Job Title: Sr. Accountant

Job Description

The Sr. Accountant supports the corporate accounting function with a strong focus on detailed reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analysis. This role requires a solid corporate accounting experience and a hands‐on approach to investigating variances, reconciling intercompany transactions, and ensuring the accuracy and completeness of balance sheet and profit & loss (P&L;) reporting across corporate divisions. You will play a key role in month‐end and year‐end close activities, support audits, and contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting processes and controls.

Responsibilities

- Prepare and post recurring and non‐recurring journal entries related to corporate accounting activities.
- Manage and review purchase orders, corporate expenses, and audit‐related fees, ensuring proper coding, approvals, and adherence to policies.
- Perform detailed account reconciliations with a strong emphasis on balance sheet accounts, including complex and high‐value items.
- Prepare and review elimination entries and reconcile intercompany transactions between corporate entities.
- Analyze balance sheet and P&L; accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper financial presentation across corporate divisions.
- Investigate and resolve variances, discrepancies, and outages through in‐depth analysis and reconciliation work.
- Perform variance analysis for corporate divisions, identifying root causes and providing clear, well‐supported explanations to leadership.
- Support month‐end and year‐end close processes, ensuring deadlines are met and financial information is accurate and reliable.




- Assist with audit requests by preparing supporting documentation and responding to auditor inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders across different departments to resolve accounting issues and improve reconciliation processes.
- Maintain and enhance documentation of accounting procedures, reconciliations, and designed checks and balances.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives related to corporate accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Work with large ERP systems to support accurate transaction processing, reporting, and intercompany reconciliations.
- Use Excel to build and analyze workbooks, including pivot tables and formulas, to support financial analysis and reporting.
- Provide guidance and support to more junior team members and help create an environment where others can learn and grow.

Essential Skills

- 5+ years of corporate accounting experience, including journal entries, purchase orders, expenses, audit fees, and detailed account reconciliations.
- Proven experience preparing elimination entries and reconciling intercompany transactions across multiple entities.
- Strong experience in analyzing balance sheet and P&L; accounts, validating financial proof, and performing variance analysis for corporate divisions.
- Hands‐on experience investigating outages, variances,



and discrepancies and resolving them through detailed reconciliation and analysis.
- Experience working in organizations with at least $100M in revenue or in a medium‐size corporate environment.
- Proficiency with large ERP systems such as SAP, NetSuite, or Oracle.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas, to support financial analysis and reporting.
- Solid analytical mindset with the ability to step back, assess information, and determine whether financial results make sense.
- Demonstrated ownership of work and accountability for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of deliverables.
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to work with and present information to different departments and stakeholders.
- Experience with balance sheet reconciliations, including PP&E; and other complex accounts.
- Professional accounting designation (CPA) or active enrollment in a CPA program is strongly preferred.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Experience participating in or supporting an ERP implementation.
- CPA designation or active participation in a CPA program.
- Experience with large‐firm or Big 4‐style financial reporting environments.
- experience in similar industries to those with substantial PP&E; and high asset values.
- Experience working with workbooks and designed checks and balances to strengthen internal controls.
- Track record of contributing to process improvement initiatives in corporate accounting.
- Strong sense of ownership, reliability, and attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non‐financial stakeholders.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contrac

📌 Senior Accountant (Calgary)
🏢 Aston Carter
📍 Calgary