Accountant - CPA

Job summary

Oversee month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, journal entries, and internal controls, while providing IFRS guidance for complex transactions. Analyze financial performance and risks, collaborate with internal teams and external auditors, and improve processes, automation, standardization, and governance.

Job details

Hiring: Senior Advisor, Controllership 📍 Location: Quebec, Canada 🏢 Work Model: Hybrid – Minimum 3 days onsite per week 🗣️ Languages: Fluency in English and French (written and spoken) is mandatory 🎓 Qualification: CPA or equivalent professional accounting designation We are seeking a Senior Advisor, Controllership to support financial reporting, technical accounting, governance, and business performance insights within a dynamic organization. Key Responsibilities: Oversee month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, journal entries, and internal controls. Apply IFRS requirements and provide technical accounting guidance for complex transactions. Conduct variance analysis and deliver actionable financial performance commentary. Identify accounting, reporting, and compliance risks and recommend mitigation strategies. Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Tax, Legal, and external auditors. Drive process improvements, standardization, automation, and stronger governance practices. Required Qualifications: CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification. Strong experience in technical accounting, financial reporting, and IFRS. Hands-on experience with month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and internal controls. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to interpret complex financial information and communicate clear business insights. Fluency in both English and French, written and spoken.

What you’ll do

Oversee month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, journal entries, and internal controls, while providing IFRS guidance for complex transactions. Analyze financial performance and risks, collaborate with internal teams and external auditors, and improve processes, automation, standardization, and governance.

Requirements

Requires a CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification, with strong experience in technical accounting, financial reporting, and IFRS. Candidates should have hands-on month-end close and internal controls experience, strong analytical and stakeholder management skills, and fluency in written and spoken English and French.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Month-End Close · Preferred
• Process Improvement · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Financial Reporting
• Technical Accounting
• IFRS
• Month-End Close
• Account Reconciliations
• Journal Entries
• Internal Controls
• Variance Analysis
• Risk Mitigation
• Governance
• Process Improvement
• Automation
• Stakeholder Management
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• English and French Fluency

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership

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