Senior Accountant

Everest Clinical Research Services Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in clinical research is seeking a Senior Accountant to assist with finance operations. This role involves daily reconciliations, regulatory filings, and preparing journal entries. Ideal candidates will have a B.A. or B.Comm. degree and at least 5 years of experience in finance, showcasing strong analytical and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant financial experience.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Self-starter thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Complete bank reconciliations daily and document month-end.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly.
• Prepare monthly journal entries and manage regulatory filings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Customer-focused

Education

B.A. or B.Comm. degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Everest Clinical Research (“Everest”) is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) providing a broad range of expertise-based clinical research services to worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. We serve some of the best-known companies and work with many of the most advanced drugs, biologics, and medical devices in development today.

Everest has been an independent CRO since 2004 with a strong foundation as a statistical and data management center of excellence. Building on this foundation, Everest has successfully developed and established itself as a full-service CRO. Everest’s headquarters are located in Markham (Greater Toronto Area), Ontario, Canada with additional sites in Bridgewater (Greater New York City Area), New Jersey, USA, Shanghai (Pudong Zhangjiang New District), China and Taipei, Taiwan.

Everest is known in the industry for its high quality deliverables, superior customer service, and flexibility in meeting clients’ needs. A dynamic organization with an entrepreneurial origin, Everest continues to experience exceptional growth and great success.

Quality is our backbone, customer-focus is our tradition, flexibility is our strength…that’s us…that’s Everest.

To drive continued success, we are seeking a committed, creative and experienced individual to join our winning team as an Senior Accountant .This position can be based in our Markham, Ontario on-site location, or remotely from a home-based office anywhere in Canada in accordance with our Work from Home policy.

Summary

The Senior Accountant will assist the Manager, Finance and Accounting, with day-to-day finance operations, ensuring daily functions are completed, and deadlines are met.

Responsibilities :

Complete bank reconciliations daily and ensure all reconciliations are adequately documented at month-end.

Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly.

Manage regulatory filings for the United States and Canada, including filing HST returns.

Prepare monthly journal entries, including uploading semi-monthly payroll entries to the accounting system.

Reconcile the general ledger to the payroll register. Work with Manager, Payroll & HRIS to review adequacy of bonus and vacation accruals on a quarterly basis.

Maintain weekly Cash Flow forecast.

Assist with the annual financial statements’ audit.

Requirements :

B.A. or B.Comm. degree, or above.

At least 5 years of relevant financial experience.

Excellent analytical skills, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.

Good organizational skills, flexible, with the ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities. Able to manage multiple assignments with challenging / conflicting deadlines.

Detail-oriented and customer-and-quality focused.

Self-starter and thrives in a high-growth and fast-paced environment.

Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Excel.

Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.