Senior Accountant
- Coquitlam, BC, Canada
$85,000 to $95,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $85,000 to $95,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
We are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join a growing and dynamic organization. Reporting directly to the Divisional Controller, this is a hands-on role for a finance professional who enjoys connecting operational activity to financial results, solving problems, improving processes, and supporting business growth.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proactive, curious, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift. This role offers excellent exposure to operations, financial reporting, business partnering, and process improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle accounting across multiple entities.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timely completion.
- Prepare and review account reconciliations and resolve outstanding items.
- Record journal entries related to fixed assets, inventory, accruals, prepaids, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Support inventory accounting, valuation reviews, cycle counts, and variance analysis.
- Assist with gross margin, sales, and cost analysis.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Investigate accounting variances, transaction issues, and financial reporting discrepancies.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve finance and operational process issues.
- Support external audits, tax compliance, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Assist with customer reporting requirements, rebates, deductions, commissions, and related reporting.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and reduce manual work.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting activities.
- Provide coverage for critical accounting functions during peak periods and team absences.
- Participate in special projects and other accounting initiatives as required.
Qualifications
- CPA designation required.
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Experience within manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, inventory-intensive, or multi-entity environments preferred.
- Strong understanding of ASPE and/or IFRS.
- Experience with intercompany accounting and consolidations.
- Strong financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting skills.
- Experience supporting external audits and compliance activities.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Experience working with ERP systems; SAP experience is considered an asset.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and deliver high-quality work.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Manage accounting across multiple entities, including close processes, reconciliations, journal entries, inventory accounting, and general ledger integrity. Support financial analysis, audits, compliance, budgeting, forecasting, cross-functional problem-solving, and process improvement.
Requirements
Requires a CPA designation and at least five years of progressive accounting experience, with strong knowledge of ASPE and/or IFRS, financial reporting, and intercompany accounting. Candidates should have advanced Excel and ERP experience, strong analytical and organizational skills, and the ability to manage competing deadlines independently.
Skills
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Month-End And Year-End Close
- Account Reconciliations
- Journal Entries
- Inventory Accounting
- Variance Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Intercompany Accounting
- Consolidations
- Budgeting And Forecasting
- External Audit Support
- ASPE And IFRS
- Advanced Excel
- ERP Systems
- SAP
- Process Improvement
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- CPA
- ASPE
- IFRS
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Multi-Entity Accounting
- Month-End Close
- Year-End Close
- Account Reconciliations
- Journal Entries
- Fixed Assets
- Inventory Accounting
- Inventory Valuation
- Cycle Counts
- Variance Analysis
- Gross Margin Analysis
- General Ledger
- Intercompany Accounting
- Consolidations
- Financial Reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- External Audits
- Tax Compliance
- Regulatory Reporting
- Customer Reporting
- Rebates
- Deductions
- Commissions
- Advanced Excel
- ERP Systems