I am looking for the person who can take ownership and run with it.

I am looking for one exceptional senior bookkeeper who can take ownership of this work and become a technical leader within Stellar.

This is not an assistant position, and I am not looking for someone who completes part of a file and then brings it back to me to finish.

I want to be able to hand you a file and know that you will take it from there.

Review it. Understand it. Find what is missing. Investigate what doesn't make sense. Work with our bookkeeper or client when you need information. Complete the year-end and compliance work. Prepare a clean package for the accountant. Deal with the follow-up questions.

And then tell me it is done.

What you would take ownership of

Our clients have fiscal year-ends throughout the year, so this is ongoing work rather than a seasonal position.

You would take responsibility for:

- Completing year-end files from beginning to end, including adjusting entries, working papers, reconciled schedules and accountant-ready packages
- Reviewing the bookkeeping before year-end and correcting or resolving issues
- Preparing and filing GST and BC PST returns, including PST self-assessment
- Preparing and filing T4s and T4As and reconciling payroll accounts
- WorkSafeBC reporting and payroll remittance reconciliations
- Investigating complicated reconciliations and historical bookkeeping issues
- Communicating directly with our bookkeepers, clients and external accountants when information or clarification is required
- Answering technical bookkeeping questions from our team
- Reviewing higher-risk or more complicated files and making sure they meet Stellar's standards
- Building practical procedures,



checklists and controls that make the entire bookkeeping operation stronger.

Over time, I would like this person to become someone the bookkeeping team can turn to for technical direction and leadership, without everything having to come through me

Who I am looking for

Experience matters enormously for this position, but I am looking for something beyond technical knowledge.

I need someone with judgement.

Someone who can look at a file and recognize that something isn't right without being told where to look.

Someone who doesn't need a list from me every morning telling them what to do next.

Someone who follows things through to completion.

Someone who can make appropriate decisions independently and knows when something is significant enough that I genuinely need to be involved.

Someone who is calm when there are ten things happening at once and can decide what needs attention first.

And most importantly, someone who takes responsibility for the outcome — not only for completing the task they were assigned.

You should bring

You should have at least 5+ years of strong Canadian bookkeeping experience and be able to demonstrate that you have personally handled:

- Multiple year-end files from start to accountant-ready completion
- Complex bank, credit-card, loan and balance-sheet reconciliations
- GST and BC PST, including self-assessment
- Full-cycle payroll compliance,



including remittances, ROEs, T4s/T4As and WorkSafeBC
- Sage 50 and QuickBooks Online
- Advanced Excel
- Review of other bookkeepers' work
- Direct communication with clients and external accountants
- Multiple deadlines without someone continually following up with you

Experience with dental, medical, aesthetics or other healthcare businesses would be a significant advantage.

How to Apply

Please send us your resume along with a short note introducing yourself.

I’m not looking for a formal cover letter or a perfectly polished answer. I would much rather hear from you.

Tell me why you believe you would be the right person for this role and what you would bring to Stellar that goes beyond the experience listed on your resume.

I would especially love to know what kind of teammate and leader you are, what people who have worked with you know they can rely on you for, and why you feel you could become someone our bookkeeping team can trust and turn to.

This is an important hire for me. I am looking for someone with strong technical knowledge, but also someone who takes ownership, cares about the people they work with, follows things through and can be trusted with important client work without needing to be managed every step of the way.

Why should I choose you to become that person at Stellar?

There is no perfect answer. Be yourself. A few genuine paragraphs are more meaningful to me than a traditional cover letter.

I will personally read every application, and I look forward to learning a little about the person behind the resume.

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 8.0 – 24.0 per week

Work Location: Remote

📌 Senior Bookkeeper, Year-End and Compliance (Remote) (Canada)
🏢 Vancouver bookkeeping firm
📍 Canada