Position Summary
The Senior Accountant role is a hands-on, high-impact role that goes beyond traditional accounting. You'll help run EII's core finance operations while building smarter processes, systems and reporting for a fast-growing technology company. We're looking for someone who is curious, solutions-oriented and excited to use data and technology to solve problems and partner across the business. The role offers broad exposure and the opportunity to grow into an Accounting Manager as we scale.
This is a full-time, fully remote position reporting to the Director of Finance, with a preference for candidates in Calgary or Toronto. This role is only open to candidates located in Canada who are authorized to work in Canada (Citizenship, Permanent Residency, or other work permit).
Role/Responsibilities:
- Accounting Operations
- Lead full-cycle accounting across EII, including general ledger, journal entries, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany accounting, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end close.
- Oversee accounts payable and payment processing, employee expenses and corporate cards, ensuring transactions are properly supported, approved and recorded.
- Support payroll preparation and administration, including reconciliations, remittances, journal entries and coordination with payroll providers.
- Treasury, Revenue & Planning
- Manage day-to-day banking and treasury activities, including cash positioning, bank reconciliations, transfers and payment execution.
- Support accounts receivable, customer invoicing, collections, deferred revenue and revenue recognition, including review of customer contracts and supporting documentation.
- Support cash flow forecasting and budget maintenance by updating actuals and assumptions and analyzing variances against plan.
- Reporting & Insights
- Drive an efficient and accurate month-end close and prepare timely monthly financial statements, variance analysis and supporting schedules.
- Develop and maintain financial and operating KPI reporting and dashboards, including revenue, ARR, cash burn/runway and other metrics as the business evolves.
- Support management and Board reporting with clear, decision-useful financial insights.
- Business Partnership & Systems
- Partner with Sales, Delivery and Marketing to strengthen visibility across the customer lifecycle, from pipeline and contracting through delivery, billing and ongoing customer activity.
- Help shape how the CRM and Finance work together by establishing processes, controls and data standards and connecting pipeline, contract, billing and financial data.
- Build and improve dashboards, finance systems and scalable processes that support better decision-making as EII grows.
- Controls & Scalability
- Support audit, tax and compliance requirements, including preparation of schedules and coordination with external advisors.
- Support multi-entity and multi-currency accounting across Canadian and US operations, including intercompany reconciliations.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen controls, automate processes and improve the efficiency and scalability of the finance function.
The ideal candidate will have:
- CPA designation preferred or working towards; strong senior accounting experience will also be considered.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting or finance, ideally in a Senior Accountant capacity.
- Strong hands-on full-cycle accounting experience, including month-end close, reconciliations, payroll, accounts payable and treasury.
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards, revenue recognition, internal controls and multi-entity accounting.
- Advanced proficiency with accounting systems and MS Excel; QuickBooks Online experience is an asset.
- Salesforce or other CRM experience is an asset, particularly experience supporting implementation, reporting, data integrity or financial controls.
- A hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset with the willingness to contribute across finance and the broader business as needs evolve.
- Highly analytical, organized and detail-oriented, with strong ownership and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-growing environment.
What we offer:
- Fully remote work.
- Flexible work hours (Core working hours 10:00AM to 3:00PM in your local time zone).
- Autonomy with a wide range of responsibilities, opportunities for advancement, and cross-disciplinary exposure.
- Competitive base salary plus performance incentives.
- Stock options so you can realize the value created with your work in the organization.
- Paid time off and health/wellness spending account.
