Senior Corporate Accountant

The Senior Corporate Accountant will take ownership of key corporate accounting activities within a dynamic Finance team.
This role leads important elements of the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
You will apply technical accounting expertise and independent judgment to investigate and resolve complex, non-routine matters.
Beyond core accounting responsibilities, you will analyze financial performance, identify trends, and explain the drivers behind results.
Working closely with Finance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, you will provide insights that support sound business decisions.
You will also help strengthen financial controls, improve accounting processes, and enhance reporting practices.
The position offers meaningful responsibility in a collaborative environment, with a hybrid working arrangement based in Toronto.

• Own key components of the month-end close process and contribute to quarterly and annual close activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.

• Lead profit and loss (P&L) and balance sheet reviews, identify significant financial drivers, and translate results into actionable insights.

• Oversee core accounting activities, including accruals, allocations, and account reconciliations, maintaining accuracy and financial integrity.

• Independently investigate and resolve complex or non-routine accounting issues by applying sound technical knowledge and professional judgment.

• Analyze financial results, investigate material variances, and communicate findings clearly to Finance leadership and relevant business stakeholders.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explain accounting matters and support informed business decisions.

• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, and enhance financial reporting practices.

• Manage assigned accounting responsibilities independently while maintaining high standards of accuracy and meeting reporting deadlines.

• Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.

• CPA designation or active progress toward obtaining a CPA designation is preferred.

• At least 3 years of progressive accounting experience, including independent ownership of key accounting processes and resolution of complex accounting issues.

• Strong knowledge of month-end close procedures, financial reporting, accrual accounting, account reconciliations, balance sheet management, and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

• Demonstrated ability to exercise accounting judgment, investigate non-routine matters, and determine appropriate solutions.

• Experience analyzing P&L and balance sheet results, investigating material variances, and turning financial data into meaningful business insights.

• Experience using an ERP or enterprise financial system and working with large or complex financial datasets.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and other functions used for financial analysis and reconciliation.

• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with exceptional attention to detail.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate work within tight reporting deadlines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex accounting and financial information to Finance and cross-functional stakeholders.

• A proactive, accountable, and independent approach, with the ability to build effective working relationships in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.