Junior Accountant

at  Business Sherpa Group

ABOUT US

Business Sherpa Group provides outsourced operations support to small and midsized enterprises (SMEs). Our experienced team of embedded experts bring systems, solutions, and ongoing support when and how our clients need it. From the onset, it has been our mission to provide our clients with the resources you’d expect at a larger organization, but delivered in a way that is practical and affordable for SMEs. We continue to believe that no organization, regardless of size, should be prevented from reaching its potential.

Our remote team is composed of highly skilled professionals from across Canada. Balance is extremely important to us, and you’ll find having work/life balance is a natural part of being on the Business Sherpa Group team. Here are a few of the things we provide every employee:

• A ‘Work where it works’ approach
• Generous health & wellness benefits
• Professional development support
• Liberal vacation, personal leave & annual Giving & Volunteer Day
• Home office set-up assistance
• Ongoing technology allowance

Visit our careers page to learn more about what it’s like to work here with the Business Sherpa Group team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Cloud-Based Accounting Practice is currently searching for a full-time Junior Accountant to provide expert full-cycle accounting support to our clients in a board range of industries. The Junior Accountant will maintain financial records, process transactions, complete reconciliations, prepare scheduled financial reports, ensure accuracy and compliance with account principles and practice standards, and support the accounting practice team.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Each day looks a little different here at Business Sherpa Group, but in this role, you can expect to…

• Manage the full-cycle accounting function for a small number of organizations, working closely with them to prioritize your work to meet their business needs.
• Accurately recording client invoices, employee expenses and supplier invoices, following up to collect payment and ensuring that supplier payments are made on time.
• Reconciling bank and credit card statements and analyzing balance sheet accounts on a regular basis.
• Preparing quarterly government remittances for HST and EHT annual returns.
• Managing payroll and benefits including all related remittances and reporting.
• Preparing month and year-end working papers for assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditure accounts.
• Solving accounting puzzles by researching and reconciling discrepancies and ensuring that the accounting is in good order.
• Competently using software to provide virtual services such as QuickBooks Online, Sage 50, HubDoc, Plooto, Receipt Bank and Excel.