Senior Accountant

Description
As a Senior Accountant at , you'll sit at the centre of how the business understands performance, helping ensure our financial information is accurate, timely, and trusted. Working closely with the Controller, you'll bring structure and consistency to core accounting operations while collaborating across teams on initiatives that improve how we measure results and make decisions. This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys being hands-on, who naturally spots ways to tighten processes, and who can connect the details to the bigger picture.

Your work will be anchored around four pillars: month-end close, P&L reporting by function and business line, budget/forecast support, and process improvement (including documentation). Success in the role comes from a mix of collaboration, analytical thinking, and strong attention to detail, paired with the judgment to prioritize what matters most in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities
Month End Close

• Own the month-end close cadence for assigned areas, ensuring timely completion of deliverables and clean handoff to the Controller.
• Prepare and post recurring and non-routine journal entries (including accruals and adjustments) supported by clear analysis and documentation.
• Perform monthly bank and payment processor reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and resolve variances.
• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations and continuity schedules; ensure accounts are complete, properly supported, and reviewed on a consistent schedule.
• Coordinate close with cross-functional partners, so financial results reflect operational activity and are ready for reporting.

P&L Reporting

• Support the preparation of profit and loss statements by function and business line, ensuring consistent classification and allocation of costs.
• Build and maintain monthly variance analyses (month-over-month and budget-to-actual), highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Summarize results into clear, decision-ready commentary for management reviews
• Deliver recurring financial and operational reports to other departments, improving consistency, accuracy, and usefulness over time.

Budget and Forecast Support

• Support annual planning activities by maintaining templates, gathering inputs, and coordinating timelines with internal stakeholders.
• Provide structured variance follow-up to support course-correction discussions.
• Contribute to ad hoc modelling and analysis as needed
• Support Finance leadership with analysis for projects such as the annual budget

Process Improvement

• Continuously assess accounting workflows and internal controls, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, reduce processing time, and strengthen documentation.
• Create, maintain, and improve standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Partner with Operations and IT teams as part of a financial systems transformation
• Strengthen reporting reliability by improving data quality, tightening reconciliations, and reducing manual work through automation where possible.
• Stay current on relevant accounting standards and translate changes into practical impacts on processes, documentation, and reporting

Other

• Assist with uploading sale transactions
• Enter supplier invoices and SG&A expenses with appropriate coding and supporting documentation
• Audit vendor invoices and inventory quantities
• Monitor customer credit card transactions and refunds

Requirements
Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or an equivalent discipline.
• Recently designated or those currently enrolled in the CPA PEP program are strongly preferred
• 3+ years of progressive experience in general ledger accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting (industry and/or public accounting).
• Demonstrable knowledge of, and understanding of, accounting standards (ASPE and or IFRS)
• Demonstrated professionalism and discretion when handling sensitive or confidential financial information.

Skills

• Self-motivated, accountable, and able to prioritize effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability; comfortable investigating discrepancies, identifying root causes, and driving issues through to resolution with a high attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; able to explain accounting outcomes and variance drivers to cross-functional partners in a practical, solutions-oriented way.
• Strong spreadsheet capability (pivot tables, lookups, formulas) and comfort working with large datasets.
• Proficiency with accounting software/ERPs (QuickBooks or similar); able to learn new systems quickly and contribute to process/system improvements.
• Improvement mindset: proactively identifies opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen controls, and increase efficiency through better documentation and standardization.