Staff Accountant

ASUS; Markham; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ASUS in Markham, Ontario seeks a Staff Accountant to support the finance team with accurate records, reconciliations, and reporting, ensuring IFRS compliance and policy adherence.

The role covers monthly close, consolidated reporting for HQ, audit support, journal entries, fixed assets, and strengthening internal controls across departments. Collaboration with Finance, Operations, IT, HR, and more is essential.

Qualifications

• Proficient in IFRS and financial reporting standards.
• Experience with month-end close processes and journal entries.
• Strong reconciliations and data analysis abilities.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and consolidation tools.
• Experience supporting audits and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Close monthly, quarterly, and year-end processes on time.
• Prepare consolidated reporting packages for HQ.
• Support audits with schedules and documentation.
• Prepare recurring journal entries (amortization, depreciation, payroll, lease).
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and cash management.
• Review documents and maintain audit trails.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies and aged items.
• Prepare fixed asset reports and depreciation.
• Maintain capitalization policies and CI progress.
• Develop and maintain internal control frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes and provide training.
• Perform ad hoc analyses, reporting, and project support.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

Month-end close

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Financial reporting

Audit support

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP systems

HFM

Attention to deadlines

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

HFM

ERP systems

Job description

The Staff Accountant is responsible for supporting the finance department through the accurate preparation and maintenance of financial records, reconciliations, and reports. This role ensures compliance with company policies and relevant accounting standards, contributing to the overall efficiency and integrity of financial operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Timely and accurate completion of monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly consolidated financial reporting packages for submission to HQ
• Support quarterly and annual audits by preparing schedules, gathering documentation, and responding to auditor inquiries.
• Prepare recurring journal entries, including but not limited to amortization, depreciation, payroll, and lease accounting entries.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and cash management activities, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Review supporting documentation for all entries and maintaining proper audit trails.
• Identify, research, and resolve discrepancies or aged items, ensuring accounts are clean for year-end close.
• Perform complex reconciliations for accounts such as advance payments, related party transactions, and other high-volume balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare fixed asset reports, manage additions, disposals, transfers, and depreciation.
• Maintain capitalization policies, monitor construction-in-progress, and support internal controls and audits.
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal control frameworks to ensure the reliability of financial reporting, safeguard company assets, and support compliance with corporate policies, and relevant regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments (Finance, Operations, MKT, IT, HR, etc.) to design process improvements, remediate control deficiencies, and provide training to ensure consistent understanding and execution of internal control procedures across the organization.
• Perform ad hoc analyses, reporting, and project support as assigned by management.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to work confidently in a rapidly changing, fast-paced and results-oriented corporate environment where a high degree of flexibility is required
• Ability to work independently and actively resolve issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Solid knowledge of IFRS
• Proficiency in month-end close processes, journal entry preparation, and reconciliation of complex accounts
• Experience with HFM reporting or similar financial consolidation tools.
• Ability to work with large datasets and multiple systems for reconciliation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience with ERP systems

Required Qualifications:

Years of Education OR Equivalent Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree of Accounting

Work Experience

• At least 1 year of relevant accounting experience