Senior Accountant – 12 month contract

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

📋 Description

• Lead the regional month-end closing process, ensuring financial results are timely, accurate, and comprehensive.

• Review and authorize journal entries, supporting calculations, and account reconciliations.

• Supervise accounts payable and billing operations.

• Maintain and enhance regional accounting processes and internal controls.

• Prepare internal financial reports, variance analyses, and commentary.

• Review and reconcile intercompany transactions.

• Own and complete the regional month-end checklist.

• Manage the regional accounting system, focusing on data integrity, access control, and optimization.

• Take responsibility for regional financial results and ensure adherence to accounting policies and standards.

• Collaborate with the Assistant Controller on regional financial data, consolidation, and reporting for senior leadership.

• Identify and address accounting issues, discrepancies, and risks.

• Support external audits and serve as the main contact for audit inquiries.

• Provide insights into regional financial performance.

• Suggest and implement enhancements to accounting practices.

• Offer day-to-day guidance and technical supervision to the regional accounting team.

• Encourage continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

• Work alongside Finance and FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.

• Contribute to financial policies and scalable accounting processes.

• Identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency enhancements.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to accurately capture financial impacts.

• Assist with board reporting, investor communications, and strategic finance initiatives.

• Manage GST, PST, Employer Health Tax, and other statutory remittances.

• Liaise with external accountants and advisors on corporate tax filings, SR&ED claims, and audit engagements.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• CPA designation (completed or nearing completion).

• Strong technical accounting expertise, including knowledge of GAAP/IFRS as applicable.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and formula logic.

• Experience with ERP/accounting software, such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, or Sage Intacct.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills for reconciling data and identifying financial discrepancies.

• Effective communication abilities for cross-functional collaboration and audit preparation.

• Leadership skills, including mentoring, delegation, and coaching.

• Capacity to execute end-to-end month-end processes with minimal oversight.

• Familiarity with close checklists and workflow coordination across billing, accounts payable, and payroll.

• Experience in preparing complete financial statements in accordance with applicable frameworks such as IFRS, US GAAP, UK GAAP, or Australian Accounting Standards.

• Familiarity with standalone entity and group-level reporting is advantageous.

• Ability to compile and validate supporting schedules, including deferred revenue, prepaid expenses, intercompany accounts, and foreign exchange revaluations.

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

• Comfort in working with auditors, tax advisors, or regulatory bodies.

• Working knowledge of ERP/accounting systems, including subledgers, reporting, and transaction coding.

• Experience in identifying process improvements or implementing control procedures.

• Proven track record of delivering high-quality outputs and proactively addressing inconsistencies.

• Sound judgment in complex reconciliations and the ability to link financial data to operational activities.

• Experience with IFRS is a plus.

• Familiarity with NetSuite is an asset.

• The selected candidate must undergo a background check.

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.

🏝️ Benefits

• 32 days of paid time off each year.

• Company-sponsored benefits that commence on day one.

• Remote-friendly work environment with supportive flexible arrangements.

• Work-from-home allowance.

• Budget for professional development.

• Equity opportunities.