Senior Accountant

Job summary

Manage the Accounts Receivable lifecycle, investigate retailer deductions and pricing discrepancies, and calculate sales commissions and brand royalties. Support month-end close, financial reporting, audit preparation, and North American inventory and manufacturing cost accounting.

Job details

Senior Corporate Accountant (CPG / Brand Development) Join our finance team and become the ultimate guardian of our financial operational health! We are an innovative North American B2B brand developer with a strong presence in the US and Canada, creating and launching unique brands in the novelty candy, baking decor, and salty snack spaces. By cultivating direct relationships with premier manufacturers around the world, we bring exciting products to the North American market at scale. We are looking for a detail-oriented, analytical Senior Corporate Accountant who loves unraveling complex data sets and managing international financial moving parts. In this role, you will play a key part in managing our Accounts Receivable function, including following up on customer payments, managing and resolving customer deductions, obtaining supporting documentation, and maintaining accurate customer accounts. You will also support commissions, royalties, inventory accounting, and the month-end closing process, working closely with Sales, Customer Service, and other teams to resolve customer and accounting issues. If you possess elite Sage 300 and Excel mastery and want a seat at the table where your insights directly fuel our brand expansion, we want to meet you. Where You’ll Make an Impact Master the Retail Deductions & Partner Commissions You'll act as a financial detective, investigating complex major-retailer deductions, trade promotions, and pricing discrepancies common in the national CPG retail world. You will accurately calculate monthly sales commissions and global brand royalties, ensuring our growth drivers and partners are rewarded perfectly. You will own our Accounts Receivable lifecycle, ensuring major customer payments are followed up, accurately recorded and applied on time. Drive the Month-End Close & Reporting Rhythm You will accelerate our monthly close process by preparing precise journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations. You'll compile monthly financial statements and management reports that give our leadership crystal-clear visibility into brand performance. You'll streamline our year-end audit preparation to keep our compliance flawless. Govern North American Inventory & Manufacturing Costs You will manage the financial lifecycle of our supply chain, tracking inventory accounting, landed costs, and variances across our sweet and salty SKU portfolio. You will align our international manufacturing reality with our digital financial ledger, ensuring costing accuracy. What You Bring to the Table Deep CPG Accounting Roots You have 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, specifically grounded in Consumer Packaged Goods, especially experience working with retailers, distributors, or other high-volume customer environments. Technical & Analytical Elite You are highly proficient in Sage 300 (or similar ERP systems) and can navigate high volumes of data transactions seamlessly. Your Excel skills are advanced—XLOOKUPs, nested formulas, PivotTables, and messy data manipulation are your comfort zone. You possess natural curiosity to spot process bottlenecks and recommend smoother, automated ways of corporate reporting. The Soft Skills You are highly organized and excited by the fast-moving pace of global brand building. You communicate financial concepts clearly and collaborate easily with Management, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Logistics. Asset: You either hold a CPA designation or are actively working toward completing it. Job Type: Permanent/Full-Time Work Arrangement: On-site, 5 days per week Experience: Minimum 5 years Reports To: Director of Finance Pay: CA $75,000 - $85,000 per year Benefits: Casual Dress, Company Events, Extended Health Care, On-Site Parking, Paid Time-Off and RRSP Match Location: Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1

What you’ll do

Manage the Accounts Receivable lifecycle, investigate retailer deductions and pricing discrepancies, and calculate sales commissions and brand royalties. Support month-end close, financial reporting, audit preparation, and North American inventory and manufacturing cost accounting.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of progressive accounting experience, particularly in Consumer Packaged Goods and high-volume retail or distributor environments. Candidates should be proficient in Sage 300 or a similar ERP and advanced Excel; a CPA designation or progress toward one is an asset.

Benefits

• Casual Dress
• Company Events
• Extended Health Care
• On-Site Parking
• Paid Time Off
• RRSP Match

Listed skills

• Accounts receivable · Preferred
• Customer account reconciliation · Preferred
• Month-End Close · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Accounts Receivable
• Retail Deductions
• Customer Payment Follow-Up
• Customer Account Reconciliation
• Sales Commissions
• Royalties
• Month-End Close
• Journal Entries
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Financial Reporting
• Inventory Accounting
• Landed Cost Accounting
• Variance Analysis
• Sage 300
• Advanced Excel
• Audit Preparation

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Food & Beverage
• Manufacturing
• Data & Analytics