Thefinancestack
Accountant
Remote (Canada)
Sponsorship not specified$50k-$75kDetected 23 days ago
RESTAccountingExcelFP&AAR/VRCommunicationOrganizational SkillsAccounts Payable
About the role
- About you: Detail-oriented and curious, you excel in processing transactions, reconciliations, month-end reporting, and full-cycle accounting duties.
- You might be early in your career but are driven by growth or a love for bookkeeping.
Requirements
- You enjoy questioning processes to find better ways of doing things.
- Required Skills and Experience Proficiency in cloud-based accounting software, particularly Xero and QBO.
- Strong understanding of full-cycle accounting, financial statements, and working papers.
- Knowledge of Canadian tax compliance.
- Experience in payroll processing (familiarity with systems like Rippling, Payworks).
- Experience with start-up or growth-stage technology ecosystems is an asset.
Compensation
- $50,000 - $75,000 CAD What might a day look like for you?
- You start your morning in MissiveApp (inbox manager), going through and triaging each of the companies you work on inboxes.
- You push all invoices received to Float (expense manager) for automatic processing within the accounting software, there is an urgent request you escalate to the Senior Accountant, and a couple small tasks you set aside for the afternoon.
- It's payroll week.
- You have three companies with payroll due on the 15th, one with a handful of hourly and multiple commissioned employees.
- You start your day by checking to see if the teams have gotten back to you regarding hours and any staff changes, two out of three have, so you follow up with the one missing and then get started on the other two.
Company info
- At theFinanceStack (tFS), we don't just offer a job, we offer a comprehensive learning experience.
- We partner with leading tech companies and innovative startups to provide a full range of finance and accounting services.
- Supported by industry-leading CFOs, we offer a unique opportunity to gain expertise in diverse areas of finance and accounting, including FP&A, accounting, capital raising, and more.
- As our newest Accountant you'll be supporting a number of our portfolio companies in their day to day accounting and operations.
- You will ensure smooth completion of AP and AR, working paper preparation, payroll processing, as well as performing ongoing and ad-hoc analyses in support of the rest of the accounting team.
- Tasks and Responsibilities Process transactions and reconcile accounts with accuracy.
- Follow daily, weekly, and monthly workflows for quality bookkeeping.
- Prepare compliance returns, including GST/HST, PST, WCB, and EHT filings.
- Own the end-to-end payroll process for assigned companies (generally <30 employees), including gathering inputs, preparing and submitting payroll runs, issuing Records of Employment (ROEs), preparing annual T4s/T4As, and ensuring full compliance with employment standards and tax regulations.
- Handle recurring cash flow tasks, including bank monitoring, AR, AP, and transfers.
- Support month-end and year-end working paper preparation.
- Contribute to ad-hoc analyses, reporting, and team initiatives to optimize processes.
- Identify opportunities for process automation and workflow improvements, especially in billing, payment, and reconciliation activities.
- Competency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Willingness to take initiative in a lean team environment.
- Compensation: $50,000 - $75,000 CAD What might a day look like for you?
- You start your morning in MissiveApp (inbox manager), going through and triaging each of the companies you work on inboxes.
- You push all invoices received to Float (expense manager) for automatic processing within the accounting software, there is an urgent request you escalate to the Senior Accountant, and a couple small tasks you set aside for the afternoon.
- It's payroll week.
- You have three companies with payroll due on the 15th, one with a handful of hourly and multiple commissioned employees.
- You start your day by checking to see if the teams have gotten back to you regarding hours and any staff changes, two out of three have, so you follow up with the one missing and then get started on the other two.
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