Accounting Manager

Summit Search Group; Oakville; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Accounting Manager who excels in a fast-paced environment. This role demands a detail-oriented leader with a knack for creative reporting and strong interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate will thrive on mentoring others while driving team success and fostering a culture of trust and transparency. If you're passionate about continuous improvement and ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong focus on detail and accuracy with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Experience in leading and mentoring teams in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with strategic customers to ensure timely information flow.
• Prepare and present year-end schedules and reports to management.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Creativity

Education

CPA Designation

3+ Years of Experience

Job description

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About Our Client: Our client is a Canadian business specializing in protein procurement and supply chain services.

Position Scope:

The Accounting Manager is a dynamic, self-aware leader who thrives in a fast-paced, unstructured environment while maintaining a strong focus on detail and accuracy. Known for balancing creativity with accountability, they take initiative, make sound decisions without rigid frameworks, and foster a collaborative team culture built on trust, transparency, and shared success. This individual is driven, empathetic, and solution-oriented, often sought out for guidance and mentorship. With a passion for continuous improvement and a belief in hard work, they help build strong, values-based teams and communities.

Responsibilities:

• You use your impeccable attention to detail when you interact with your teammates and external partners.
• You use your professionalism and interpersonal skills to build relationships with our strategic customers to ensure a timely and accurate flow of information and transactions.
• You use your knowledge and experience to help grow the skillset of your teammates.
• You use your concise communication skills to inform and explain transactions and financial results to your teammates.
• Each week you will piece together the puzzles of cashflows, order forecasts and inventory levels. With this information, you will use your report building and presentation skills to provide information to management to use in short term decision making.
• On a monthly basis you will use your reconciliation and analysis skills to review monthly tax, depreciation, prepaid and accrual schedules, along with posting any required adjusting entries.
• You use your creativity skills to prepare new reporting that can be used to provide information to the team and for management decision making.
• You take the initiative and compile, review and present the year end schedules and items to management before sending to our external accounting partners.
• You use your time management skills to complete other regular or ad-hoc tasks.
• You enjoying being a sponge and taking in information and experiences to grow into a further advanced role in your career.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• You blend professionalism with tenacity that will help you get tasks completed independently.
• You have skills in creating concise and accurate reporting in a creative way.
• You have experienced and thrived in an empowering environment before where you worked to complete self set goals.
• You have a history of being able to lead by example and influence others to get things done.
• You have held roles with increasing levels of responsibility for the health and prosperity of a team.

Education and Experience:

• CPA designation strongly preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of related experience post-designation
• Leadership experience mentoring co-workers at the beginning of their professional careers.

Summit Search Group is a fair and equitable search firm. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.