About The Prospect
Our client, a global organization, is looking for a Senior Accountant for a six-month contract for an existing role. You will be covering year-end close, financial statement notes and the external audit. As part of the Corporate Finance and Accounting team, you’ll manage your own accounts, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, draft the IFRS financial statement notes, and deliver audit-ready schedules on deadline.

About The Opportunity
Our client, a global organization, is looking for a Senior Accountant for a six-month contract for an existing role. You will be covering year-end close, financial statement notes and the external audit. As part of the Corporate Finance and Accounting team, you’ll manage your own accounts, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, draft the IFRS financial statement notes, and deliver audit-ready schedules on deadline.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Complete assigned monthly, quarterly and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals and supporting schedules, within reporting deadlines

Prepare general ledger account reconciliations, investigate discrepancies and resolve reconciling items with global and regional teams

Prepare assigned notes to the IFRS financial statements, including disclosures and supporting schedules, and reconcile note amounts to the financial statements and underlying accounting records

Apply IFRS revenue recognition requirements to assigned percentage-of-completion (POC) transactions; review contracts, prepare accounting analyses and entries, and elevate complex judgments for review





Prepare audit schedules and supporting evidence, respond directly to external auditor queries and track assigned requests through resolution for corporate and local audits

Research assigned IFRS accounting questions, document supporting conclusions and maintain clear, review-ready working papers

About You
The successful candidate will have the following:

Bachelor’s degree required; degree in accounting or finance preferred

CPA designation preferred

Progressive accounting experience at the Senior Accountant level, including hands‑on year‑end close responsibilities; experience in a global, multi‑country environment is an asset

Very strong technical accounting skills under IFRS and demonstrated practical experience with percentage‑of‑completion (POC) revenue recognition

Experience preparing notes to IFRS financial statements and supporting disclosure schedules

Direct experience working with external auditors, preparing audit‑ready working papers and responding to audit queries; prior public accounting audit experience is an asset

SAP experience preferred

Intermediate to advanced Excel skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Ability to quickly take ownership of assigned accounts, work independently and manage competing year‑end and audit deadlines

High attention to detail, strong time management and investigative skills, and the ability to troubleshoot accounting discrepancies

About the Job

Six‑month contract

Remote, open to candidates across Canada

Rate: $50.00/hr

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📌 Senior Accountant - Contract - 19627 (Alberta)
🏢 LRO Staffing
📍 Alberta