Senior Accountant

Liferaft; Halifax; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Accountant and play a vital role in supporting key financial operations. You'll work closely with the Financial Controller and Senior Director of Finance, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and preparing crucial financial reports. This innovative firm values collaboration and offers a flexible work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. If you're detail-oriented, driven, and enjoy problem-solving, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in the finance sector while being part of a supportive team culture.

Benefits

Competitive compensation plan & benefits

Investment in personal and professional growth

Remote work/office space with flexible hours

Flexible time off - minimum 15 days/year

$750 Yearly Lifestyle Subsidy

Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Collaborative and fun culture

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in SaaS.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain accurate financial records in compliance with GAAP.
• Manage A/R and A/P processes, including invoicing and collections.

Skills

Accounting Standards Compliance

Financial Reporting

Payroll Processing

Accounts Receivable Management

Accounts Payable Management

Process Improvement

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

CPA Designation

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

QuickBooks Online (QBO)

Maxio

Float

Plooto

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We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Finance Team. As Senior Accountant, you will work closely with the Financial Controller and Senior Director of Finance to play a critical role in supporting key financial operations, manage the financial records, and prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting.

In this role, you will will focus on ensuring compliance with accounting standards, preparing and maintaining financial records, supporting payroll processes, overseeing accounts receivable (A/R) and accounts payable (A/P), facilitating month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, managing sales tax compliance, and assisting with audit preparations.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain accurate financial records in compliance with GAAP and company policies
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial operations
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Manage A/R and A/P processes, including invoicing, collections, vendor payments, and expense tracking
• Support payroll processing and reconciliation
• Assist in financial audits and compliance activities
• Ensure compliance with sales tax regulations
• Help implement new software and processes to improve efficiency
• Participate in educational opportunities related to your role
  
  
  

Requirements

What You Need to Get the Job Done

• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience (bonus points for SaaS experience!)
• CPA designation
• Desire to provide all stakeholders with a great experience
• You're productive, driven, organized, detail-oriented
• You question the status quo to encourage improvement
• You learn quickly & enjoy problem solving
• You enjoy working both independently and on a team
• You are a strong and efficient communicator
• A great sense of humour never hurts!
• Love of dogs (you'll see them at the office!)
• Experience with QBO, Maxio, Float, and Plooto is considered an asset
  
  
  

Benefits

Why Liferaft?

We pride ourselves on our innovative spirit and determination to help solve new challenges developed by the complexities of open source data. Liferaft provides a threat intelligence and investigations platform, to corporate security teams around the world, including some of the biggest brands you've probably referenced today! Our platform is designed to identify, track, and validate issues from open source channels (surface, deep web, and darknet) related to executive safety, fraud prevention, and asset & infrastructure protection. Our technology is helping keep these companies, their people, and their operations safe - making a real impact in the world we all live in.

The diversity of our team is integral to our success. We are a team of passionate and supportive individuals and pride ourselves in fostering a collaborative, innovative, and fun culture.

We offer our team:

• Competitive compensation plan & benefits
• Investment in personal and professional growth
• Remote work/office space with flexible hours
• Flexible time off - Take a minimum of 15 days/year with no cap beyond!
• $750 Yearly Lifestyle Subsidy
• Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Authentic, engaged team, who value work life balance
  
  

We're building a company future generations can be proud of. Diversity at Liferaft means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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