Remote Accounting Manager (Contract)

Title: Accounting Manager
Salary: $90,000 - $110,000
Location: Thornhill, ON (Hybrid)
Length: Contract position for 13 Months (starting end of June)
Reporting Manager: Director of Finance

About Us:

At WellnessLiving, we empower health and wellness business owners to turn their passion into thriving businesses. Our mission-critical software supports thousands of entrepreneurs and millions of clients worldwide on their wellness journeys. We’re a customer-first company that values excellence, accountability, and adaptability, and we’re looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to make a meaningful impact in the wellness industry.

Our culture is guided by four core values that shape how we work and grow together:

Customer First – We approach every challenge with a deep commitment to our customers’ success and happiness.

Excellence – We hold ourselves to a high standard and strive for exceptional execution in everything we do.

Accountability – We take ownership of our decisions, actions, and results.

Adaptability – We embrace change, stay flexible, and continuously evolve in a dynamic world.

If these values resonate with you and you meet the qualifications for this role, we’d love to hear from you!

About You:

You are a detail-oriented and proactive accounting professional with strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in delivering accurate financial reporting, supporting business decisions through meaningful insights, improving processes and efficiencies, and collaborating cross-functionally while supporting compliance, audit, and month-end activities. At WellnessLiving, AI is embedded in how we work across the company, and we're looking for someone who shares that enthusiasm: you're not just open to AI tools, you actively seek out ways to incorporate them into your day-to-day to work smarter and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the full month-end close process, including journal entries, reconciliations, and departmental variance analysis, to deliver timely and accurate financial statements.
• Champion AI adoption across the finance function by identifying inefficiencies, implementing AI tools, and driving automation that reduces manual effort and improves reporting accuracy and speed.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of financial reporting processes.
• Manage multi-currency accounting across Canadian and international entities, including journal entries, pay rate validation, and foreign exchange considerations.
• Own commission calculations for the sales team in coordination with Sales managers, ensuring accuracy and timely distribution to staff.
• Generate periodic reports for management, stakeholders, and regulatory authorities.
• Reconcile and analyze balance sheet accounts.
• Support annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting processes in collaboration with the Director of Finance and budget managers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across the business to support the finance function, ensuring accurate data flow, timely inputs, and alignment on financial processes and reporting.
• Provide Budget Managers with monthly budget variances with insights to support decision-making.
• Develop and implement internal control policies and procedures to safeguard company assets and ensure financial accuracy.
• Offer mentorship and support to the Finance team, including fostering training and development initiatives.
• Coordinate with external auditors during audits and reviews.
• Ensure compliance with local, provincial, and federal regulations, and remain abreast in changes in accounting regulations and standards.
• Assist with other ad-hoc projects.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, CPA certification is preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years of Canadian accounting experience.
• Experience or familiarity with US accounting regulations and standards is an asset.
• Experience in the software industry is a plus.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and procedures.
• Proficient in MS Excel and accounting software; QuickBooks Online, comfortable working across multiple platforms and tools.
• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We appreciate you taking the time and look forward to reviewing your application!

WellnessLiving is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, experience, and business needs. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital or family status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We utilize AI to generate summaries of interview notes as part of our candidate evaluation process. This helps ensure a fair and consistent review while maintaining a human-centered hiring approach.