Durward Jones Barkwell is one of the largest public accounting firms in the Niagara/Hamilton/Halton region with offices spanning from Burlington to Welland. The firm was founded in 1940 and features a dynamic group of professionals.
“Big enough to know, small enough to care.” At DJB, these are the words we live by. We value our clients and taking care of their unique needs is what drives our business. As part of our team, you will realize that to us nothing is trivial. We have the experience to handle any situation from complex mergers and acquisitions to assisting new entrepreneurs through the many facets of starting a small business. We do all this while remaining personally involved with our clients and the communities where we work and live.

As one of Hamilton-Niagara’s Top Employers for 2025 and one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers for 2025, we lead in offering our employees an exceptional place to work. We offer all of our employees:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Flexible work/life balance and summer hours
• Professional development, learning, and growth support
• A variety of community involvement opportunities

• Maintaining books of accounts; journal entries, reconciliations
• Supporting clients with bookkeeping assistance
• Providing assistance and troubleshooting through accounting software issues
• Calculating and preparing GST/HST, payroll and other government remittances
• Preparing T4’s, T4A’s, and T5018’s
• Completing WSIB and EHT filings
• Recording investments either using Excel or using specific software program
• Preparing personal income tax returns