Senior GL Accountant: Close, Reconcile & Report

pernodricard; Windsor; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Corby Spirit and Wine Limited and Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. is hiring a Senior GL Accountant to join the North America Accounting Team. You will own core month-end and year-end close, prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting.

You will investigate accounting issues, strengthen controls, and mentor CPA students while partnering with Finance and the broader business. You will balance hands-on accounting with problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring timely delivery

Qualifications

• CPA candidate or CPA designation preferred.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and IFRS knowledge.
• Experience with JD Edwards E1 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate key month-end and year-end close activities across statutory and management general ledgers, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, monthly reporting packages, and supporting analyses, identifying discrepancies and clearly explaining variances and accounting impacts to stakeholders.
• Analyze system-generated journal entries within JD Edwards E1 and review work completed by junior accountants across assigned accounts and accounting flows.
• Investigate accounting issues related to business activity, changes in operations, IFRS requirements, and ad hoc requests, applying sound judgment to recommend practical solutions.
• Help maintain a strong internal control environment by ensuring compliance with accounting policies, reconciliation and journal-entry standards, documentation requirements, and financial reporting controls.
• Support internal and external audit requests, proactively identifying and escalating accounting or control issues when appropriate.
• Contribute to half-year and year-end consolidated reporting packages, annual tax package preparation, and other recurring financial reporting requirements.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance and the business to understand transactions, assess accounting implications, and translate complex financial information into clear insights.
• Mentor and support the development of junior accounting team members and CPA students through coaching

Job description

Corby Spirit and Wine Limited and Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. is hiring a Senior GL Accountant to join the North America Accounting Team. You will own core month-end and year-end close, prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting.

You will investigate accounting issues, strengthen controls, and mentor CPA students while partnering with Finance and the broader business. You will balance hands-on accounting with problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring timely delivery