Senior Accounting Analyst

Job overview

Accounting and financial reporting

• Lead month-end and year-end close for Canadian and US entities, including intercompany reconciliations.
• Review bank, general ledger, sub-ledger, credit card, and payroll-clearing reconciliations and journal entries.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements with variance commentary.
• Ensure compliance with ASPE and US GAAP and document accounting positions.
• Maintain tax-related ledger records, chart of accounts, and QuickBooks.

Payroll

• Process semi-monthly North American payroll in ADP, reconciling time and leave data from Zoho People.
• Calculate Canadian statutory deductions and US withholdings and employer taxes.
• Issue year-end slips, maintain tax records, and ensure timely ROE filing.
• Reconcile deductions and benefits; process garnishments, taxable benefits, final pay, and severance.
• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger and government remittances.
• Implement HR-approved pay changes and provide payroll data for benchmarking and workforce planning.

Tax and regulatory compliance

• Maintain calendars for Canadian and US tax filings and remittances and ensure timely payment.
• Coordinate with external accountants and tax advisors and prepare year-end working papers and schedules.
• Track tax authority correspondence and update payroll settings for annual rate and threshold changes.
• Manage contractor tax documentation and support intercompany reporting and agreements.
• Monitor sales tax and registration obligations and maintain corporate filings and renewals.

Expense monitoring and reporting

• Review vendor invoices, corporate card activity, and expense claims for policy compliance, approval, and coding.
• Prepare monthly reporting on budget variances, payroll costs, and cash position.
• Track subscriptions, licenses, and vendor contracts and flag renewals and price changes.
• Support annual budgets and forecasts, model payroll costs, and manage monthly intercompany funding transfers.
• Report client and service-line profitability using Zoho People labour data.
• Partner with HR to maintain expense, travel, and corporate card policies.

Candidate profile

• The employer seeks an experienced, detail-driven designated accountant with a CPA.
• The role requires someone able to take over the finance function quickly and run it from day one.
• The work calls for comfort with accounting, payroll, tax notices, and explaining results to non-finance leaders.