginalization and underrepresentation. We respect and value everyone for their unique perspective and the difference that they bring as we create a culture of trust and belonging. If you identify as Black, Indigenous, a Person of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, Disabled/Person with a Disability, or another marginalized group, we strongly encourage you to apply, even if you wonder whether you fully meet the qualifications in the posting. If accommodation at any stage of the application process would assist you, please connect with our People & Culture team at and we are happy to help.

Baker Tilly