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Bilingual Director, Accounting and Special Projects - French and English

  • Toronto, ON, Canada

$180,000 to $210,000 CAD / year · Full-time

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Pay
$180,000 to $210,000 CAD / year
Job type
Full-time
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Experience
Senior Leadership: 15+ years of progressive accounting, advisory, or audit experience within large corporate or multinational environments.
Posting language
English
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Original job description

Are you a bilingual (French/English), technical accounting leader seeking a high-impact, strategic executive trajectory? A premier multinational corporation is looking for a Director of Complex Accounting and Special Projects to shape enterprise accounting governance and serve as a key technical advisor on strategic corporate growth.

Reporting directly to the Vice-President, Group Financial Controller, you will direct Group accounting policy, spearhead technical strategy for major acquisitions, and mentor a talented team of accounting professionals.

Advantages
Compensation & Workplace Highlights

- Compensation starts at $180k+ bonus
- Vacation & Benefits: 4 weeks paid vacation + full corporate health & wellness coverage
- Work Setup & Culture: Downtown Toronto location with a 3-day hybrid schedule and a dynamic, supportive team culture.

Responsibilities
What You’ll Drive

- M&A & Strategic Transactions: Serve as the lead technical expert on acquisitions and deal structuring, managing purchase price allocation and transaction accounting implications.
- Policy & IFRS Excellence: Direct enterprise accounting policies, analyze evolving IFRS standards, and lead seamless standard implementations across business units.
- Technical Rigor & Disclosures: Author robust, audit-ready position papers, oversee annual goodwill and intangible asset impairment evaluations, and partner on complex financial disclosures.
- Audit Leadership: Serve as the primary liaison with external auditors on technical accounting matters.
- Team Development: Build, coach, and elevate a high-performing technical accounting team.

Qualifications
What You Bring

- Professional Credentials: Active CPA designation (or recognized equivalent).
- Senior Leadership: 15+ years of progressive accounting, advisory, or audit experience within large corporate or multinational environments.
- Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of IFRS and practical application to complex corporate deals.
- Communication & Language: Excellent advisory and executive communication skills, with full bilingualism (English & French) to collaborate across national teams.

Summary
If this sounds like an exciting opportunity and a great match for you, and you are ready for a new challenge, please apply to or share with your network, today!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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Responsibilities

The Director will lead technical accounting for acquisitions, set group accounting policy under IFRS, and write audit-ready position papers. They will also be the main contact for external auditors and coach a team of accounting professionals.

Requirements

Candidates need an active CPA designation, 15+ years of progressive accounting, advisory or audit experience in large corporate settings, and deep IFRS knowledge applied to complex deals. Full English and French bilingualism is required.

Skills

  • IFRS
  • M&A accounting
  • Purchase price allocation
  • Transaction accounting
  • Goodwill and intangible asset impairment
  • Financial disclosures
  • Technical position papers
  • Accounting policy development
  • External audit liaison
  • Team leadership and coaching
  • Executive communication
  • Advisory skills
  • French
  • English

Benefits

  • Paid vacation
  • Health and wellness coverage

Categories

  • Finance & Accounting
  • Consulting
  • Management & Leadership

Keywords

  • IFRS
  • CPA
  • M&A accounting
  • purchase price allocation
  • goodwill impairment
  • intangible assets
  • technical accounting
  • accounting policy
  • external audit
  • bilingual French English
  • financial reporting
  • accounting director
  • complex accounting
  • deal structuring
  • financial disclosures
  • accounting leadership
  • Toronto
  • hybrid
  • controller
  • business combinations

Seniority

Director

Perks

  • Generous paid time off
  • Wellness program

Licences and certifications

  • CPA

Languages

  • English
  • French

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