Accountant

Location: Etobicoke/Toronto Corporate Office

Build your career in the early childhood education field and become a valued member of our team at BrightPath Kids! As a proud member of the Busy Bees global childcare community, we offer exceptional opportunities for your career to thrive. Join our diverse community of over 5,000 dedicated employees, and experience competitive pay and benefits, including a childcare discount. With our rapid growth, now is the perfect time to apply and shape an extraordinary future with us. Unleash your potential and join BrightPath!

What will you be doing?

As an Accountant, you will communicate with various internal departments as well as external stakeholders. This position is critical to the delivery of financial information on a timely basis. Candidates must possess strong organization and analytical skills in a position that is very detail oriented. Responsibilities include:

• Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• Assisting in the preparation of income statement reporting and analysis.
• Taking ownership of and completing monthly accounting entries in areas such as government funding prepaids, accruals, payroll, revenue, and fixed assets.
• Supporting with government funding applications, analysis and reconciliations
• Preparing and maintaining financial records and working papers in support of transactions.
• Monitoring banking activities for multiple entities to find irregularities and process appropriate journal entries.
• Other duties as assigned.

Top Reasons to join BrightPath Kids:

• We offer a 40% child care discount to ALL Full-time employees & 10% to Part-time so that your family can take advantage of our great learning environment!
• We will support your long-term career goals by offering opportunities for professional development and tuition reimbursement for courses related to your field.
• Full-time staff are eligible to participate in a retirement plan (RRSP) which offers a company match – this is free money!
• Full-time and Part-time staff receive 6 days sick time per calendar year.
• Full-time staff are given 10 paid holidays off.
• Full-time staff are paid for at least 10 personal days off per calendar year.
• Full-time staff are offered health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance.

Requirements:

• 4 year degree in accounting or finance
• Working towards CPA designation
• 3+ years of experience working in an accounting role
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Products
• Experience working with ERP software, knowledge of NetSuite is an asset

If this sounds like a good fit, we want to meet you! Please submit your application today.