Senior Accountant | Toronto | 12-Month Contract
Location: Downtown Toronto, ON - Hybrid, 4 days on site per week
Duration: 12-month contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Pay Rate: $40–45 per hour
About the Opportunity:
Our client in the banking and financial services sector is seeking a Senior Accountant to support financial reporting, month-end accounting and regulatory reporting. Working closely with the Finance team, you will prepare financial reports, complete reconciliations, investigate variances and help ensure the accuracy of financial results.
This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting professional with strong Excel and ERP skills who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. Approximately 75% of the role focuses on accounting and reporting, with 25% dedicated to financial analysis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare recurring daily and monthly financial reports, including internal and external reporting.
- Prepare journal entries, supporting documentation and monthly adjustments for the balance sheet and income statement.
- Perform bank and suspense account reconciliations, investigate discrepancies and resolve outstanding items.
- Analyze financial variances and trends and explain the key drivers.
- Support regulatory reporting to OSFI and Statistics Canada, along with tax filings to the CRA.
- Record, modify and retire fixed assets, process depreciation and reconcile balances between systems.
- Provide financial data to support PowerPoint presentations.
- Update accounting procedures and support improvements to internal controls and reporting processes.
- Assist with system implementation projects, ad hoc analysis and additional accounting responsibilities as required.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- At least three years of hands-on experience in accounting and financial reporting.
- Solid understanding of month-end accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations and financial statements.
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including complex formulas, Pivot Tables, nested logic and VBA/macros.
- Oracle experience preferred; SAP or other ERP experience is also acceptable.
- Experience maintaining fixed asset records, including additions, modifications, disposals and depreciation.
- IFRS or US GAAP experience is an asset; exposure to Japanese GAAP is a plus but is not mandatory.
- CPA designation, active enrollment in the CPA program or an international accounting designation or qualification is an asset.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and clear communication.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
If you are qualified and interested in this opportunity, please send your resume in Word format to Rabia Azeem at rabia.azeem@randstad.ca.
