Job Summary
IGI is looking for a recent accounting graduate, actively pursuing their CPA, to own the accounting close and cost accounting for our manufacturing entities. This is a hands-on technical role with a real seat at the table: you will close the books, prove out the balance sheet, and keep our standard cost model honest - and then turn around and explain to operating leadership why the P&L came out the way it did.
The right person is equally comfortable posting a variance capitalization entry and standing in front of a plant manager to explain what drove an unfavorable purchase price variance. If you want a role where the numbers you produce are actually used to run the business, this is it.
Key Responsibilities
Month-End Close and Financial Reporting (Multi-Entity)
- Own and complete the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close for multiple legal entities, delivering to a firm close calendar.
- Prepare and post all required journal entries - accruals, prepaids, allocations, intercompany, payroll, depreciation, and adjusting entries - with clear, audit-ready support.
- Perform intercompany reconciliation and elimination, and support the consolidation of entity results.
- Drive continuous improvement of the close: shorten cycle time, eliminate manual workarounds, and document what you standardize.
- Be comfortable with foreign currency transaction accounting and translation
Balance Sheet Integrity
- Prepare all balance sheet account reconciliations on a monthly basis, including cash, inventory, fixed assets, prepaids, accruals, and intercompany accounts.
- Investigate and clear reconciling items promptly; escalate aged or unexplained differences rather than carrying them forward.
- Maintain a complete, well-organized reconciliation binder that stands up to internal and external audit without rework.
- Make capital versus expense determinations on relevant spend and maintain an accurate, up-to-date capex tracking schedule on a monthly basis.
Manufacturing and Cost Accounting
- Serve as the subject matter expert on standard cost accounting - bills of material, routings, labor and overhead rates, and absorption.
- Prepare all inventory revaluation entries and the capitalization of manufacturing variances (purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead absorption) to inventory and cost of sales.
- Analyze and explain production variances; partner with operations and supply chain to identify root causes and correct them at the source.
- Support the annual standard cost roll and periodic rate updates; validate the accuracy of costed inventory.
- Review inventory valuation, cycle count and physical inventory results, obsolescence and excess reserves, and lower-of-cost-or-market assessments.
- Work confidently across differing units of measure (e.g., weight, volume, count) when reconciling inventory, production, and costing data, converting accurately between them as needed.
Business Partnership and P&L Commentary
- Provide monthly P&L commentary that explains the results of the businesses - bridging actual to budget, forecast, and prior periods in language an operator can act on.
- Translate gross margin movement into its drivers: volume, price, mix, material cost, and manufacturing performance.
- Present findings to the Controller and business leadership, and follow through on the actions that come out of those conversations.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis for the entities you own.
Internal Controls and Compliance
- Ensure controls are in place across the accounting cycle, and evaluate their design and operating effectiveness on an ongoing basis.
- Document processes and control narratives; identify gaps, recommend remediation, and implement the fix.
- Act as a primary contact for external auditors - prepare schedules, respond to requests, and resolve findings.
- Ensure accounting treatment complies with ASPE and internal policy.
Indirect Tax
- Prepare all sales and use tax remittances and filings across applicable jurisdictions - including HST filings - accurately and on time.
- Maintain taxability determinations, exemption certificates, and nexus assessments; monitor changes in filing obligations.
- Reconcile sales tax liability accounts and support any indirect tax audits or notices.
Qualifications
Required
- Actively pursuing the CPA designation (enrolled in the CPA Professional Education Program, or otherwise actively working toward the designation).
- Foundational understanding of cost accounting - through coursework, internships, or public-practice exposure - covering standard costing, variance analysis, and the inventory-to-COGS flow, with the appetite to build deep expertise on the job.
- Familiarity with the month-end close cycle and the fundamentals of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Excellent problem-solving skills - you can take an unexplained variance or an out-of-balance account and work it to root cause independently.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, large data sets); exposure to an ERP general ledger is an asset.
- Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain accounting outcomes to non-financial audiences.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited university.
Preferred
- Strong academic record, with elective coursework in cost or managerial accounting, auditing, or taxation.
- Academic exposure to indirect tax concepts, including sales and use tax and HST.
- Familiarity with an ERP or accounting software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor, Sage, or QuickBooks), and with Excel or BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau, from coursework or academic projects.
- Interest in process improvement or automation (e.g., advanced Excel, Power Query, or light scripting).
- Coursework in auditing or internal controls, or a solid academic grounding in audit concepts.
Artificial Intelligence Disclosure:
We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) in our hiring process. All applications are reviewed using standardized screening questions to ensure alignment with job requirements.
Vacancy status:
This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
Who we Are:
The International Group, Inc. (IGI) is recognized as the world's only fully integrated wax producer.
IGI is the preferred strategic partner for companies seeking value throughout the entire supply chain. Whether it’s production, quality control, innovation, or research, IGI is committed to delivering the appropriate product to its customers promptly and for every purpose.
IGI operates in locations within Canada (Toronto, ON) and the United States (Titusville and Smethport, PA, Oshkosh, WI, Baytown, TX, Richmond, CA, Picayune, MS, Woods Cross, UT, and Evanston, WY.
If a progressive, supportive environment sounds like a great place to work and this sounds like the role for you, please apply with your resume.
IGI is committed to a diverse workforce as an Equal Opportunity Employer (Women, People with Disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, and Visible Minorities) and aims to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We thank the staffing industry for their interest but ask not to be contacted.
