Accountant

Drive Financial Integrity. Optimize Profitability. Shape Business Reality.

We are looking for a high-caliber accounting professional who sees beyond the spreadsheets. You aren’t just a “numbers person”-you are a technical expert who understands how a healthy balance sheet and precise cash flow management fuel business growth.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex accounting standards and real-world business operations. You’ll take full ownership of our financial accuracy, ensuring our UK Group reporting is flawless while proactively identifying opportunities to save costs and optimize pricing.

The Details

• Location: This is a full-time 5 days, office-based position.
• Environment: A fast-paced, collaborative setting where initiative is rewarded and professional growth is encouraged.

The Impact You’ll Make

Success in this role isn’t just about hitting deadlines; it’s about elevating our financial health through:

• Precision Financial Reporting: Leading the month-end close with expert-level journal entries, revenue recognition worksheets, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strategic Profit Analysis: Diving deep into contract profitability and overhead costs to uncover savings and drive price optimization.
• Treasury & Compliance Mastery: Protecting the bottom line by forecasting cash flow, managing HST remittances, and overseeing secure bank authorizations.
• Operational Excellence: Serving as a key bridge to our UK Group Finance team and acting as a technical resource for intercompany charges and audit trails.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Revenue & Accruals: Manage the complexities of multi-year revenue contracts and accelerated recognition.
• Analysis & Insight: Conduct P&L variation analysis and provide ad-hoc financial modeling to support executive decision-making.
• Problem Solving: Investigate reconciliation discrepancies with an investigative mindset, resolving issues at the root cause.
• Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams and provide essential backup for the wider accounting department.

What You Bring to the Team

• Credentialed Expertise: A CPA designation is required, backed by 3-5 years of progressive, multi-provincial experience in audit or industry.
• Excel Power User: You don’t just use Excel; you master it. You are comfortable with advanced formulas, workbook analysis, and leveraging tools like Salesforce.
• Agility: You thrive under the pressure of tight month-end deadlines and adapt quickly as the role evolves to meet business needs.
• Ownership Mentality: You are proactive, solution-oriented, and take immense pride in the integrity of your work.

Perks and Benefits

• Paid day off on your birthday
• 3 weeks vacation
• Enhanced health and dental benefits
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) matching program
• Prime downtown location near Union Station
• Increased vacation entitlement after 2 and 5 years of service

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Portfolio are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position. To the best of our knowledge, this vacancy is for a new or existing role within their organization.