Senior Accountant

Job Description

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the integrity of payroll accounting and related balance sheet accounts across the North American organization including Intercompany balances. The near-term priority is to stabilize and improve the accuracy of automated Workday-to-JDE payroll entries, strengthen payroll clearing and reconciliation processes, and resolve recurring posting issues. The role also prepares approximately 15 recurring U.S. and Canadian sales/use tax returns and owns the related accounting and reconciliations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary from $92,000 – $100,000.
• 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

• Own payroll accounting and related reconciliations for approximately 20 North American sites.
• Review and validate automated Workday-to-JDE payroll journal entries for completeness, accuracy, and appropriate legal-entity and account coding.
• Lead the short-term stabilization of the Workday-to-JDE payroll accounting process by identifying root causes of posting inaccuracies and implementing sustainable corrections.
• Own payroll clearing accounts, including reconciliation of Workday payroll entries to cash activity and timely investigation and resolution of outstanding differences.
• Prepare payroll-related journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Partner with Payroll, HR, Treasury, site finance, and Accounting to resolve payroll accounting issues and improve end-to-end controls.
• Prepare approximately 15 recurring U.S. and Canadian sales/use tax returns and supporting schedules.
• Own the accounting for sales/use taxes, including accruals, remittances, reconciliations, and investigation of variances.
• Maintain clear supporting documentation and ensure recurring processes are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities and provide schedules and explanations for internal and external audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate recurring payroll and indirect tax accounting processes.
• Perform intercompany balance reconciliations monthly and full transactional reconciliations quarterly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA designation or progress toward a CPA is an asset.
• Approximately 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a multi-site or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, clearing accounts, and month-end close.
• Experience with indirect tax or sales/use tax compliance is preferred; ability to learn recurring filing requirements is essential.
• Experience with Workday, JDE, or comparable ERP/payroll systems is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to trace system-generated entries through to underlying payroll and cash activity.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and resolve issues with appropriate urgency and follow-through.
• Strong Excel skills and a continuous-improvement mindset.