Senior Accountant

About the Opportunity

· Support weekly cash reporting and monitoring.

· Lead the month-end close process in accordance with corporate deadlines.

· Prepare monthly financial statement reporting packages for Corporate.

· Analyze financial results and provide explanations for budget-to-actual variances.

· Perform monthly analysis of costs and margins by part/product.

· Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.

· Oversee general accounting activities, including general ledger reconciliations, A/R, A/P, and recurring journal entries.

· Review financial and operational processes to ensure accuracy and proper account coding.

· Conduct daily reviews of revenue streams and costing transactions, investigating discrepancies and unusual activity.

· Manage and reconcile intercompany transactions.

· Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and reporting.

· Prepare ad hoc financial reports and support special projects as required.

· Assist with external audits and respond to Corporate finance inquiries.

· Prepare and submit monthly HST and WSIB reporting.

· Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Contracts, Quality, and Configuration teams.

· Establish processes for documenting lessons learned and sharing best practices.

· Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the Finance Manager.

About You

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

· 3+ years of progressive accounting or financial reporting experience.

· Strong understanding of month-end close, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.

· Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost/margin analysis.

· Strong Excel and financial reporting skills; experience working with ERP/accounting systems.

· Experience with intercompany accounting and reconciliations.

· Knowledge of HST and WSIB reporting requirements.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail.

· Ability to investigate discrepancies, identify process improvements, and communicate findings effectively.

· Strong cross-functional communication and relationship-building skills.

· Experience supporting external audits is an asset.

· Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines.

· CPA designation or progress toward a CPA is an asset.

Pay Range

$35 - $40 /hour

How to Apply

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This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com.

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.