Auditors and Accountants
Job description
Accountants plan, organize, and administer accounting systems.
Professional Accountants Auditors examine and analyze accounting records and financial records. They are self-employed or work for accounting and auditing firms in the public and private sectors.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
Accountants
- Design, implement, and administer accounting systems.
- Examine accounting records and prepare financial statements and reports.
- Design and apply calculation methods and internal control procedures.
- Review and analyze financial statements and accounts.
- Prepare income tax returns.
- Provide financial or tax advice.
- Act as liquidator in bankruptcy cases.
- Supervise and train interns or staff.
Chartered Professional Accountant Auditors
- Review and analyze accounting documents (e.g. account books, ledger, statements, inventories, tax returns).
- Verify the accuracy of entries and ensure compliance with established methods and procedures.
- Draft detailed audit reports.
- Make recommendations to improve accounting practices and the financial position of clients.
- Conduct audit engagements in companies to ensure compliance with laws.
- Supervise colleagues or individuals responsible for accounting at clients’ premises.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $25.00
- Median
- $40.00
- Maximum
- $65.64
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 59.4% Female
- 40.6% Male
- 59.4% Female
- 40.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5411, 541239% of jobs
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NAICS 9114% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 454% of jobs
-
NAICS 521, 522, 523, 5264% of jobs
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NAICS 414% of jobs
-
Others35% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5411, 541239% of jobs
-
NAICS 9114% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 454% of jobs
-
NAICS 521, 522, 523, 5264% of jobs
-
NAICS 414% of jobs
-
Others35% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Accounting or accounting science
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 86.6%
9.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 88.9%
7.4% of graduates pursue further studies
- HEC Montréal
- Concordia University
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
Banking and financial transactions
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 92.5%
2.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 81.8%
14% of graduates pursue further studies
Business administration
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 84.1%
12.1% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 92%
3.1% of graduates pursue further studies
- HEC Montréal
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
- TÉLUQ
Business management and administration
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 93%
1.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 93.3%
3.5% of graduates pursue further studies
- HEC Montréal
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
Also required
Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA):
- CPA designation or in the process of obtaining it.
Chartered Professional Accountant Auditors:
- CPA Auditor designation is an asset.
Sometimes required
- Recognition by the Institute of Internal Auditors may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Mathematics
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Result evaluation
- System analysis
- Solving complex problems
- Active learning
- Time management
- Coordination
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Persuasion
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Mathematical reasoning
- Basic numeracy
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Processing flexibility
- Idea generation
- Originality
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of economics and accounting
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of mathematics
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Vitality
- Knowledge of office work
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 11100
Financial auditors and accountants
Job titles
- Certified general accountant (cga)
- Certified management accountant (cma)
- Auditor-chartered accountant (ca)
- Financial management officer
- Financial control officer
- Taxation rulings officer
- Financial management officer - pension plan analysis
- Financial management officer - program budgeting
- Income tax adjuster
- Reinsurance analyst
- Tax analyst
- Senior accounting analyst
- Analyst-accountant
- Chief accountant
- Public accountants chief
- Management accounting chief
- Audit unit head - taxation
- Internal audit project manager
- Accountant
- Property accountant
- Plant accountant
- Cost accountant
- Manufacturing accountant
- Departmental accountant
- Production accountant
- Project accountant
- Claims accountant
- Bank branch accountant
- Management accountant
- Financial accountant
- Tax accountant
- General accountant
- Industrial accountant
- Intermediate accountant
- Budget accountant
- Senior cost accountant
- Machine processing accountant
- Accountant-controller
- Income tax adviser
- Assistant controller
- Tax examiner
- Plant controller
- Division controller - accounting
- Accounting controller
- Income tax investigator
- Tax evaluator
- Public accountant
- Income tax expert
- Income tax consultant
- Computer audit specialist
- Chartered accountant (ca) student
- Public accountants supervisor
- Accountants supervisor
- Auditors supervisor
- Internal auditors supervisor - finances
- Cost accounting supervisor
- Internal audit supervisor - finances
- Bankruptcy trustee
- Financial auditor
- Tax auditor
- Industrial auditor
- Senior intern auditor
- Internal auditor
- Auditor - finance
- Bank reserves auditor
- Sales auditor - finances
- Field auditor - finances
Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026