Our client, a rapidly growing startup based in Mississauga is looking for an Accounting Manager to join the team!

In this role, you will own day-to-day accounting: general ledger, month-end close, financial reporting, accounts payable, and cash management. Reporting directly into the CFO.

What you'll do

Accounting & Financial Reporting

- Write accounting policies and procedures, and build the right internal controls for the company's size and stage
- Roll out AI tools across accounting and finance - close, reconciliations, documentation, and transactions - in a way that's controlled and easy to audit
- Run month-end close and prepare monthly financial statements (accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation)
- Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts, record transactions, and reconcile bank, credit card, and balance sheet accounts
- Handle payroll accounting and related accruals, and take on payroll processing and remittances as the function grows

Purchasing & Payments

- Lead the selection and rollout of a purchasing system that connects with the accounting platform
- Build approval, receiving, and matching workflows, including spending limits and documentation standards
- Track and report on open purchase commitments
- Manage accounts payable, corporate cards, and expense reimbursements — vendor setup, invoice processing,



payment runs, and policy compliance

Cost & Project Accounting

- Help the CFO design the company's cost accounting framework
- Maintain project accounting, cost allocation, and timekeeping processes
- Prepare cost reports by program and department

Tax, Grants & Outside Advisors

- Manage R&D; tax credit claims with outside consultants, working toward doing this in-house over time
- Track and document eligible costs for grants and funding programs, and prepare claims and reports
- Be the main point of contact with outside tax advisors, and help manage insurance renewals

Cash Management

- Prepare and maintain a rolling cash flow forecast
- Manage daily cash across Canadian and U.S. dollar accounts — currency conversion, cash positioning, banking, and collecting grant receivables

Required

- CPA designation
- 6+ years of accounting experience
- Can run a full accounting cycle solo - month-end close through financial statements
- Experience building accounting processes or controls somewhere they didn't already exist
- Experience at an early-stage or rapid-growing company
- Real experience using AI tools at work, and good judgment about applying them to whole processes, not just one-off tasks

📌 Accounting Manager (Mississauga)
🏢 Jagger
📍 Mississauga