Our client is one of Canada's leading qualified services firms, providing client-focused accounting, consulting, tax, and digital services to individuals, businesses, and organizations across Canada.

The firm is expanding its Global Capability Centre in Bangalore to support its continued growth, client service excellence, innovation, and operational efficiency. The Bangalore centre works closely with client-facing teams in Canada and plays an important role in delivering high-quality accounting, assurance, tax, and advisory services.

The team delivers Audit and Assurance, Bookkeeping, Compilation Engagements, and Corporate Tax services. Selected candidates will join at the Associate level and may be aligned to one or more service areas based on their education, experience, technical capabilities, French proficiency, and business requirements.

Responsibilities

- Develop technical skills and knowledge across Audit and Assurance, Bookkeeping, Compilation Engagements, Accounting, and Corporate Tax.
- Support the preparation and review of financial statements, working papers, schedules, and related engagement documentation.
- Assist with audit and assurance engagements by performing assigned testing, documentation, financial analysis, and follow-up procedures.
- Perform bookkeeping activities, including recording financial transactions, maintaining general ledgers, reconciling accounts, and supporting period-end close activities.
- Prepare Canadian T2 corporate tax returns and other related tax filings, where applicable.
- Manage multiple client files and assignments simultaneously while meeting established timelines and quality standards.




- Summarize clients current financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other relevant reports.
- Review, investigate, and correct discrepancies and irregularities in financial entries, documents, and reports.
- Establish charts of accounts and prepare journal entries for posting to accounts.
- Categorize financial data for use in data analytics and prepare related client deliverables.
- Build competencies in data analytics reporting and identify opportunities for relevant client advisory services.
- Prepare correspondence, technical reports, client summaries, and presentations outlining engagement findings, facts, and key highlights.
- Communicate professionally with French-speaking clients, engagement teams, and internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with client engagement teams and contribute to building effective working relationships with client contacts.
- Contribute to identifying opportunities to improve internal processes and technologies and collaborate with other internal teams on solutions

Requirements

Essential Skills

- French-language proficiency at B2 or C1 level, supported by certification from a recognized institution.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in French and English.
- Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies, tools, processes, and software.
- Strong analytical, numerical, problem-solving,



and attention-to-detail capabilities.
- Ability to organize and manage multiple assignments within established timelines.
- Customer service and/or client service orientation.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a team-based and client-focused environment.
- Willingness to develop capabilities across Audit, Bookkeeping, Compilation, Accounting, and Tax.

Technical Skills

- Foundational understanding of accounting, auditing, taxation, bookkeeping, and financial reporting principles.
- Understanding of balance sheets, profit and loss statements, general ledgers, charts of accounts, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
- Exposure to taxation, tax return preparation, audit, bookkeeping, accounting, or financial reporting is preferred.
- Experience working with accounting, audit, bookkeeping, or tax software will be an advantage.
- Basic understanding of business, accounting, management, and professional services principles.
- Basic understanding of data analytics and its application within accounting and financial reporting.
- Previous internship or work experience in an accounting, audit, bookkeeping, finance, or taxation-related environment will be considered an asset.
- Experience with Canadian accounting, audit, bookkeeping, or taxation processes is advantageous but not mandatory.

Educational Qualifications

- Bachelors or Master’s degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Candidates pursuing or holding professional accounting qualifications may also be considered.
- French-language certification at B2 or C1 level from a recognized institution.

📌 Associate French Bilingual (Karnataka)
🏢 Innovalus Technologies
📍 Karnataka