Skills for Change
Payvand Gholami is an experienced accounting professional currently serving as the Accounting and Tax Manager at WisePath Accounting Inc. since August 2018 and as a Course Instructor at Skills for Change since May 2023, specializing in Payroll Accounting, QuickBooks online, and Taxation. Payvand has held various positions, including Senior Accountant and Accountant at TAX PARTNERS and Williams, Payne & Associates from December 2023 to March 2025, and Accountant at Lott & Company Professional Corporation between June 2021 and February 2023, where responsibilities included payroll services, financial statements preparation, HST returns, and tax filings. Previous experience includes a Tax Accountant role at Budget Accounting Ltd. and a Senior Accountant position at Smart Foundations Business Services Inc., with a solid foundation in bookkeeping and personal income tax. Payvand holds an Ontario College Diploma in Accounting from Seneca Polytechnic and a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics from Mazandaran University of Science and Technology.
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Skills for Change
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38 Years of Serving Immigrants and Refugees. Skills for Change is known for pioneering programs that respond to shifting immigration and workplace trends. Skills for change provides new immigrants and refugees with a wide range of social services; free language training, mentoring, bridging programs, entrepreneurship programs, and employment and training programs for internationally educated professionals. The first program delivered in 1982 was an office training program that successfully led a group of women from Southeast Asia into full-time employment. Now a range of accelerated programs are offered to fit the needs of the newcomers and immigrants arriving to Canada from all parts of the world. Services we offer include information and referral, French and English language assessment, English language instruction, integrated language/skills training, employment preparation, business skills, mentoring and settlement services. Our Vision: We envision a Canada where every immigrant succeeds. Our Mission: We provide learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community. Skills for Change has received the Citizenship and Immigration Canada Citation of Citizenship Award; Conference Board of Canada Community Learning Award; and Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Newcomer Champion Award for exemplary services. Services *** Employment Services *** Mentoring Services *** Immigrant Settlement *** Language Training *** Youth Employment *** Bridging Programs *** Programs for Women and Seniors