Senior Accountant – 12 month contract

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 CA$80.8k - CA$100.1k / year

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🟠 Senior

💲 Accountant / Accounting

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2024

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

💼 Consulting

Recruitment • HR Tech • Consulting

At HighlightTA, we simplify hiring by embedding talent partners into your team, leading recruitment projects, or managing your entire talent function. Our flexible, on-demand solutions let you scale up or down as needed, without long-term commitments or high agency fees. With decades of experience, our data-driven approach ensures fast access to top-tier talent, saving you time and reducing costs. Whether it's integrating talent partners, overseeing recruitment functions, or delivering one-off projects through our ProjectTA service, we tailor our solutions to meet your specific business needs. Ready to build exceptional teams? Let's connect.

📋 Description

• Lead the regional month-end close process and ensure timely, accurate, and complete financial results • Review and approve journal entries, supporting calculations, and account reconciliations • Oversee accounts payable and billing activities • Maintain and improve regional accounting processes and internal controls • Prepare internal financial reports, variance analyses, and commentary • Review and reconcile intercompany transactions • Own and complete the month-end regional checklist • Administer the regional accounting system, including data integrity, access control, and optimization • Own regional financial results and ensure compliance with accounting policies and standards • Partner with the Assistant Controller on regional financial data, consolidation, and senior leadership reporting • Identify and resolve accounting issues, discrepancies, and risks • Support external audits and act as the point of contact for audit inquiries • Provide insight into regional financial performance • Recommend and implement improvements to accounting practices • Provide day-to-day guidance and technical oversight to the regional accounting team • Promote continuous improvement and knowledge sharing • Collaborate with Finance and FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning • Contribute to financial policies and scalable accounting processes • Identify cost-saving and efficiency opportunities • Partner with cross-functional teams to accurately capture financial impacts • Support 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 field • CPA designation (completed or in final stages of completion) • Strong technical accounting knowledge, including GAAP/IFRS where applicable • Advanced Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, lookups, and formula logic • ERP/accounting software experience, such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, or Sage Intacct • Analytical and problem-solving abilities for reconciling data and identifying financial discrepancies • Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and audit preparation • People leadership skills, including mentoring, delegation, and coaching • Ability to execute end-to-end month-end activities with minimal supervision • Familiarity with close checklists and workflow coordination across billing, AP, and payroll • Experience preparing full sets of 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 an asset • Ability to compile and validate supporting schedules, including deferred revenue, prepaid expenses, intercompany accounts, and FX revaluations • Practical experience preparing or reviewing indirect tax filings and statutory submissions • Comfort working with auditors, tax advisors, or regulatory bodies • Working knowledge of ERP/accounting systems, including subledgers, reporting, and transaction coding • Experience identifying process improvements or implementing control procedures • Proven track record of ensuring high-quality outputs and proactively flagging inconsistencies • Sound judgment in complex reconciliations and ability to connect financial data to operational activity • IFRS experience is an asset • NetSuite experience is an asset • Selected candidate must complete a background check • Legally authorized to work in Canada

🏖️ Benefits

• 32 days of paid time off per year • Company-paid benefits that start on day 1 • Remote-friendly and supportive flexible remote arrangements • Work-from-home allowance • Professional development budget • Equity

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