Junior Accountant

Junior Accountant

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Vancouver, Canada

Compensation: CA$50,000 - CA$55,000 / year

Description

The Junior Accountant supports the day-to-day accounting and financial operations of the company, helping ensure financial transactions are accurately recorded, reconciliations are completed, and financial records are maintained in a timely manner.

This role is responsible for a wide range of accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, payroll, general accounting and month-end activities. The successful candidate is organized, detail-oriented, curious and eager to develop their accounting knowledge while contributing to an efficient and well-functioning finance team.

This is a full-time remote position, and candidates must be already located in Canada with legal working eligibility. Preference will be given to those based in the Greater Vancouver or Vancouver Island regions.

What You'll Do

• Accounts payable management - including processing bills, weekly payment runs, communication with vendors
• Accounts receivable management - including invoicing customers, monitoring collections, and communication with customers and internal account managers
• Cash management - including daily updates and management
• Processing expense reports, following up on reports awaiting approvals, credit card transactions, and reconciliations
• Maintaining and reconciling working papers and schedules
• Preparing journal entries, including import files
• Internal monthly reporting duties
• Preparing and filing regulatory filings such as GST, PST, and WCB
• Preparing and processing payroll
• Preparation of year-end working papers and support audit requests
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve accounting processes and efficiencies
• Provide support on adhoc projects

What You Bring

• A driver and a self-starter who is able to work independently with a great attention to detail.
• Strong ownership of work, and follow-through
• Genuinely cares about making a difference and impact on the team
• 2+ years of experience in an industry position working in a similar role and capacity
• A quick learner that is keen to expand their role
• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Finance/Accounting or related discipline preferred
• Previous experience with accounting software required, experience with Xero and Expensify would be an asset
• Canadian payroll experience would be great
• Working knowledge of full cycle accounting
• Strong Google Sheets skills required for this role (including lookups, pivot tables, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to learn, improve and adapt as the company will continuously re-evaluate and add new processes to support its rapid growth
• Strong team player with a desire to be part of a collaborative team environment
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Good communication and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines