General Accountant Jobs

Do you have an entrepreneurial Accounting mindset with a strong customer focus and a desire to succeed?
Do you have Accounting experience in any of the following?

• Distributed workforce
• Hospitality
• Retail - multi-units

Is working in Vaughan/Concord a convenient location for you?
The main intersection is Highway 7 and Keele. This role is 100% working onsite.
Advantages

• Bright, airy, open newly renovated office (cubicle based);
• The Director of Finance is very experienced, calm, understanding and easygoing;
• Quiet working environment;
• A subsidized group benefit plan;
• Cozy, small office;
• Year-end party with great food;
• Flexible working hours from Monday to Friday - 40-hour work week;
• Kitchen with fridges, microwave, coffee, tea;
• Free parking in the building;
• Birthdays are celebrated;
• Scheduled breaks;
• Generous wardrobe discount;
• Generous vacation and sick day allowance;
• Clean and organized;
• TTC accessible - bus stops right in front of the building;
• Close-knit team and a friendly family atmosphere.

Responsibilities
Primary Focus:

• Minimal accounts payable;
• Journal entries;
• Monthly tax filings for 5 provinces;
• Huge focus on reconciliations;
• Lease renewals for 14 locations across Canada (mostly Ontario).
• Cash management and cash flow;
• Lots of time on cash flow and reconciliations;
• Payroll 2X/month (mostly based in Ontario and 4 other provinces);

From the formal job description:

• Assist in the preparation and posting of journal entries and perform account analyses;
• Perform bank reconciliations to General Ledger, investigate and resolve discrepancies and assist with cash management activities as required;
• Analyze PST exempt and discount transactions, and identify and follow up discrepancies with the Director of Retail Sales and Operations;
• Prepare monthly tax filings for provincial and federal governments;

Oversee and assist with biweekly payroll processing and perform data verification to ensure wage and commission payment accuracy; act as a backup to Payroll Coordinator in event of absence;

• Verify the accuracy of calculation, accrual and reconciliation of month-end payroll accruals and related payroll and benefit accounting activities;
• Process accounts payable invoices, ensuring proper backup, authorization and payment terms adherence.
• Assist with year-end payroll-related activities and T4 preparation;

Important Details:

• Peak season is from September to February;
• Year-end is June;
• Great Plains is the accounting software and they will train.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of relevant full-cycle accounting experience working in a small-to-medium-size entrepreneurial business with a focus on account reconciliations, payroll, and cash accounting; previous retail exposure an asset;
• Proficient computer skills with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and V-lookups; knowledge of macros is an asset - testing will be done by the employer;

Important Details:

• Grasp of what payroll looks like in multiple provinces but if you only have hands-on experience with Ontario payroll for legislation, that is acceptable.

Summary
Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you have questions - it is highly recommended that you apply to the ad first...
Debra Donaghey, Senior Staffing Consultant, Finance and Accounting
416.949.9899 call/text/WhatsApp
[email protected]
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