Job title: Canada – Senior Accountant Bilingual (French-English)
Company: Vensure Employer Solutions
Job description: Position Summary
The Canadian Senior Accountant provides organized and detail oriented professional services for full cycle accounting support within the Finance division of a growing group of Canadian companies primarily located in and around Montreal, Ontario Canada. As is required by law, documents must be prepared in both French and English. This person is responsible to perform the below functions for Vensure as well as companies that are contracted with Vensure.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- G/L postings, fixed assets/depreciation, cost-center allocations, prepaid expenses, and accrued liabilities support.
- Bank Reconciliations
- Balance sheet reconciliations and transactional review support.
- Process corporate AR transactions; including invoicing and payment applications.
- Produce daily, weekly, and monthly GL, AR, and Cash reporting.
- Assist in monthly closing process and financial statement preparation.
- Assist with budgeting, financial statement, loan covenant, and variance analysis.
- Monitor and maintain integrity of the GL accounting system, specifically the chart of accounts and subaccount list.
- Correspond with banks and other agencies for issue resolution and responses to inquiries in a professional manner.
- Assist with preparation and responses for audits.
- Update and maintain policies & procedure documentation.
- Meet the contractual commitments to client(s) through timely and accurate reporting and issue resolution.
- Perform other job-related duties as directed by supervisor
- Takes personal responsibility for actions. Demonstrated through owning problems, problem solving, and not projecting problems or failures to others or the “system ” if not warranted.
- Demonstrates excellence in work standards and be tenacious in completing tasks.
- Able to participate in solving problems and help make decisions based on the best information available by developing resolutions between parties.
- Works well with other team members and departments in a professional and friendly manner to accomplish mutual goals and prepare assignments on time.
- Able to ask for support and help as needed.
- Ensures effectiveness in processes to achieve/seek best practice.
- Provide feedback and suggestions for improved systems and efficiencies.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing in both French and English, using accurate grammatical form and able to read and interpret written information.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Communicate effectively in individual or group situations including demonstrating active listening skills.
- Advanced levels of computer skills such as Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook preferred; Sage Intacct experience is a plus.
- A high standard of integrity and sound business ethics.
- Ability to work effectively with other internal and external departments.
- Ability to work independently and as a team player.
Education & Experience
- A degree in accounting or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5 years’ experience in accounting, at both transactional and analysis level.
- Experience with multi-company/divisional financials, Canadian tax remittance and payroll processing highly desirable.
- Experience with external and internal auditing and compliance preferred.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with strict attention to detail preferred.
Expected salary:
Location: Westmount, QC
Job date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:39:27 GMT
