Global Accounting Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee the global month-end closing activities, ensuring that financial results are delivered on time, accurately, and comprehensively.

• Evaluate and authorize journal entries, supporting calculations, and account reconciliations to uphold data integrity and readiness for audits.

• Supervise accounts payable operations, ensuring prompt processing, accurate coding, and compliance with internal controls and vendor agreements.

• Enhance and sustain global accounting processes and internal controls to foster efficiency, consistency, and risk management.

• Compile and present internal financial reports, including variance analyses and commentary for leadership and finance stakeholders.

• Analyze and reconcile intercompany transactions to ensure precise consolidated reporting.

• Manage and execute the global month-end checklist, guaranteeing that accounting processes are thorough and uniform.

• Act as the administrator for the accounting system, ensuring data integrity, access management, and system enhancements.

• Serve as a primary accounting authority for Certn’s global financial outcomes, ensuring that financial activities are accurately documented and comply with accounting policies and standards.

• Ensure that cash flow reconciliations and analyses are conducted accurately and punctually each month.

• Collaborate closely with the Assistant Controller to verify and clarify regional financial data for consolidation and reporting to leadership.

• Actively seek out and resolve accounting challenges, discrepancies, or risks.

• Adhere to IFRS, regional GAAP, and internal accounting policy standards across global operations.

• Assist with external audits by managing reconciliations, preparing necessary documentation, and addressing audit-related inquiries.

• Provide valuable insights into global financial performance by linking operational activities to financial results.

• Suggest and implement enhancements that boost accuracy, control, and scalability within accounting practices.

• Lead and nurture a high-performing global accounting team, offering daily guidance and technical support.

• Establish clear team objectives and expectations that align with Finance and company goals.

• Offer coaching, constructive feedback, and assistance for performance management and career advancement.

• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and growth-focused team culture.

• Encourage continuous improvement and knowledge sharing throughout the team.

• Work alongside Finance and FP&A teams to assist in budgeting, forecasting, and planning through timely and accurate reporting of actuals.

• Contribute to the creation of scalable financial policies and accounting processes that facilitate Certn’s expansion.

• Provide data-driven insights and identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, lower costs, and improve decision-making quality.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the financial implications of business activities are accurately documented.

• Aid in the preparation for board reporting, investor communications, and strategic finance initiatives by supplying reliable financial information.

• Ensure timely submission of GST, PST, Employer Health Tax, and other statutory remittances in line with regional guidelines.

• Coordinate with external accountants and advisors regarding annual corporate tax filings, SR&ED claims, and audit engagements.

• Deliver precise documentation and prompt responses to requests from external partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

• Completion or nearing completion of CPA designation.

• Robust technical accounting knowledge, including GAAP and IFRS as applicable.

• Proficient in advanced Excel functionalities, including pivot tables, lookups, and formula logic.

• Familiarity with ERP or accounting systems such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage, or comparable tools.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, particularly in reconciling data and identifying financial discrepancies.

• Proven track record of managing comprehensive month-end activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, adjustments, and adherence to reporting deadlines.

• Experience in preparing complete financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

• Solid understanding of supporting schedules like deferred revenue, prepaid expenses, intercompany accounts, and foreign exchange revaluations.

• Practical experience in preparing or reviewing indirect tax filings and statutory submissions.

• Comfort in engaging with auditors, tax consultants, external accounting firms, or regulatory agencies.

• Experience in identifying process enhancements or implementing controls that improve accuracy, efficiency, or audit preparedness.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across Finance, FP&A, Product, and external partners.

• Leadership experience in managing a team, including mentoring, delegating, coaching, and supporting accounting team members.

🏝️ Benefits

• 32 days of paid time off annually.

• Company-sponsored benefits beginning on the first day of employment.

• Flexible remote working arrangements that are supportive of a remote-friendly culture.

• Allowance for work-from-home expenses.

• Budget for professional development.

• And several other perks!