Manager, Audit (Fully Remote)

  • Toronto
  • Zeifmans

About Us

Zeifmans is a tax, accounting and consulting firm that understands clients’ needs and the full range of solutions available. We work within the rules to make the rules work for our clients. We give straightforward, intelligent advice that consistently add to our clients’ bottom lines.

As a member of Zeifmans’ dedicated team, you will acquire a deep knowledge of the personal and business needs and goals of our clients. You can provide candid counsel on a wide range of issues, including assurance, tax, complex accounting, restructuring, acquisitions, and more. You will benefit equally from the experience and judgment of our senior leaders and the sharp, innovative thinking of our young associates.

About the Position

This is a fully remote position .

As a Manager, you will be overseeing and managing assignments for all types of assurance engagements. You will be working in a broad range of industries on a variety of engagements, including emerging industries such as cannabis, psychedelics, crypto and gaming. You will oversee entire engagements from planning to completion.

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Preparation or review of the planning documents ensuring compliance with the Firm’s risk based approach to engagements;
  • Delegate sections of the file to staff members based on their knowledge, experience and ongoing professional development need;
  • Ensures staff are properly supervised during completion of each procedure, section or file prior to commencing work; review the accuracy of work completed by junior and senior team members;
  • Lead in-house technical training sessions for junior staff members;
  • Supervise the training of staff and provide guidance and direction to staff, as well as to give constructive feedback of their working papers;
  • Review working paper files for each engagement completed by staff and ensure that all planned procedures have been completed in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures, and GAAS, if applicable;
  • Ensure that all queries and outstanding points have been resolved satisfactorily prior to review by the Director and/or Partner;
  • Advise Director and/or Partner of any significant issues or engagement findings, along with recommendations for their resolution;
  • Review and amend as necessary the financial statements, notes, attached schedules, management letters, and any other documents to be issued to the client;
  • Mentor and coach professional staff throughout the year and provide support and development to advance their careers.

Summary of Experience

  • 6+ years of public accounting experience, with a focus on audit

Requirements :

  • Completion of a University Accounting degree
  • Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation
  • Thorough understanding and experience working with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE
  • Experience leading and coaching a team.
  • Minimum 1 year experience as an Audit Manager, in a public accounting firm
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate with external clients.
  • Possess strong file management skills and organization, able to manage multiple engagements simultaneously
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Experience working with accounting and tax software such as Quickbooks, Caseware, Jazz-it, Tax Prep and Simply Accounting

Great ideas. Positive impact. That’s Zeifmans.

Zeifmans Offers You :

  • Fully remote position - no commute time
  • Opportunity for growth - gain direct experience working with a wide-range of industry groups and clients
  • Collaborative environment - everyone has a say in our success
  • Competitive compensation + opportunity for annual bonuses
  • Full benefits and insurance for you and your immediate family members
  • Short Fridays all year long (3 pm office closure)
  • Flexible work hours and location possible
  • Mental health resources and on-going mental health support
  • Providing you with opportunities to give back and support your community

Why Zeifmans?

At Zeifmans, you are just not just a number, you are an integral member of our growing Zeifmans team. We are a home to number-crunchers, big thinkers, day dreamers and scholars - because delivering big ideas for such a breadth of clients takes all kinds of wonderful minds.

Helping you succeed at every level :Get ready for 1:1 career guidance directly from partners and senior managers. You will get a chance to develop skills past just tax, assurance or accounting - there’s tons of room for personal and career growth, along with perks like year-long early Fridays.

Your well-being matters - professionally and personally : At Zeifmans, we take care of each other. That means great health benefits, a focus on work-life balance. Our employees don’t just survive, they thrive.

Making time for fun : You’re not a robot. Neither are we. While Zeifmans’