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About the role

  • Senior Accountant leading close, consolidation, and multi-currency reporting for WES, a nonprofit supporting immigrants, refugees, and international students. Remote across eligible Canadian provinces.

Responsibilities

  • Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities
  • Prepare close schedules, journal entries, reconciliations, supporting documentation, and financial reporting deliverables
  • Prepare income statements, balance sheets, cash-flow statements, and recurring financial reporting packages
  • Prepare supporting schedules, account analyses, variance explanations, and consolidation support
  • Own intercompany and consolidation accounting, including reconciliations, eliminations, cross-entity entries, multi-entity consolidation, and resolution of intercompany differences
  • Prepare foreign currency accounting entries and schedules, including FX translation, remeasurement, and related reconciliations
  • Support statutory and multi-country accounting and reporting
  • Prepare entity-level reporting schedules and reconcile local reporting to the general ledger
  • Perform investment accounting, including investment entries, realized and unrealized gain/loss calculations, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
  • Prepare audit, tax, and compliance support schedules
  • Respond to information requests and assist with accounting questions
  • Maintain supporting documentation
  • Review work prepared by others, if applicable
  • Partner with the Controller and Finance team to ensure accurate, timely reporting and support process improvements across a global environment

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
  • 5–7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including general ledger accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, and audit support
  • Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP; IFRS knowledge preferred
  • Experience with ERP and financial reporting systems; Sage Intacct experience preferred
  • Experience working in a multi-entity, multi-currency, or global environment preferred
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel; accounting automation or reporting tools preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to research discrepancies, resolve accounting issues, and maintain accurate supporting documentation
  • Ability to work independently, manage multiple deadlines, and take ownership of assigned accounting processes
  • Willingness to take on additional responsibilities and quickly establish credibility in new areas of work
  • Self-directed and proactive, with strong ownership and accountability
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to identify opportunities, develop new approaches, and initiate action
  • Ability to thrive in a transparent, accountable, collaborative, results-oriented environment
  • Intellectual curiosity, openness to diverse ideas and perspectives, and interest in learning and professional development
  • Strong alignment with WES mission and values and a growth mindset
  • CPA or equivalent international accounting designation preferred
  • Experience in a nonprofit, social enterprise, or mission-driven organization preferred
  • Possible travel on occasion for company retreats or team meetings
  • Candidates based in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, or Nova Scotia, or willing to relocate

Benefits

  • Remote work and flexible scheduling
  • Generous time-off policies
  • Comprehensive wellness programs
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Tangible rewards and recognition
  • Learning opportunities
  • Personal and professional development
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Comprehensive training programs
  • Tuition reimbursement opportunities
  • Employee-led resource groups
  • Town halls and collaborative team events
  • Meaningful volunteer opportunities
  • Inclusive, mission-driven work environment
  • Possible company retreats or team meetings travel approximately twice per year

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$85,000 - CA$110,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

ERP

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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