Senior Accounting Analyst

Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time Contract - 6-12 month contract

Salary: $40–$60/hour

Aeolus Group is recruiting a Senior Accounting Analyst on behalf of a large, highly regulated organization in Sault Ste. Marie.

This position is suited to a designated accounting professional with strong experience in month-end and year-end closing, financial reporting, general-ledger accounting, reconciliations, IFRS and audit support. The successful candidate will work closely with finance leadership, operational teams, external auditors and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead assigned month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring accurate and timely completion.
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations and supporting schedules.
- Assist with the preparation and review of monthly financial statements.
- Investigate financial-statement variances, determine root causes and escalate material issues.
- Review financial information before it is recorded in the corporate general ledger.
- Prepare accurate year-end working papers and respond to external-audit requests.
- Apply IFRS and internal accounting policies when reviewing financial transactions.
- Support the development and improvement of internal controls over financial reporting.
- Review complex financial calculations, contractual payments, commissions and stakeholder obligations.
- Support capital-asset accounting, including additions, disposals,



depreciation and helpful-life reviews.
- Review the work of junior accounting team members and ensure identified issues are appropriately resolved.
- Participate in system implementations, process improvements, user acceptance testing and other finance initiatives.
- Collaborate with finance, operations, auditors, service providers and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications
- University degree in accounting, finance, business or a related discipline.
- Professional accounting designation (CPA).
- Three to five years of progressive accounting or audit experience within a medium-to-large organization.
- Hands-on experience with month-end and year-end closing.
- Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations and financial statements.
- Strong understanding of general-ledger accounting and internal controls.
- Advanced analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with ERP/accounting systems and Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications
- Practical experience applying IFRS.
- Experience supporting external audits and preparing year-end working papers.
- Capital-asset accounting experience.
- Experience within a large, public-sector or highly regulated organization.
- Experience reviewing complex contractual payments or high-value financial transactions.
- Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookup formulas and large-data analysis.

📌 Senior Accounting Analyst (Sault Ste. Marie)
🏢 Aeolus Group
📍 Sault Ste. Marie