Accountant

Job Title: Accountant
Job Description

The Accountant manages full-cycle accounting activities within a shared services environment, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of financial records. This role conducts period-end closing, prepares financial statements under GAAP and IFRS, supports audits and tax filings, and provides detailed financial analysis to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities. The Accountant also acts as a subject matter expert for key accounting processes, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and contributes to process improvements and system implementations.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle accounting activities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and conformance with applicable accounting standards and policies.
• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual period-end closing activities, including preparation and posting of journal entries and overhead allocations.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and related notes in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or other disclosed bases of accounting.
• Perform detailed financial analysis to identify trends, discrepancies, risks, and opportunities, and provide insights to relevant stakeholders.
• Act as a subject matter expert for key shared services accounting processes, providing guidance and support to the team.
• Provide backup coverage for other accountants and administrators in the Shared Service Centre as required to ensure continuity of operations.
• Assist in the preparation and support of financial statement audits and other regulatory audits, including providing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Administer banking transactions for all business units and prepare weekly cash reports to support cash management and forecasting.
• Prepare and maintain process documentation, including standard operating procedures, flow charts, scoping matrices, and responsibility matrices.
• Liaise with various departments and business units to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of monthly accounting information and other deliverables.
• Prepare month-end bank reconciliations and balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Prepare and process journal entries, including accruals, adjustments, and reclassifications, in line with company policies and accounting standards.
• Manage sales tax filings, including preparation of returns, payments, recording, and reconciliations.
• Assist with annual income tax returns and related filings by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Support the implementation of accounting changes and other regulatory changes by updating processes, documentation, and controls as needed.
• Lead or contribute to special initiatives and projects aimed at driving process improvements and efficiency within the accounting function and shared services.
• Support intercompany accounting, including intercompany reconciliations and resolution of discrepancies between entities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in ERP implementation or enhancement projects, including testing and transition activities.
• Support lease accounting activities in accordance with applicable accounting standards and internal policies.
• Perform ad hoc analysis, reporting, and other requests as required by leadership or other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to transitions and training plans to support knowledge transfer and process stability.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in full-cycle accounting, including period-end close, journal entries, and financial reporting.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and IFRS and the ability to prepare financial statements and notes under these frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with reconciliations, including bank reconciliations and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Solid understanding of income statements, balance sheets, and key financial metrics.
• Experience with month-end close processes in a shared services or multi-entity environment.
• Proficiency in intercompany accounting and intercompany reconciliations.
• Practical experience working with ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle.
• Ability to support or participate in ERP implementation and system enhancement projects.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to perform detailed financial analysis and identify trends and discrepancies.
• Experience supporting financial statement audits and other regulatory audits.
• Ability to manage sales tax processes, including filing, payments, recording, and reconciliations.
• Capability to assist with annual income tax returns and related filings.
• Strong documentation skills, including creating and maintaining SOPs, process flow mapping, and responsibility matrices.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and multiple business units.
• Proficiency with lease accounting concepts and processes.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in all accounting tasks.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working in a Shared Service Centre or centralized accounting environment.
• Background in preparing or supporting transition and training plans for process handovers.
• Exposure to process improvement initiatives and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfort working with complex organizational structures and multiple business units.
• Strong communication skills to liaise effectively with internal stakeholders at different levels.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements, including regulatory changes and evolving business needs.
• Experience with documenting process flows, scoping matrices, and responsibility matrices.
• Familiarity with project-based work and supporting special initiatives within finance or accounting.

Work Environment

This role operates in a professional office and shared services environment, working closely with a team of approximately seven people. The standard work hours are 9:00 . to 6:00 ., with the expectation of flexibility to work outside of regular hours during busy periods or project phases. During project mode, shifts may vary, for example from 5:00 . to 2:00 . or from 3:00 . to 12:00 ., depending on business needs. The position may involve overtime and occasional travel, which is currently estimated at 10–20% but may vary over time. Work is primarily on-site three days per week, with scheduling coordinated based on team requirements. The role uses modern ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle, along with standard office and accounting tools, in a collaborative, cross-functional setting focused on accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Vaughan, ON.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $70000.00 - $80000.00/yr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Vaughan,ON.

À propos d'Aston Carter

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, l’acquisition de talents, la chaîne d’approvisionnement et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de l'industrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre réseau expansif pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie-Pacifique et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers d’avoir remporté le double diamant ClearlyRated Best of Staffing pour notre service aux clients et aux talents.

Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l’âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d’ancien combattant, d’un handicap, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

Si vous souhaitez faire une demande d’accommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou l’ajustement du processus de demande d’emploi ou d’entrevue à cause d’un handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à

Ordonnance sur l’égalité des chances de San Francisco: Conformément à l’Ordonnance sur l’égalité des chances de San Francisco, pour tous les postes situés dans la ville et le comté de San Francisco, nous examinerons les candidatures des personnes qualifiées ayant un casier judiciaire ou des antécédents criminels.

Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle (IA): Nous pouvons utiliser l’intelligence artificielle (IA) pour soutenir certaines étapes de notre processus d’embauche, notamment la recherche, la présélection et l’évaluation des candidatures. L’IA aide à analyser les candidatures et les qualifications, mais les décisions finales sont prises par notre équipe de recrutement. En soumettant votre candidature, vous reconnaissez et acceptez que celle-ci puisse être examinée à l’aide d’outils d’IA.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the ., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.