KIT Recruitment is searching for an experienced Senior Accountant – Audit to join an established organization in a key financial reporting and accounting position.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Big 4 audit professional who is ready to move into industry - or someone who has already made that move and wants to continue building their career in a complex, multi-entity environment.
You’ll take ownership of consolidated financial reporting, balance sheet integrity, intercompany accounting, audit coordination and technical IFRS accounting while working closely with finance teams across multiple entities.
Big 4 Audit experience, IFRS knowledge and a CPA designation (or near completion) are essential for this opportunity.
Senior Accountant – Audit - Details:
- Salary: $75,000–$90,000 annually
- Location: Etobicoke, ON
- Work Arrangement: In-person
- Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Senior Accountant – Audit - Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements across multiple entities.
- Manage consolidation activities including intercompany eliminations, foreign exchange translation, CTA and equity movements.
- Ensure consolidated reporting agrees to entity trial balances, lead sheets and supporting schedules.
- Prepare reporting packages and coordinate month-end information with domestic and international finance teams.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepaid schedules, inventory provisions and period-end journal entries.
- Maintain fixed asset registers and capex tracking, including depreciation, roll-forwards, project spending and assets under construction.
- Support current and deferred tax schedules and Canadian transaction tax filings, including GST/HST and PST/RST.
- Incorporate technical accounting requirements including IFRS 9 and IFRS 16 into financial reporting.
- Own the intercompany reconciliation process, ensuring balances are reconciled and resolved before consolidation.
- Maintain balance sheet integrity reporting and investigate material or aged reconciling items.
- Support COGS and gross margin analysis by product line, division and facility.
- Lead the internal and external audit PBC process, preparing schedules, supporting documentation and coordinating auditor requests through resolution.
- Prepare financial tables, tie-outs and variance information supporting management reporting and MD&A.
- Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts while reviewing work completed by junior and intermediate accounting staff.
- Mentor junior team members and provide guidance on Canadian accounting and compliance matters.
- Support reporting, consolidation and finance-process improvements.
Senior Accountant – Audit - Qualifications:
- Big 4 accounting firm experience within Audit is required.
- Strong practical knowledge of IFRS is required.
- Canadian CPA designation OR CPA candidate expected to complete the designation within approximately 6 months.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration or a related discipline.
- Progressive full-cycle accounting experience within Canada.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, reconciliations, audit processes and general ledger accounting.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups and large-volume data reconciliation.
- Strong analytical ability and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet firm reporting deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience preparing consolidated financial statements for multi-entity and/or multi-currency organizations.
- Knowledge of IAS 2, IAS 16, IFRS 9 and IFRS 16.
- Experience with ERP implementations, migrations or finance-process automation.
- Food manufacturing or another inventory-intensive industry background.
- Experience with inventory costing and cost of goods sold.
- Exposure to multi-site manufacturing or processing operations.
