Senior Accountant

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of key components of the accounting cycle, which encompass intricate journal entries, reconciliations, month-end and year-end closing processes, financial reporting, and audit assistance.

• Evaluate reconciliations and supporting schedules prepared by the team, probe into any anomalies, and ready the close for review by the Controller.

• Analyze the root causes of complex accounting issues and discrepancies, providing suitable recommendations for resolution.

• Offer senior-level oversight and review of revenue accounting, focusing on revenue recognition, deferred revenue, reconciliations, and associated reporting.

• Liaise between contracts, billing, revenue, and accounting records in coordination with Revenue Operations and relevant colleagues.

• Ensure the accuracy of revenue recognition, supporting schedules, general ledger reconciliations, and financial and business reporting.

• Prepare and reconcile metrics related to recurring revenue.

• Contribute accounting insights to financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting efforts.

• Assist in cash management through short-term cash forecasting, cash flow variance analysis, and providing visibility into forthcoming cash needs.

• Participate in the transition to a new accounting platform by defining requirements, enhancing workflows, validating data, testing, and facilitating migration.

• Identify manual tasks and recurring issues while enhancing processes, controls, documentation, automation, and the use of AI.

• Report to the Controller and collaborate with various teams including Accounting, Revenue Operations, People & Culture, leadership, budget holders, auditors, and other Finance partners.

• Acquire knowledge of the business, accounting systems, processes, and controls during the onboarding phase.

• Assist the team in achieving a five-business-day close.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong technical accounting skills coupled with sound judgment.

• Proven experience independently managing significant aspects of month-end and year-end closing, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, working papers, and general ledger accounting.

• Background in preparing or assisting with financial reporting.

• Familiarity with revenue recognition, invoicing, receivables, or other essential accounting functions.

• Proficiency in resolving complex accounting queries and discrepancies.

• Experience in supporting external audits and maintaining documentation, controls, and audit readiness.

• Skills in enhancing accounting processes, workflows, or systems.

• Ability to work autonomously in dynamic environments, knowing when to make decisions, collaborate, or escalate issues.

• Comfort with cloud-based accounting systems and a willingness to learn new technologies.

• Residency in Canada and valid work authorization.

• CPA designation or progress towards it is beneficial but not mandatory.

• Additional valuable experience in areas such as recurring revenue reporting, deferred revenue, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, or accounting system implementations.

• Familiarity with Xero, Dext, Airwallex, Plooto, or Stripe is not required.

🏝️ Benefits

• $3,000 annual learning budget.

• Employee stock options.

• Fully remote work within Canada, with the option to work internationally for up to six weeks per year.

• Self-directed vacation policy (most team members take 4–6 weeks annually).

• Monthly Acuity Days (a collective Friday off).

• Company-wide closure for two weeks each December.

• Health benefits starting from day one for you and your dependents.

• 2% GRSP matching program.

• 16-week parental leave top-up beyond EI, available to all parents.

• High level of trust and autonomy.

• Thoughtful, asynchronous communication within a distributed team.

• Opportunities to share ideas and insights.

• A culture that encourages curiosity, continuous learning, and thoughtful experimentation.