Accounting Manager

Clarity Recruitment; Burlington; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Recruitment is partnering with a private equity-backed, multi-entity services company to hire an Accounting Manager. Reporting to the VP of Finance, you will own the monthly close, oversee a small team, and drive automation of processes across the finance function.

You will collaborate with senior leadership and operational partners to standardize reporting, strengthen internal controls, and ensure timely, accurate financial close.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including mentoring staff.
• Multi-entity or multi-currency consolidation experience.
• Strong controls and process orientation; able to build SOPs from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly close across multiple entities with journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and consolidated reporting.
• Manage AR/AP, invoicing, collections, and oversee tax filings.
• Lead annual review and audit process; build internal controls and SOPs.
• Drive finance process improvements and standardize chart of accounts, reconciling processes and ERP month-end activities.
• Stabilize remittance processes with field partners and resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

Internal controls

SOP development

Stakeholder partnership

Tools

Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

Salary: $100,000–$115,000 plus bonus and benefits

About the Opportunity

Our client is a private equity-backed, multi-entity operator in the services industry, built through acquisition and generating meaningful recurring revenue. As the business scales, it's modernizing its finance function — upgrading systems, tightening controls, and standardizing how it closes and reports.

This Accounting Manager role comes with real ownership. Reporting to the VP of Finance and leading a small team, you'll rebuild manual processes into standardized ones, work directly with senior leadership and operational partners across the business, and have genuine visibility to the top of the organization from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close across multiple entities, owning the close calendar, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and consolidated reporting
• Manage AR/AP, invoicing, and collections, and oversee indirect and corporate tax filings
• Lead the annual review and audit process, and build the internal controls and SOPs the business currently lacks
• Drive process improvement initiatives across the finance function (e.g., standardizing the chart of accounts, stabilizing manual reconciliation processes, serving as a primary ERP user for month-end activities and approvals)
• Stabilize a manual remittance process with field/regional partners, resolving discrepancies directly with operational stakeholders

What You Bring

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including managing or mentoring staff
• Multi-entity or multi-currency consolidation experience
• Intermediate Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables) and comfort working within an ERP environment
• Strong controls and process orientation — comfortable building SOPs from the ground up
• Confident communicator, able to partner directly with non-finance stakeholders and hold to deadlines

Nice to Have

• Experience with a mid-market ERP system (e.g., Dynamics 365 Business Central)
• Background in a franchise, multi-site, or service-based business model
• Exposure to a private equity-backed or acquisitive environment

Clarity Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and workplace. If you require accommodation, please let us know in advance and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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