Senior Consultant, Accounting Advisory Services - Financial Instruments

KPMG•Toronto, ON

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Join KPMG’s dynamic Accounting Advisory Services team in Toronto, where you’ll use your technical accounting and financial reporting expertise to help clients navigate complex, evolving business challenges. You’ll work with both private and public companies across industries, supporting them through significant transactions, regulatory changes, and operational transformations.

Requirements

Post-secondary degree required.
Hold a Canadian CPA designation, an internationally recognized equivalent accounting designation per CPA Canada guidelines, or be actively enrolled in the CPA program an asset.
3+ years of experience in external audit and/or accounting advisory.
Strong technical accounting skills with ability to ‘uncomplicate the complicated’.
Experience working on financial instruments which could include audit knowledge of financial instruments or financial institutions (such as banks, lending institutions and credit unions).
Excellent communication skills—able to produce high-quality technical memos/presentations and explain complex concepts clearly to varied stakeholders.
High adaptability and comfort operating in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, modelling).
Willingness to travel within Canada, the U.S., and internationally.

Responsibilities

Provide financial instruments advisory services to both private and public clients under IFRS, U.S. GAAP, and ASPE.
Support clients in the banking, capital markets, asset management and other industries with analysis, implementation and accounting for financial instruments.
Assist with accounting implications of capital markets transactions including accounting for debt and equity structures, structured products and hybrid instruments.
Support with drafting high‑quality technical accounting memos and position papers to support complex technical analysis.
Prepare and review financial statements, disclosures and working papers ensuring compliance with accounting standards and supporting audit review.
Collaborate with valuation and risk specialists on technical matters to ensure appropriate accounting conclusions for financial instruments.
Contribute to client proposals, thought leadership, and internal guidance related to financial instruments.
Communicate complex accounting concepts and technical issues clearly to client stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Leverage technology tools and Excel to support financial reporting and data modelling.
Stay current with evolving accounting standards and regulatory requirements.