Senior Accountant

BrokerLink; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian insurance firm is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their Finance team. This position involves preparing consolidated financial statements, supporting reporting teams, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have a CPA and over 5 years of experience, with strong analytical skills and advanced Excel capabilities. This role offers the chance to work in a supportive environment that values team members and provides flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, or auditing roles.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, SEC regulations, and financial accounting standards.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements.
• Support the Financial reporting team during month, quarter, and year end.
• Analyze monthly acquisition income statements and reconcile changes.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Excellent analytical skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving abilities

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Multitasking

Education

Professional accounting designation (CPA)

Job description

Being a part of BrokerLink, means you live our values : to act with integrity, be respectful of others, have a customer-driven mindset, strive for excellence and always treat others with generosity. These values drive our diversity and inclusion efforts to ensure a respectful and inclusive work environment is present.

We want like-minded individuals who want to provide the highest level of customer service, who carry themselves with utmost professionalism.

We want to invest in you! Your success is our success and our purpose of “we’re here to help people” is what motivates us to keep the amazing talent we attract, for a long time. We want to bring out the best of all our team members! Offering countless opportunities to grow and an environment which values our most important assets, you, our team members. We have over 200 offices across Canada, ask us about our flexible work arrangements!

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Finance team at BrokerLink and work out of one of our offices in either Alberta , Ontario or Atlantic regions on a Permanent FT basis.

What the Role Entails

• Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements, supporting schedules, and other reporting requirements.
• Support the Financial reporting team during month, quarter and year end.
• Work on preliminary / final purchase price calculations for new acquisitions and prepare purchase journal entries.
• Review opening / final acquisition balances, monthly movements, and final reconciliations for various acquisitions.
• Analyze monthly acquisition income statements, reconcile changes, and prepare variance explanations.
• Reconcile bank accounts and sub-ledger accounts.
• Prepare various regulatory and government reporting (RIBO, GST & HST, sales taxes, quarterly surveys etc.).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance the quality and reliability of financial information.
• Help team members with their day-to-day questions.
• Complete other tasks as assigned and other ad-hoc reporting and accounting projects as required.

The Successful candidate will have

• If you feel you have the equivalent skills, please apply
• Professional accounting designation (CPA)
• 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, or auditing roles, with a focus on public company financial reporting preferred
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, SEC regulations, and financial accounting standards
• Must have advanced excel skills
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of delivering accurate and timely financial information.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
• Strong problem solving, organizational, time management, prioritizing and multitasking skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross- functionally and present complex financial information clearly and concisely.