Corp Accountant

Vaco; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks a skilled accounting professional to manage full-cycle accounting and monthly closes for corporate entities. You will handle journal entries, reconciliations, and intercompany activity while supporting reporting, HST, and audit requirements in a Canadian context.

You will also own forecasting, group consolidation, cash flow monitoring, investment reporting, and ad-hoc analyses, collaborating with management to improve accuracy and timeliness of financial processes within

Qualifications

• 3 years of general accounting, full-cycle accounting, corporate accounting, or related financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, balance sheets, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Advanced Excel skills with linked schedules, reconciliations, formulas, and financial reporting templates.
• Consolidation experience and cash flow experience are nice to have; Sage would be a nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Perform full-cycle month-end close activities including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and trial balance maintenance.
• Review, enter, and reconcile intercompany, accounts receivable, and accounts payable transactions related to assigned entities.
• Support collections, disbursements, and related follow-up for assigned entities as required.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting schedules and analyze key results, variances, and unusual items for review with the Finance Manager.
• Prepare and submit HST returns for assigned entities.
• Maintain supporting documentation and provide backup for management reporting, audit requests, bank reporting, and other external stakeholder requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness within recurring accounting and reporting processes.
• Participate in finance projects, process improvements, and other ad-hoc reporting assignments as required.
• Maintain and update the 36-month rolling forecast for assigned non-operating entities, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow assumptions.
• Prepare and update group consolidation templates using existing models, including intercompany eliminations and supporting schedules.
• Prepare monthly group-level consolidation reporting and analysis of actual and forecast results for management review.
• Monitor group-level bank balances and daily cash activity across the group.
• Maintain the daily cash flow report, including expected receipts, scheduled disbursements, payroll funding requirements, loan activity, and short-term liquidity needs.
• Prepare and maintain a three-month cash flow forecast to support short-term liquidity planning and identify working capital needs.
• Present weekly cash flow updates to senior management, as required.
• Escalate items requiring management attention to the Finance Manager.
• Maintain quarterly investment reporting schedules using external investment statements and supporting documentation.
• Update fair market values, distributions, realized and unrealized gains/losses, and other relevant investment activity.
• Reconcile investment balances to supporting statements and investigate unusual variances.
• Prepare investment reporting summaries for management review.
• Escalate investment-related items

Skills

General accounting

Advanced Excel

Consolidation

Cash flow management

Tools

Sage

Job description

About the Opportunity

• Perform full-cycle month-end close activities for assigned corporate and non-operating entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and trial balance maintenance.
• Review, enter, and reconcile intercompany, accounts receivable, and accounts payable transactions related to assigned entities.
• Support collections, disbursements, and related follow-up for assigned entities as required.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting schedules and analyze key results, variances, and unusual items for review with the Finance Manager.
• Prepare and submit HST returns for assigned entities.
• Maintain supporting documentation and provide backup for management reporting, audit requests, bank reporting, and other external stakeholder requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness within recurring accounting and reporting processes.
• Participate in finance projects, process improvements, and other ad-hoc reporting assignments as required.

Forecasting and Consolidation

• Maintain and update the 36-month rolling forecast for assigned non-operating entities, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow assumptions, and highlight key changes and financial impact.
• Prepare and update group consolidation templates using existing models, including intercompany eliminations and supporting schedules.
• Prepare monthly group-level consolidation reporting and analysis of actual and forecast results for management review.

Cash Flow and Treasury Reporting

• Monitor group-level bank balances and daily cash activity across the group.
• Maintain the daily cash flow report, including expected receipts, scheduled disbursements, payroll funding requirements, loan activity, and short-term liquidity needs.
• Prepare and maintain a three-month cash flow forecast to support short-term liquidity planning and identify working capital needs.
• Integrate the cash flow template with the latest approved forecast to ensure cash flow projections are aligned with current business assumptions.
• Present weekly cash flow updates to senior management, as required.
• Escalate items requiring management attention to the Finance Manager.

Investment Reporting

• Maintain quarterly investment reporting schedules using external investment statements and supporting documentation.
• Update fair market values, distributions, realized and unrealized gains/losses, and other relevant investment activity.
• Reconcile investment balances to supporting statements and investigate unusual variances.
• Prepare investment reporting summaries for management review.
• Escalate investment-related items

About You

• 3 years of general accounting, full-cycle accounting, corporate accounting, or related financial reporting experience
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, balance sheets, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Advanced Excel skills, including experience with linked schedules, reconciliations, formulas, and financial reporting templates.
• Consolidation experience and cash flow experience are nice to haves.
• Sage would be a nice to have

Pay Range

$80,000 - $85,000 per year

Location and Eligibility

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity.

Pay Details and Benefits

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.