Job Title: Junior Accountant

Job Description

The Junior 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 work closely with internal stakeholders, contribute to month-end and year-end close activities, and help maintain robust accounting processes and documentation.

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 alignment with accounting policies.

- Perform detailed account reconciliations, with a strong emphasis on balance sheet accounts, to ensure accuracy and completeness.

- Prepare and review elimination entries and reconcile intercompany transactions between corporate entities.

- Analyze balance sheet and P&L; accounts to confirm accuracy, completeness, and appropriate financial presentation.

- Investigate and resolve variances, discrepancies, and outages through in-depth analysis and reconciliation work.

- Perform variance analysis for corporate divisions, identify root causes, and provide clear explanations to stakeholders.

- Support month-end and year-end close processes by completing assigned tasks accurately and within required timelines.





- Assist with audit requests by preparing supporting documentation and responding to auditor inquiries in a timely manner.

- Collaborate with internal departments to resolve accounting issues and continuously improve reconciliation processes.

- Maintain and enhance documentation of accounting procedures, reconciliations, and related controls.

- Demonstrate ownership of assigned work and proactively follow through on issues until resolution.

Essential Skills

- 25 years of experience in corporate accounting, including journal entries, purchase orders, expenses, audit fees, account reconciliations, and elimination entries.

- Proven experience investigating outages and variances, reviewing balance sheet and P&L; accounts, and performing variance analysis for corporate divisions.

- Hands-on experience reconciling intercompany transactions between corporate entities.

- Large ERP system experience, such as SAP, NetSuite, or Oracle.

- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas.

- Analytical mindset with the ability to step back, review information critically, and assess whether results make sense.

- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with different departments.





- Demonstrated ownership of work and accountability for accuracy and completeness.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- CPA designation or enrollment in a CPA program.

- Experience with large or national public accounting firms, including financial reporting exposure.

- Experience in a similar industry to corporate divisional reporting environments.

- Experience supporting audit processes and responding to auditor requests.

- Interest in skilled growth, with opportunities to transition into a permanent role based on performance.

- Eligibility for benefits support related to CPA program participation if hired into a permanent position.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, BC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $33.65 - $36.05/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, BC.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Vancouver,BC.

À propos d'Aston Carter

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, lacquisition de talents, les achats, la chaine dapprovisionnement, et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de lindustrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde ex

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