Staff Accountant

Computacenter; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter is seeking a Staff Accountant in Canada to support financial accounting, reporting, audit, and compliance. The role requires a strong accounting aptitude, independence, and collaboration across the finance team to ensure accurate monthly close and reporting.

Key duties include preparing journals, reconciliations, and ad hoc analyses while maintaining process documentation and contributing to internal and external reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2-5 years related business experience in a medium to large company.
• Legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage workload and multitask.
• Strong Excel skills (formulas, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables).
• Professional self-starter, able to work independently and collaborate with others.

Responsibilities

• Assists with month-end close processes.
• Prepares accrual and adjusting journal entries based on financial review.
• Prepares account reconciliations for balance sheet and income statement.
• Prepares and analyzes supporting schedules for reconciliations.
• Prepares monthly departmental reporting vs. budget for select functional areas.
• Provides back-up support for JE approval submitted by Treasury and other areas.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Infor/Syteline

NetSuite

Salesforce

Job description

Staff Accountant

This is an internal position.

About the role

The Staff Accountant position requires skills in financial accounting, reporting, audit, and compliance. This position also requires a strong accounting aptitude, ability to work independently on varied assignments, well developed interpersonal skills, and the ability to problem solve in a diverse environment of change.

Annual compensation: $70K CAD

What you'll be doing

• Assists with month-end close processes.
• Prepares accrual and adjusting journal entries (JE) as required based on financial review.
• Prepares account reconciliations for balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Prepares and analyzes supporting schedules for reconciliations.
• Prepares monthly departmental reporting vs. budget for select functional areas.
• Provides back-up support for JE approval submitted by Treasury and other functional areas as needed.
• Maintenance of Fixed Assets in BNA (FA software) and back-up for Senior Accountant, as required.
• Provides support to the Accounting Manager, General as needed.
• Assists with internal and external reporting, as required.
• Responds to general accounting inquiries, as requested. (e.g., year-end audit requests)
• Maintains accounting department process documentation in areas of responsibility.
• Assists in developing best practice process flows in defined area of responsibility.
• Prepares ad hoc reports and analysis, as requested by management.(e.g., Corporate Controller and CFO)
• Partners with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Embrace and support Computacenter Fusionstorm Inc.’s mission and core values.

What you have

• Legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2-5 years related business experience in a medium to large company.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage workload and perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, highly proficient in Excel.(e.g., Excel formulas, V-lookups, pivot tables)
• Solid critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Professional self-starter, able to work independently, and has strong interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with others.
• Detail oriented and resourceful.
• Knowledge of Infor / Syteline preferred.
• Prior knowledge of NetSuite and Salesforce is a plus.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise discretion and personal judgment.

What you can expect

There’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 21,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best-known businesses with regional hubs in Ontario and Toronto. www.computacenter.com/us