Accounting Manager - AI-Driven Finance & P2P

Canadian Rocket Company; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada Rocket Company is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead day-to-day accounting operations and transition activities from an external provider to in-house execution. You will establish internal controls and drive AI-native finance processes across the enterprise.

The role covers month-end close, treasury, payroll, tax, SR&ED, and grant reporting, with involvement in procure-to-pay and ERP planning as the company scales. Strong Excel and multi-currency experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years of relevant accounting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to independently perform and complete a full accounting cycle, including month-end close and financial statement preparation, without supervisory support.
• Experience developing accounting processes, workflows, or controls in an environment where they were not previously established.
• Experience in an early-stage or high-growth company.
• Full-cycle accounts payable experience.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in a professional finance or accounting setting, and the judgment to apply them to process design rather than to isolated tasks.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transition of accounting activities from the external provider to in-house execution.
• Develop and document accounting policies and procedures, and design and operate internal controls appropriate to the company's stage.
• Design and deploy AI-native accounting and finance processes at the enterprise level, applying AI tooling to close, reconciliation, documentation, and transaction workflows in a controlled and auditable manner.
• Manage the month-end close cycle and prepare monthly financial statements, including accruals, prepaid expenses, and depreciation.
• Establish and maintain the fixed asset register and related capitalization policies.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of a scaled accounting or ERP platform as company requirements evolve.
• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts, record transactions, and perform bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Maintain payroll accounting and employee-related accruals, and assume responsibility for payroll processing and statutory remittances as the function matures.
• Lead the selection, implementation, and ongoing administration of a purchasing system integrated with the accounting platform.
• Design and maintain purchase approval, receiving, and matching workflows, including control thresholds and supporting documentation standards.
• Maintain reporting on open purchase commitments.
• Manage the accounts payable cycle and the corporate card and expense reimbursement programs, including vendor onboarding, invoice processing and coding, payment run preparation, and policy compliance.
• Support the CFO in the design of the company's program costing and cost accounting framework.
• Maintain the project accounting structure, cost allocation methodology, and supporting timekeeping processes.
• Prepare program and departmental cost reporting.
• Manage the SR&ED claim process in conjunction with external consultants, with a view to performing the process substantially in-house over time.
• Maintain eligible cost tracking, substantiation, and documentation for government grant and funding programs, and prepare periodic claims and cost reports.
• Act as the primary liaison to external advisors for corporate income tax compliance, and support insurance administration and renewals.
• Prepare and maintain the rolling cash flow forecast.
• Manage daily cash operations across Canadian and U.S. dollar accounts, including foreign exchange conversion, cash positioning, banking administration, and collection of grant funding receivables.

Skills

Excel

AI tools

Tools

SQL

Python

VBA

QuickBooks Online

NetSuite

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Canada Rocket Company is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead day-to-day accounting operations and transition activities from an external provider to in-house execution. You will establish internal controls and drive AI-native finance processes across the enterprise.

The role covers month-end close, treasury, payroll, tax, SR&ED, and grant reporting, with involvement in procure-to-pay and ERP planning as the company scales. Strong Excel and multi-currency experience are essential.