Corporate Accountant

Vaco by Highspring; Markham; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking an experienced accountant to own full-cycle accounting for multiple entities, support corporate consolidations, forecasting, cash flow management, and investment reporting. The role includes month-end close, intercompany reconciliations, AHST/payments, and management reporting within a small finance team.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of general and corporate accounting, strong Excel skills, and solid analytical abilities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in general accounting, full-cycle accounting, corporate accounting, or financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, balance sheets, and financial statement preparation.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, linked schedules, reconciliations, financial reporting templates, and financial modelling.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and investigate variances or unusual transactions.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work independently in a small finance team.
• Strong communication skills and sound accounting judgment.
• Consolidation experience is considered an asset.
• Cash flow forecasting/reporting experience is considered an asset.
• Sage experience is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Perform full-cycle month-end accounting for assigned corporate and non-operating entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and trial balance maintenance.
• Review, record, and reconcile intercompany, accounts receivable, and accounts payable transactions.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting schedules and analyze results, variances, and unusual items.
• Prepare and submit HST returns for assigned entities.
• Maintain supporting documentation for management reporting, audits, banking requirements, and external stakeholders.
• Support collections, disbursements, and related follow-up as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of accounting and reporting processes.
• Assist with finance projects, process improvements, and ad-hoc reporting.
• Maintain and update 36-month rolling forecasts for assigned non-operating entities, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow assumptions.
• Consolidate the financial results of smaller operating companies at the corporate level using Excel.
• Prepare and update group consolidation schedules, including intercompany eliminations and supporting schedules.
• Prepare monthly group-level consolidation reporting and analyze actual versus forecast results.
• Monitor group-level bank balances and daily cash activity.
• Maintain daily cash flow reporting, including expected receipts, scheduled disbursements, payroll funding, loan activity, and short-term liquidity requirements.
• Prepare and maintain a three-month cash flow forecast to support liquidity planning and identify working capital requirements.
• Ensure cash flow projections are aligned with the latest approved forecast and business assumptions.
• Prepare weekly cash flow updates for senior management as required.
• Escalate cash flow and liquidity matters requiring management attention.
• Maintain quarterly investment reporting schedules using external investment statements and supporting documentation.
• Update fair market values, distributions, realized and unrealized gains/losses, and other investment activity.
• Reconcile investment balances to supporting statements and investigate unusual variances.
• Prepare investment reporting summaries for management review.

Skills

General accounting

Full-cycle accounting

Consolidation

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Sage

Excel

Job description

This is a hands-on opportunity for a strong accountant to take ownership of full-cycle accounting for several non-operating entities while also supporting corporate-level consolidations, forecasting, cash flow management, and investment reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform full-cycle month-end accounting for assigned corporate and non-operating entities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and trial balance maintenance.
• Review, record, and reconcile intercompany, accounts receivable, and accounts payable transactions.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting schedules and analyze results, variances, and unusual items.
• Prepare and submit HST returns for assigned entities.
• Maintain supporting documentation for management reporting, audits, banking requirements, and external stakeholders.
• Support collections, disbursements, and related follow-up as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of accounting and reporting processes.
• Assist with finance projects, process improvements, and ad-hoc reporting.

Forecasting & Consolidation

• Maintain and update 36-month rolling forecasts for assigned non-operating entities, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow assumptions.
• Consolidate the financial results of smaller operating companies at the corporate level using Excel.
• Prepare and update group consolidation schedules, including intercompany eliminations and supporting schedules.
• Prepare monthly group-level consolidation reporting and analyze actual versus forecast results.

Cash Flow & Treasury Reporting

• Monitor group-level bank balances and daily cash activity.
• Maintain daily cash flow reporting, including expected receipts, scheduled disbursements, payroll funding, loan activity, and short-term liquidity requirements.
• Prepare and maintain a three-month cash flow forecast to support liquidity planning and identify working capital requirements.
• Ensure cash flow projections are aligned with the latest approved forecast and business assumptions.
• Prepare weekly cash flow updates for senior management as required.
• Escalate cash flow and liquidity matters requiring management attention.

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 investment activity.
• Reconcile investment balances to supporting statements and investigate unusual variances.
• Prepare investment reporting summaries for management review.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in general accounting, full-cycle accounting, corporate accounting, or financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, balance sheets, and financial statement preparation.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, linked schedules, reconciliations, financial reporting templates, and financial modelling.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and investigate variances or unusual transactions.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work independently in a small finance team.
• Strong communication skills and sound accounting judgment.
• Consolidation experience is considered an asset.
• Cash flow forecasting/reporting experience is considered an asset.
• Sage experience is considered an asset.

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Highspring’s client. Please note that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organisations. By submitting to this position, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. 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 organisational needs. Salary ranges will be disclosed where required by law. 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 (or similar retirement benefits). Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.