Job Description

The Accountant, Cash & Reconciliations is responsible for timely and accurate cash accounting and bank reconciliations across approximately 30 North American bank accounts. The role will transition a significant portion of the bank reconciliation work currently held by an existing position that is being phased out, while helping standardize the process and advance reconciliation automation. The position also supports selected corporate income tax accounting and other balance sheet activities as required.

Benefits

• Competitive salary from $74,000 – $90,000.
• Health Insurance (includes Virtual Health, and HCSA), Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, Short-term Disability
• RRSP Match
• Paid Vacation
• Floating Days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Engagement Events
• Awards and Recognition
• Tuition reimbursement
• Service Awards
• Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and own bank reconciliations for approximately 30 accounts across multiple North American legal entities.
• Investigate and resolve unreconciled items, timing differences, duplicate entries, stale reconciling items, and cash-posting issues.
• Standardize bank reconciliation templates, procedures, supporting documentation, and review-ready schedules.
• Partner with Treasury, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll Accounting, and site finance to resolve cash and posting discrepancies.
• Support the design, testing, and implementation of automated bank reconciliation processes and reduce manual reconciliation effort over time.
• Prepare cash-related journal entries and maintain related balance sheet accounts.
• Monitor aged reconciling items and escalating unresolved issues in accordance with established close and control expectations.
• Support selected corporate income tax accounting activities, including accruals, journal entries, account reconciliations, and schedules; tax return preparation is outside the primary scope of the role.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities and provide documentation for internal and external audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate, simplify, and automate high-volume reconciliation and cash accounting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA designation or progress toward a CPA is an asset.
• Approximately 2–4 years of accounting experience, preferably in a multi-entity, shared-services, or manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience with bank reconciliations, cash accounting, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Ability to investigate high-volume transactional differences and bring reconciling items to timely resolution.
• Experience with JDE or another large ERP is preferred.
• Experience with reconciliation automation tools, bank interfaces, or process automation is an asset.
• Strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and disciplined documentation habits.
• Demonstrated continuous-improvement mindset and willingness to challenge manual processes.