Senior Accountant

Job summary

Manage day-to-day accounting, including general ledger, payables, revenue entries, reconciliations, payroll accounting, and financial transaction reviews. Support period-end close, financial reporting, audits, tax filings, and junior staff while maintaining records and improving accounting processes and controls.

Job details

Position: Senior Accountant Location: North York, ON (Hybrid) Salary Range: $70,000 - $82,000 Job Type: Permanent Position Type: Open Vacancy Our client, a well-established not-for-profit organization, is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its Finance team. This position offers a hands-on opportunity to take ownership of core accounting functions while supporting financial reporting, payroll, audits, and period-end activities. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance, the successful candidate will also support junior team members and contribute to improving accounting processes, controls, and systems. Key Responsibilities: - Manage day-to-day accounting activities, including general ledger, accounts payable, revenue entries, reconciliations, and journal entries. - Review invoices, deposits, expense reports, and other financial transactions for accuracy and compliance. - Support month-end and year-end close, financial reporting, audit requirements, HST filings, and rebate submissions. - Review payroll reports, process adjustments, reconcile payroll accounts, and prepare payroll-related journal entries. - Provide guidance and support to junior accounting staff while ensuring deadlines and deliverables are met. - Maintain financial records, support online banking administration, liaise with vendors and internal stakeholders, and assist with process improvements. Qualifications: - Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, with a CPA designation or active pursuit of CPA. - Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle accounting and financial reporting. - Strong experience with reconciliations, revenue recognition, payroll support, audit preparation, and period-end close. - Experience handling revenue from multiple sources, such as donations, grants, fundraising activities, or similar funding streams, is highly preferred. - Proficiency with QuickBooks Online Advanced and strong Excel skills, including pivot tables. - Not-for-profit experience, exposure to donor/fundraising or CRM databases, and previous experience guiding junior staff are considered assets. Please send your resume in Word format to Angela Quinlan at angela.quinlan@quantum.ca. REFER A PERM HIRE AND EARN A CASH BONUS! For details, click here. CNESST permit numbers: AP-2000158 & AR-2000157 All applications are reviewed by our recruitment team, and hiring decisions are made by people. We may also use AI-enabled tools to support parts of the application review process. #tor1

What you’ll do

Manage day-to-day accounting, including general ledger, payables, revenue entries, reconciliations, payroll accounting, and financial transaction reviews. Support period-end close, financial reporting, audits, tax filings, and junior staff while maintaining records and improving accounting processes and controls.

Requirements

Requires post-secondary education in accounting, finance, business, or a related field, with a CPA designation or active pursuit of one, and at least five years of progressive accounting experience. Candidates should have full-cycle accounting and reporting experience, strong reconciliation, payroll, audit, and close skills, and proficiency in QuickBooks Online Advanced and Excel; not-for-profit and multi-source revenue experience are preferred.

Listed skills

• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Revenue Recognition · Preferred
• Month-End Close · Preferred
• Process Improvement · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• General Ledger Accounting
• Accounts Payable
• Revenue Recognition
• Account Reconciliations
• Journal Entries
• Financial Reporting
• Payroll Accounting
• Month-End Close
• Year-End Close
• Audit Preparation
• HST Filings
• QuickBooks Online Advanced
• Microsoft Excel
• Pivot Tables
• Process Improvement
• Staff Guidance

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership

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