Accountant

CoLab; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing SaaS company is looking for an Accounting Professional to join their core accounting team in St. John's, NL or Ottawa, ON. The role involves managing the entire accounting cycle, ensuring the accuracy of financial statements, and supporting internal audits. Candidates should have 2–5 years of experience and strong knowledge of accounting principles. The position offers a competitive compensation package including stock options, unlimited vacation, and health benefits.

Benefits

Unlimited paid vacation

Maternity leave

Extended health & dental coverage

Up to 5% RRSP matching

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of relevant accounting experience, ideally at a SaaS company.
• Strong knowledge of revenue recognition accounting flow for SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the account team on the entire accounting cycle.
• Assist in producing timely, accurate monthly financial statements.
• Support internal team in annual financial audits and tax compliance.
• Maintain and improve internal controls and financial processes.

Skills

Accounting principles (ASPE, IFRS & GAAP)

Excel/Google Sheets skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

CPA designation or pursuing

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

About CoLab

At CoLab, we help mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market years sooner.

CoLab is a cloud based platform for engineering design review. We make it easy for subject matter experts (SMEs) across your business to access, evaluate, and comment on 2D drawings and 3D models. Our built-in AI peer checker, AutoReview, can analyze designs for you and spot common errors or non-compliance with your standards guidelines. AutoReview creates markups and comments on your files, in context – just like a human checker.

About the Role

In this role, you'll work with the core accounting team responsible for activities like month-end close, payroll, reconciliations, and completing the entire accounting cycle — while also helping us put better systems and controls in place as we grow. Reporting to the Senior Accountant, you will ensure clean books, accurate numbers, and tight processes. This isn't a narrow bookkeeping role. We're looking for someone who is willing to speak up to provide continuous improvement into our operational accounting function.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with the account team and play a key role in the entire accounting cycle including, managing AP, AR, month-end close processes, payroll preparation and ad-hoc reporting;
• Assist in producing timely, accurate monthly financial statements by completing our month-end close activities;
• Support the internal team completing the annual financial audit, monthly tax compliance and other reporting requirements as needed;
• Maintain and improve internal controls and financial processes;
• Assist in managing the annual corporate budget by identifying variances and gaps to management;
• Help develop management reporting identifying trends within the business such as DSO, cashflow trends and variance review;

Who you are

• 2–5 years of relevant accounting experience, ideally at a SaaS company or working with SaaS companies through prior firm experience;
• Pursuing CPA designation or already designated;
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles (ASPE, IFRS & GAAP), specifically revenue recognition accounting flow for SaaS;
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills, familiarity with NetSuite would be a plus;
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills;
• Demonstrate the ability to take direction and work to deliver accurate results.

Extra Details

• This is a full-time, permanent position with a competitive compensation package that includes stock options at a scaling technology company;
• Our benefits includes: unlimited paid vacation, maternity leave, extended health & dental coverage, up to 5% RRSP matching and professional development opportunities;
• This role is an excellent growth opportunity, offering hands-on exposure to the technical accounting obstacles faced by scaling SaaS companies in a tight knit accounting team.
• This role is open to candidates located in St. John's, NL or Ottawa, ON.