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Horizon Recruitment Inc.

Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Description

Horizon Recruitment is recruiting for a Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting to join a dynamic finance team driving transformation and operational excellence. This role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting processes while helping streamline operations and support business growth. You’ll work cross-functionally to solve complex accounting challenges, lead cleanup initiatives, and provide insights that enhance decision-making and compliance in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive financial cleanup projects by resolving aged balances, reviewing accruals, and ensuring accurate reconciliations of historical accounts.
  • Analyze financial workflows end-to-end, identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvements.
  • Partner with operations and cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve legacy accounting issues.
  • Review and assess journal entries, working papers, and account reconciliations for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to policies.
  • Support month-end and quarter-end close cycles to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
  • Contribute to finance transformation initiatives by leveraging technology and best practices to optimize reporting processes.
  • Assist in the preparation and review of financial statements for non-public entities and, where required, SEC filings.
  • Provide mentorship and training to junior finance staff to build team capability.
  • Proactively identify risks and develop solutions to strengthen internal controls and enhance business performance.
  • Perform ad hoc analysis and special projects to support strategic financial initiatives.

Requirements:

  • CPA designation or equivalent with strong technical accounting knowledge.
  • Proven experience in financial reporting, reconciliations, and operational finance within complex organizations.
  • Solid understanding of IFRS and/or US GAAP; exposure to SEC reporting considered an asset.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead financial cleanup initiatives and resolve legacy accounting issues.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for process optimization.
  • Proficiency with financial systems (e.g., NetSuite or similar ERP platforms).
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working across teams and disciplines.
  • Ability to manage priorities and deadlines in a dynamic, high-performance environment.
  • Experience in mentoring or training junior finance professionals is an asset.
  • Availability for occasional overtime to meet critical deadlines.

Remuneration:

  • Competitive salary range of $95,000 – $110,000 CAD per annum, commensurate with experience, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

Only candidates eligible to work in Canada will be considered.

Horizon Recruitment Inc. is a specialized recruitment and search firm with two complementary practice areas: Finance & Supply Chain.

About Horizon Recruitment Inc.

Horizon Recruitment Inc. is a specialized recruitment and search firm with two complimentary practice areas: Finance and Supply Chain. Horizon provides search services on an interim and permanent basis with a specific focus on professional and middle management recruitment. Since our inception, Horizon Recruitment has established a significant presence in the market and has quickly become one of the most trusted names in our business. Our Supply Chain practice supports large scale capital construction projects with procurement and contract management resources. Our clients also engage us to assist them in identifying resources for demand planning, forecasting and analysis within their high technology environments. Corporate supply chain teams hire our consultants to assist them through process and innovation projects, including implementing continuous process improvement methodologies. Our Finance practice supports corporate accounting and finance departments with individuals who perform a variety of standard and complex tasks ranging from period end reporting to tax, treasury and complex financial modeling for mergers and acquisitions. We assist risk departments with audit and review, along with compliance issues.

Application closing date is 2025-09-13

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