Internal Accountant - Full Cycle (Sole Charge)

Faber Inc.; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses for exceptional effort

Benefits after probation

Flexible spending account

Paid professional courses

Handover documentation

Direct reporting to CEO

Alberta-based firm

Work-life balance

Job summary

Faber Inc. in Edmonton is seeking a seasoned full-cycle Accountant to own the books from end to end, including payables, payroll, reconciliations, and month-end close.

You will supervise a Junior Accountant, manage trust accounting processes, and report directly to the President & CEO, with signing authority on disbursements.

The role offers a competitive CAD 80,000–90,000 salary, a full benefits package after probation, and professional development opportunities in a stable, Alberta-based firm.

Qualifications

• Five to ten years of full cycle accounting experience, where you owned the whole cycle.
• Working knowledge of QuickBooks Online, including payroll.
• Strong Excel — schedules and reconciliations built to be checked and repeated.
• Meticulous accuracy and the patience to find the last dollar.
• Discretion: you will see every salary in the firm and every dollar in trust.
• The ability to work with limited supervision and hold deadlines that do not move.
• Eligibility to be bonded and a satisfactory criminal record check.

Responsibilities

• Run the full accounting cycle for the firm in QuickBooks Online — payables, billings, accruals, journal entries, month-end close
• Administer trust accounting for insolvency engagements in Aryza Insolv: receipts, disbursements, deposits, monthly interest, cheques and reconciliations
• Reconcile all corporate bank accounts, including the Professional account through which Trustee fees and advances flow
• Prepare semi-monthly payroll, payroll reports, source deductions, entitlements and T4s
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual internal financial statements, budgets, forecasts and variance reporting
• Prepare weekly and monthly cash flow and cost management reporting, reviewed directly with the President & CEO
• Reconcile work in progress from Faber Time, our Salesforce-based WIP system
• Prepare and file quarterly GST returns
• Prepare the internal year-end package for our external accountant
• Supervise and review the work of our Junior Accountant — a new position reporting to you
• Hold signing authority on disbursements, alongside the President & CEO

Skills

QuickBooks Online

Payroll

Excel

Discretion

WIP system

Education

Business degree in accounting

Tools

Aryza Insolv

Faber Time (Salesforce WIP)

Job description

The whole function, in one pair of hands.

This is not a seat in an accounting department. It is the accounting department. Accounts payable, billings, semi-monthly payroll, every bank and trust reconciliation, month-end close, the internal financial statements, the budget, the cash flow reporting, GST, the year-end package that goes to our external accountant — all of it is yours. If you are the kind of accountant who is happiest when the whole cycle is in your own hands and the books are clean because you made them clean, keep reading..

What you'll do

• Run the full accounting cycle for the firm in QuickBooks Online — payables, billings, accruals, journal entries, month-end close
• Administer trust accounting for every insolvency engagement in Aryza Insolv, our Insolvency Process System: receipts, disbursements, deposits, monthly interest, cheques and reconciliations
• Reconcile all corporate bank accounts, including the Professional account through which Trustee fees and advances flow
• Prepare semi-monthly payroll, payroll reports, source deductions, entitlements and T4s
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual internal financial statements, budgets, forecasts and variance reporting
• Prepare weekly and monthly cash flow and cost management reporting, reviewed directly with the President & CEO
• Reconcile work in progress from Faber Time, our Salesforce-based WIP system
• Prepare and file quarterly GST returns
• Prepare the internal year-end package for our external accountant, who handles the external statements and the corporate tax return
• Supervise and review the work of our Junior Accountant — a new position reporting to you
• Hold signing authority on disbursements, alongside the President & CEO

The trust accounting piece — and why it matters

A substantial part of this role involves money that is not ours. Funds held for insolvent debtors and their creditors are governed by federal statute and administered to a higher standard of care than the firm's own money. It is meticulous, structured work with real consequences for getting it wrong. You do not need insolvency experience to do it — we will teach you the system and the rules — but you do need to be the kind of accountant who reconciles rather than estimates, and who raises a difference instead of carrying it forward[Be specific when describing each of the responsibilities. Use gender-neutral, inclusive language.].

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What you bring

• A business degree or diploma in accounting, or equivalent experience
• Five to ten years of full cycle accounting experience, where you owned the whole cycle
• Working knowledge of QuickBooks Online, including payroll
• Strong Excel — schedules and reconciliations built to be checked and repeated
• Meticulous accuracy and the patience to find the last dollar
• Discretion: you will see every salary in the firm and every dollar in trust
• The ability to work with limited supervision and hold deadlines that do not move
• Eligibility to be bonded and a satisfactory criminal record check

A word about the CPA question

We are not asking for a designation and it is not a screening criterion. What we need is someone experienced, mature and genuinely interested in full cycle accounting who wants to settle into a role and stay. If you have a CPA and this is the work you want to do, you are welcome to apply — but nobody here is going to be more impressed by the letters than by a clean set of books and a month-end that closes on time.

What we offer

• $80,000 – $90,000 per year, plus bonuses for exceptional effort and performance
• A fully paid benefits package on completion of your three-month probationary period
• A flexible spending account
• Fully paid professional courses
• A proper handover: a documented procedure manual and time with the accountant who has run this function for years
• Direct working relationship with the President & CEO — your reporting goes straight to the person who uses it•
• A stable, independently owned Alberta firm that has been growing since 1997
• A team that takes work-life balance seriously

Hours and location

Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in our South Edmonton office. Start and finish times can be adjusted with approval. No travel between our offices is required.

We read every application. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Faber Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you need an accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you.