ImpactHR is pleased to be partnering with a confidential client on an exciting search for their next Senior Accountant. We work closely with our clients to understand not just the role, but the people and culture behind it, and this is one of those opportunities we’re genuinely excited to share.
Job Summary
The Senior Accountant is responsible for maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the organization’s financial records and supporting its financial reporting, cash management, and compliance activities. Key responsibilities include general ledger management, account reconciliations, journal entries, sales tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and administration of the corporate credit card program.
The Senior Accountant is expected to exercise sound accounting judgment, maintain accurate and well-supported working papers, identify and resolve discrepancies, and ensure financial processes are completed accurately and on time. The role also leverages ERP, CRM, and other technology tools to improve financial reporting, strengthen controls, and enhance operational efficiency.
Key Accountabilities
Financial Operations & Reporting
- Prepare and maintain accurate, complete, and well-documented working papers to support financial transactions, account balances, and financial reports.
- Prepare and submit timely and accurate financial reports to the Controller.
- Establish, implement, and maintain quality control procedures to improve accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve accounting processes, reporting, and internal controls.
General Ledger Management
- Maintain the general ledger and subsidiary ledgers to ensure financial records are accurate and complete.
- Prepare, review, and analyze balance sheet account reconciliations, investigate variances, and ensure discrepancies are resolved promptly.
- Record financial transactions in journals, ledgers, and other accounting records in accordance with established accounting policies and procedures.
- Prepare month-end journal entries, including accruals, adjustments, and intercompany transactions.
- Reconcile and resolve intercompany account differences to maintain accurate balances across entities.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring assigned tasks are completed accurately and within established deadlines.
Cash Management
- Oversee assigned cash management activities, ensuring cash accounts and related transactions are accurately recorded and banks are regularly reconciled.
- Prepare, review, and issue customer invoices in accordance with contractual requirements and internal procedures.
- Assist with cash flow reporting and the preparation of cash management information.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies in cash and accounts receivable records, escalating issues when appropriate.
Compliance
- Ensure accounting activities comply with applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and controls.
- Maintain complete and organized supporting documentation for financial transactions and account balances.
- Assist with external audits by preparing supporting schedules, responding to information requests, and resolving audit queries.
Taxation
- Review and file sales tax returns and remittances, including GST and VAT, across applicable domestic and international jurisdictions.
- Monitor sales tax compliance requirements across relevant jurisdictions and identify potential compliance issues.
- Respond to sales tax audit inquiries and information requests, providing appropriate supporting documentation.
Corporate Credit Card Program
- Administer the corporate credit card program, ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and applicable requirements.
- Coordinate corporate credit card applications, issuance, and administration with employees and relevant internal departments.
- Monitor and reconcile corporate credit card transactions, including travel and expense-related charges.
- Review expense submissions for completeness, appropriate documentation, and compliance with company policies.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies, missing documentation, and other credit card-related issues.
Required Qualifications & Competencies
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience, with progressively increasing responsibility and scope.
- Experience with general ledger management, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and month-end closing procedures.
- Experience with intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
- Experience preparing and filing sales tax returns across multiple domestic and international jurisdictions.
- Exposure to consolidated financial statements and multi-currency accounting environments.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare high-quality working papers, correspondence, spreadsheets, and financial reports.
- Experience using ERP and CRM systems is required.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage accounting technology to streamline processes, improve reporting, strengthen controls, and increase operational efficiency.
- Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is considered an asset.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, sound accounting judgment, and excellent attention to detail.
- Effective time management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and with external stakeholders.
- A proactive, adaptable, and collaborative work style, with the ability to work independently, take initiative, and seek guidance when appropriate.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional ethics, accountability, and maintaining a respectful and inclusive workplace.
Work Environment
- This role requires sustained attention to detail, financial analysis, problem-solving, and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
- Operates in a fast-paced work environment with changing schedules, competing priorities, and occasional short-notice requests.
- Requires flexibility to respond to changing organizational needs and deadlines.
- Work is primarily office-based and sedentary in nature, with no significant physical demands.
