Kenway Mack Slusarchuk Stewart LLP Chartered Professional Accountants is a public accounting firm that truly values all of its team members. As one of Canada’s and Alberta’s Top Employers, we have an exciting opportunity for a temporary Administrative Assistant in our downtown Calgary office from January to June 2019.  Reporting to the Administrative Supervisor, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative support to a number of partners and managers.

Some of the benefits we provide to our administrative team include:

  • Competitive compensation package
  • $100 per month towards the cost of parking or transit pass
  • Health and wellness programs

Skills and Competencies:

The successful candidate will have excellent organizational and communication skills, be a team player, have previous experience in professional practice, be solutions focused and demonstrate a positive attitude.  A strong technical skillset would also be a definite asset.  The following administrative skills will be required:

  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and a high level of comfort using multiple computer programs to produce in-house reports (please note that we will be administering a skills test to the short list of candidates);
  • The ability to be detail oriented, use discretion, and deal with multiple tasks simultaneously;
  • Be open to taking on new challenging tasks and be able to problem solve independently;
  • Possess confidence and professionalism to ensure effective communication with clients and CRA on behalf of the partners and managers;
  • Be reliable, have a positive, “can-do” attitude, a strong work ethic, and a dedication to client service;
  • Minimum 2 – 5 years’ experience working in an office environment, preferably in professional practice; and,
  • Desire to work in a collaborative, team dynamic and be able to anticipate the needs of our team and our clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Full spectrum of administrative duties such as financial statement and tax return assemblies and preparation of other financial documents;
  • Manage the scheduling of meetings, physically prepare meeting rooms, and any support materials or services required;
  • Record time and billings and manage our several client databases, including set up and maintenance of client portals;
  • Scan various communications and file to Document Management system;
  • Manage and draft a variety of correspondence (electronic or otherwise); and,
  • Provide reception relief.

If this opportunity interests you and you feel you have the qualifications and attitude required to be successful in a mid-sized public accounting firm, we look forward to receiving your resume.  Please forward your resume and cover letter in confidence to:

Kenway Mack Slusarchuk Stewart LLP, Attention: Human Resources
Suite 1500, 333 – 11th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta  T2R 1L9

Email:  careers@kmss.ca
Website:  www.kmss.ca

We would like to thank all the candidates for their interest in KMSS but please note only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.