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Professional, Competitive Compensation, Flexibility, Challenge, Balance.

 

MacKay Landau is a full-service public accounting firm that has been building its reputation of excellence in Nunavut for more than 20 years.  We have developed a quality assurance system that ensures integrity, independence and integration in all services provided to our clients.  Professional independence is one of the keys to our success.

 

Whether you are a full-time, part-time or contract CA, we offer competitive compensation packages designed to specifically match the needs of the individual and the firm.  We structure packages that help to ensure work/life balance. Allowing for participation in growth of a unique business environment and commitments and contributions to family, community and other areas of life.  MacKay Landau offers real flexibility.

 

Are you looking for a challenge in a professional environment that also allows flexibility and balance?  Talk to us.  We offer a variety of challenging and exciting assignments, competitive salaries and benefits, recognition for a job well done, and the flexibility you need.

 

We are always pleased to hear from experienced professionals who have developed a specialty in assurance, client accounting or tax.

 

If you are interested in applying for one of our career opportunities, please send your resume and cover letter in confidence to shawnlester@mackaylandau.ca .

 

Current Opportunities

 

FULL-TIME SENIOR MANAGER

We have an opportunity for an experienced CA to work directly with a partner supervising and managing a group of clients.  Experience in not-for-profit assurance and accounting services would be an asset.  Excellent knowledge of Canadian GAAP and current financial statement disclosure requirements is required.  Compensation value is highly competitive and includes housing, travel benefits and at least four weeks vacation.

 

 

PART-TIME / SEASONAL CA

If you are in a work situation that prevents you from taking the time off that you need for personal or family commitments, you may want to consider working part-time and/or full-time during our May to July "busy season".

 

If you are currently under-utilized but well-qualified, a part-time or seasonal position may be the way to make the best use of your skills and qualifications.

 

These are ideal opportunities for professionals seeking a work/life balance, which allows them to participate in our vibrant and growing firm, while at the same time maintaining commitments and contributions they make to other areas of their lives.

 

The predominant focus of our firm is providing assurance services to the unique and emerging economy of the Arctic.  As such, staff members, in conjunction with the partners, manage engagements, identify and analyze client needs and provide clients with remedies, options and advice.  Successfully maintaining continual, proactive, positive relations with clients is essential to these positions.

 

Sample Tasks and Responsibilities

Ø      Plan and prepare audits, reviews and notice to readers according to GAAP standards

Ø      Perform risk assessments

Ø      Generate and analyze accounting data

Ø      Work with clients' financial personnel

Ø      Prepare management letters

Ø      Participate in meetings with clients and other team members

 

Professional Profile and Qualifications

You have a good understanding of business, accounting, management, and practice development principles; and the ability to explain technical matters to clients.  Additionally, you are capable of working with limited direct supervision and able to sort through and analyze technical issues.

Ø      Accounting Designation

Ø      3 or more years of recent Public Accounting Experience

Ø      Practical and recent experience with corporate and personal tax preparation

Ø      Working knowledge of CaseWare

 

 

CO-OP STUDENTS

The following was written about Annalisa Streicher’s work terms with us in Brock University’s Co-op Accounting 25 years and counting publication (2005):

 

Student combines training with Far North adventure

Traveling by 12-seater planes to visit clients in remote outposts three hours away and speaking with dramatic gestures are just a part of doing business for Annalisa Streicher.

 

The Co-op Accounting student has recently finished her third work term with the firm of MacKay Landau Chartered Accountants in Iqaluit (pop. 6,000), the capital of Nunavut. She is typical of the new breed of accountant who combines a sense of adventure with a desire to hone career skills and who is unafraid to travel long distances to gain experience.

 

Hired by Brock graduate Andrew Plunkett (BBA, ‘93”), Streicher is excited about continuing her work placement in Iqaluit and about building a foundation of knowledge, training and connections that will last a lifetime.

 

Of her Co-op experience, she says: “In addition to being exposed to a myriad of accounting tasks and situations, I am given the opportunity to travel to parts of Canada I never thought I’d visit, interact daily with people of fascinating cultures, and learn first hand what I could never learn from a textbook.”

 

Language, she says, is sometimes an issue, particularly with older clients who often speak only Inuktitut. In smaller communities, younger Inuit might only know enough English to get by.

 

“You end up using a lot of translators and big gestures and hoping the other person understands what you are trying to say.”

 

Streicher’s one-on-one connection to her partners and co-workers has been invaluable, she says, because of the knowledge, expertise and professional accounting skills they have passed on to her.

 

She concludes: “My Co-op experience in the Canadian Far North has fulfilled my need for adventure, helped to answer my questions about my career choices, and taught me more about  accounting and myself than I ever thought possible.”

 

Note:  Annalisa is still with MacKay Landau.

 

 

 

 

 

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