Accountant

Dominion Dynamics; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Health benefits

Additional equity based on impact

Job summary

Dominion Dynamics is seeking an early-career accountant to own payroll, AP, AR, and expenses within a small finance team in Ottawa. You will close books monthly and push automation across finance workflows so processes scale with the company's growth.

You should have 2+ years of hands-on accounting experience, including Canadian payroll, and a drive to automate. This on-site role reports to the Head of Finance and offers equity alongside salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of accounting experience including payroll, AP and AR.
• Experience running month-end close with reconciliations and financial statements.
• Canadian payroll experience, including deductions and remittances.
• Bias toward automating repetitive tasks to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Own payroll end to end: every pay run and query.
• Run accounts payable to ensure on-time supplier payments.
• Manage accounts receivable and invoicing, keep ledger current.
• Process and review employee expenses to avoid month-end delays.
• Drive month-end close: post transactions, reconcile accounts, prepare statements.
• Build automations across finance workflows to scale as the company grows.

Skills

Payroll

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Month-end close

Automation

Adaptability

Job description

Location: Ottawa Office, On-Site

Reports to: Head of Finance

Type: Full-Time

The Role

Dominion Dynamics builds sovereign defence capability for Canada, and the company is scaling fast. That only works if the finance engine underneath runs cleanly: suppliers paid on time, no invoices missing, and everyone paid correctly, every cycle. You keep that engine running so the people building for the field never have to think about it.

This is the core accounting seat on a small finance team. You run payroll, AP, AR and expenses day to day, close the books each month, and push to automate the manual work out of all of it. It suits someone early in their accounting career who wants to grow with the role, not someone looking to settle into a fixed scope.

What You'll Do

• Own payroll end to end. Every pay run, change and question comes to you, and people are paid correctly and on time.

• Run accounts payable so suppliers are paid on schedule and no invoice slips through.

• Manage accounts receivable and invoicing, keeping the ledger current.

• Process and review employee expenses and receipts, chasing what's missing before it becomes a month-end problem.

• Drive month-end close: post transactions, complete all account reconciliations and prepare financial statements for the Head of Finance.

• Build automations across finance workflows, replacing manual steps with systems that scale as the company grows.

What You Bring

• 2+ years of hands‑on accounting experience across payroll, AP and AR.

• Experience running month-end close, including account reconciliations and preparing financial statements.

• Canadian payroll experience, including source deductions and remittances.

• A drive to automate. You see repetitive work and want to build it out of the process.

• The hustle to get in, figure things out and take on more as the team grows.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the defence sector, such as accounting for government contracts or working at a defence or aerospace company

No defence background required.

We've hired people who didn't tick every box.

Why Join Us

Building something meaningful starts with the right people.

At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll:

• Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies.

• Make decisions that ship in a high‑trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration.

• Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now.

• Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership.

If you’re curious, hands‑on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong!

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and company equity*

• Comprehensive health benefits

• Additional equity granted based on impact*

We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada.

*Equity awarded to full time employees only.