Accounting Specialist

**Position**: Accounting Specialist

**About Us**:
CENGN is Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks. Our mission is to drive innovation and adoption of advanced networking technologies in Canada through our Living Labs and advanced networking infrastructure, technical expertise, talent development, and partner ecosystem, enabling the digital transformation and competitiveness of Canadian industry and the commercial growth of Canadian digital technology solutions.

With the digital transformation opportunity valued at over $200 billion in Canada, it is clear the new competitive landscape is being driven by digital innovation and the ability to integrate this technology across industries. Join our team, as we work with our ecosystem of technology, innovation, government, and academic partners to build Living Lab testing infrastructure and deliver services that accelerate the testing, validation, demonstration, commercialization and adoption of digital innovation across Canada.

**The CENGN Advantage**:

- **Work where you work best**: Remote or hybrid options to suit your individual professional and personal needs
- **Career Development**: An agile company in a modern setting where your ideas and opportunities for growth are nurtured and encouraged
- **Canadian Innovation Support**: Be part of an organization that drives innovation by providing Canadian start-ups and scaleups as well as tech students and professionals the ability to succeed
- **Great People**: The advantage of working with colleagues passionate about their contributions and united under the same mission
- **Benefits**:

- Attractive and Competitive Group Benefit Plan
- Phone plan reimbursement
- Employer paid RSP contribution with no matching requirement
- **Wellness and Development **Annual fitness and training and development allowance

Wellness webinars, lunch and learns, and social events
- **Vacation and Time Off **Three weeks vacation plus personal and sick days

Annual Christmas shutdown

**The Opportunity**:
We are seeking a full-time individual for CENGN’s Finance. In this role, you will report to the Controller and work closely with the CENGN team, Members, and Partners, to support the finance team in

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Assist in accounts payable, accounts receivables and cash processing cycles
- Assist in month end closing procedures including bank reconciliations, prepaids expenses, accruals, amortization, allocation, and deferred revenue
- Assists in In-kind recording, reconciliation and eligibility for matching through understanding of various contribution agreement and expense eligibility
- Complete and submit HST filing
- Prepare daily transactions, month-end entries and account reconciliations
- Assist with data maintenance
- Assist with implementation and testing of new systems and processes
- Special projects as required
- Maintaining the QuickBooks Online database daily

**Key Competencies/Qualifications**:

- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting procedures and principles including accounting controls
- Understanding of project and fund accounting in a non-for-profit setting
- Strong service orientation, interpersonal and communication skills: ability to build trust quickly with stakeholders (internal and external)
- Ability to understand, interpret and follow requirement of funding agreements
- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite, with strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel including creating Pivot Tables and performing VLOOKUP’s
- Must have knowledge of QuickBooks (online and/or desktop) or Simply Accounting Software
- Strong math skills are required to complete day-to-day tasks
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities and tight deadlines

**Education**:

- Diploma in Business Administration in Accounting (required)
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Accounting or a related field (preferred)
- Currently enrolled in the CPA program (an asset)

**Experience**:

- 2-5 years of experience in an accounting function

**Languages**:

- English oral, reading, and writing
- French oral, reading, and writing or any other language would be considered an asset

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $65,000.00-$70,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Kanata, ON K2K 2X3: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kanata, ON K2K 2X3