Senior Accountant

Networkinnovations; Calgary; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Innovations is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee financial operations across regions. This role requires experience in financial reporting and analysis, with a focus on maintaining accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate will possess strong accounting qualifications and skills, contributing to the strategic insights that drive business decisions.

Qualifications

• Requires at least five years of progressive accounting experience.
• High attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
• Experience in multi-national organization preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage financial operations for multiple regions.
• Prepare and record financial statements and entries.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize financial processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or College diploma in Accounting or Business Administration

Certified or chartered accountant designation preferred (CA, CGA, CMA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

As a Senior Accountant, the primary responsibility for this role is to oversee and manage the financial operations for the Americas, Asia and Maritime business units, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and compliance with both internal policies and regulatory requirements. This position plays a key role in financial reporting and analysis, providing strategic insights that drive business decisions. Additionally, this position collaborates with cross-functional teams to optimize financial processes, support audits, and contribute to the company's financial health and long-term growth objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Reviews and maintains general ledger accounts and prepares reconciling entries as needed.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other documents as requested.
• Works with Central Finance to ensure compliance with state and federal government requirements.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Completes month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting.
• Establishes and enforces proper accounting methods, policies and principles.
• Makes recommendations to improve systems and procedures and initiates corrective actions.
• Monitors and analyzes accounting data.
• Assists in the annual budget preparation, monthly forecasting and the comparison of actuals to budget / forecast.
• All other duties or responsibilities as reasonably assigned.

Qualifications

• Certified or chartered accountant designation preferred (CA, CGA, CMA).
• Bachelor's degree or College diploma in Accounting or Business Administration.
• At least five years of progressive accounting experience.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Resilient and adaptable to change and able to improvise and work in a high pressure and fast paced environment.
• Strong collaborative and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently handle multiple, simultaneous and detailed tasks.
• Experience working cross-culturally and in a multi-national organization.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to present to leadership.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to mentor junior accounting staff.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• A willingness to embrace and live the core values of Network Innovations.

Working conditions

This position typically operates in a professional office environment. Standard office hours are 8am to 5pm; however, work outside of regular office hours and occasional travel may be required. This role routinely uses standard office equipment and software.

Physical requirements

• The ability to sit for extended periods of time at a desk while working on a computer or reviewing documents.
• The ability to use hands to handle and control a keyboard and mouse.
• The ability to understand and communicate clearly with others through speaking, listening, or writing.
• The ability to move around the office to attend meetings or retrieve documents.

Details

• Job title : Senior Accountant
• Department : Finance
• Supervisor : Director of Finance (Americas, Asia and Maritime)
• Direct Reports : None

About Network Innovations

Keeping people connected anywhere on the planet is more than just our expertise – it’s our mission. Network Innovations is a technology and systems integrator that provides secure and seamless global communications solutions. Our customers conduct some of the most important work on the planet, whether it’s helping a remote island rise again after a hurricane, defending a country's borders, or preventing a catastrophic power grid failure. What this means for our team is that we come to work each day knowing that it matters. We’re forward thinkers and problem solvers who thrive on challenges. Determination, integrity, humility, and respect are at our core. If you’re looking to grow with an organization that values collaboration, diversity, and learning, you’re in the right place.

Network Innovations is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We live our core values and look to them to drive business results and help our customers conduct some of the most important work on the planet. We believe a diverse global workforce allows us to create customer intimacy and sustained profitability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, marital status, family status, disability, or genetic characteristics. Whether you are starting your career or have decades of experience, we welcome you to join our mission to connect our world securely and seamlessly.

Accommodations during the application process are available upon request. While we appreciate all applicant submissions, only those considered to be most qualified will be contacted for further assessment.

Disclaimer Statement : This job description lists the essential functions of the position and is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to a position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties not listed above provided that such duties are characteristic of that classification.