<p>Our client is sourcing for a Senior Manager, Accounting to join their growing team. The role will commence as a 3 month contract with the intent of converting to permanent. The role will require working in Toronto 4 days a week. <strong>Job #: 484796</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The Senior Manager of Accounting is a key member of the Finance & Accounting team, responsible for leading the full-cycle accounting function, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger, and driving a timely, well-controlled month-end and year-end close. This role owns account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and journal entry preparation and review, while partnering closely with FP&A, Reporting, and external auditors. The ideal candidate is a hands-on accounting leader with strong technical knowledge, a process-improvement mindset, and the ability to mentor a growing accounting team</p><p><br></p><p><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></p><p><strong>Full Cycle Accounting</strong></p><ul><li>Own the full-cycle accounting process, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, payroll accruals, and intercompany transactions.</li><li>Manage the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process, ensuring deadlines are met and the general ledger is accurate and complete.</li><li>Prepare and review consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASPE/IFRS, including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement.</li><li>Maintain and continuously improve the chart of accounts, accounting policies, and internal controls to safeguard company assets.</li><li>Ensure compliance with tax filing requirements (HST/GST, corporate tax, payroll remittances) in coordination with external tax advisors.</li></ul><p><strong>Reconciliations</strong></p><ul><li>Oversee the preparation and review of monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring all accounts are supported and variances are investigated and resolved.</li><li>Perform and review bank reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations, and inventory/COGS reconciliations across multiple entities.</li><li>Establish reconciliation standards, templates, and review cadences to ensure consistency and audit-readiness across the accounting team.</li><li>Identify and resolve reconciling items, aged balances, and discrepancies in a timely manner, escalating risk areas to the Director of Finance.</li><li>Partner with Treasury and Operations to ensure cash, deposit, and clearing accounts are reconciled and monitored on an ongoing basis.</li></ul><p><strong>Schedules & Supporting Analysis</strong></p><ul><li>Prepare and review key supporting schedules, including prepaid expenses, accruals, fixed assets/depreciation, deferred revenue, and debt schedules.</li><li>Maintain rolling continuity schedules for balance sheet accounts and ensure they tie out to the general ledger each period.</li><li>Support the year-end audit by preparing audit-ready working papers, schedules, and reconciliations, and act as a key point of contact for external auditors.</li><li>Develop schedules and analyses to support budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting requests from FP&A and senior leadership.</li></ul><p><strong>Journal Entries & General Ledger</strong></p><ul><li>Review and approve journal entries prepared by the accounting team, ensuring accuracy, proper supporting documentation, and appropriate account coding.</li><li>Prepare complex and non-standard journal entries, including accruals, allocations, and adjusting entries.</li><li>Maintain strong controls over journal entry preparation, review, and approval workflows within the ERP system.</li><li>Ensure the general ledger reflects accurate, complete, and timely financial activity to support reliable financial reporting.</li></ul><p><strong>Team Leadership & Process Improvement</strong></p><ul><li>Lead, mentor, and develop a team of accountants and accounting analysts, providing coaching, training, and performance feedback.</li><li>Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities to streamline the close, reconciliation, and reporting processes.</li><li>Document accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to strengthen consistency and institutional knowledge.</li><li>Champion the effective use of ERP and accounting systems to improve efficiency, accuracy, and reporting capabilities.</li></ul><p><strong>Business Partnering & Compliance</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as a trusted finance partner to FP&A, Operations, and other departments, providing accounting guidance and analysis as needed.</li><li>Support internal and external audits, including preparation of audit schedules and responses to auditor inquiries.</li><li>Monitor changes in accounting standards and regulatory requirements, assessing and implementing impacts on the organization.</li><li>Respond to ad hoc requests from senior leadership with timely, accurate financial information and analysis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>REQUIREMENTS:</strong></p><ul><li>CPA designation required.</li><li>7-10 years of progressive full-cycle accounting experience, including 2+ years in a supervisory or management role.</li><li>Demonstrated experience owning month-end/year-end close, account reconciliations, and journal entry review in a corporate environment.</li><li>Experience working directly with external auditors through year-end audit engagements.</li><li>Strong technical accounting knowledge of ASPE/IFRS and internal control frameworks.</li><li>Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including reconciliations, schedules, and large data sets.</li><li>Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Business Central) for journal entries, close, and reconciliations.</li><li>Strong attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and data integrity.</li><li>Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple close deadlines.</li><li>Strong leadership and people-management skills, with a track record of developing team members.</li><li>Effective communicator, able to explain accounting matters clearly to non-finance stakeholders.</li><li>Proactive, hands-on problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.</li></ul><p><br></p>