Senior Accountant

Job Description

<p>About the Company</p><p>Our client is an educational institute. They are looking for a designated Senior Accountant who will be responsible for maintaining and managing the daily, monthly and yearly closing processing and producing consolidated financial statements and all funds. </p><p> </p><p>Why Work Here</p><ul><li><p>Great work-life balance with tight knit Finance team  </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Great benefits package  </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Stable, unionized environment </p></li></ul><p> </p><p>About the Opportunity</p><p>Financial Reporting and Analysis Responsibilities </p><ul><li><p>Balance the institute’s funds at the end of each fiscal period. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Prepare monthly investment reconciliation and journal entries for the monthly changes in the </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Association’s investment accounts. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Monthly reconciliation of Balance sheet accounts except for banks reconciliations. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Prepares and processes release invoices for 44 units and 30 occasional representatives and </p></li></ul><p>maintenance monthly/yearly accrual balances. </p><ul><li><p>Maintains and inputs yearly budgets into SAGE300 for the general fund, reserve fund and membership </p></li></ul><p>protection fund, </p><ul><li><p>Works with various departments on financial accounting and reporting including assistance with the </p></li></ul><p>creation of annual budgets for example professional development department; political action fund. </p><ul><li><p>Prepares and processes, using SAGE 300, BI module Financial Statements by Fund at the end of </p></li></ul><p>each fiscal period (ex. Revenue and Expenditure Statement and Balance Sheet Statement) </p><p>including Consolidated Financial Statements. </p><ul><li><p>Administrator for SAGE 300 upgrades and the various modules especially the Business Intelligence </p></li></ul><p>module for financial statements formats. </p><ul><li><p>Maintains the Association’s chart of accounts adding/inactivate those accounts that are no longer </p></li></ul><p>used and insuring that the financial statements reflect these accounts. </p><ul><li><p>Assist with the preparation of the annual operating and tax reconciliation reports for tenants. </p></li></ul><p>Assists with the preparation and submission of the HST return for the Tenant Building Fund. </p><ul><li><p>Prepares monthly financial statements for all funds, assists in the review of financial report </p></li></ul><p>reconciliations, and assigned working papers prepared by finance staff. </p><ul><li><p>Assist with the preparation of required documents for various Association internal and external </p></li></ul><p>meetings. </p><ul><li><p>Prepare monthly statistics for CFO reports and trends in memberships revenue, FTE calculations, </p></li></ul><p>and workshop/conference attendance. </p><ul><li><p>Responsible for internal and external financial reporting for the assigned programs including </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Ministry reporting. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Performs continuous assessment of the month-end and year-end closing process and evaluates </p></li></ul><p>ways to reduce the timing to close the financial period. </p><ul><li><p>Assists in ensuring financial and budgeting processes are appropriately linked to projects while also </p></li></ul><p>identifying opportunities for cost savings and revenue generation. </p><ul><li><p>Assist in the preparation of cash flow for the General Fund and producing monthly reports for the </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>General Funds and total projections and analysis. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Create and analyze financial/statistical reports on a regular basis, taking remedial action to resolve </p></li></ul><p>identified issues. </p><ul><li><p>Monitor, analyze and reconcile variances from approved budget. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Assists department staff with general inquiries regarding SAGE other document management </p></li></ul><p>systems; </p><ul><li><p>Co-ordinates with the Operations Department on issues related to obtaining authorizations on </p></li></ul><p>requisitions, and purchase orders and setting up Accounts Payable Vendors </p><p>Payroll and Benefits Administration </p><ul><li><p>Back-up for payroll and benefits processing for three payroll accounts, staff, professional </p></li></ul><p>development consultants and for staff officers and management </p><ul><li><p>Prepare bi-weekly; bi-monthly and monthly journal entries for all the various payrolls </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Assists in the annual audit of the Pension plan and the annual reports for the calculation of </p></li></ul><p>pension adjustment </p><ul><li><p>Other job duties as assigned. </p></li></ul><p>About You</p><ul><li><p>CPA, CGA or CMA designation </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>At least 4 years of full cycle accounting (month end, consolidations, variance analysis, intercompany, etc) </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Experience with ERP (ie. Sage or similar) </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Experience with fund accounting and non-for-profit accounting a plus  </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Experience in payroll a plus  </p></li></ul><p>Salary Range </p><p>From $90,632 /year</p><p>How to Apply</p><p>Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats.</p><p>When referencing this job, quote #456995 </p><p> </p><p>You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.</p><p ><p>Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.</p></p><p ><h3>EEO Notice </h3><p>Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.</p><p>Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. 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The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.</p></p>