Senior Accountant

Job Title: Full Cycle Accountant

Job Description

The Accountant provides critical support to a growing finance team by owning full-cycle accounting activities and enabling the core team to focus on strategic projects. This role contributes directly to major initiatives such as tariff recovery and expense process simplification, while ensuring accurate month-end close and reliable financial reporting in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Support a major tariff recovery project by reconciling historical tariff costs and identifying amounts that can be recovered from customers.
• Handle day-to-day accounting activities so the core finance team can focus on priority project work, including expense process simplification initiatives.
• Run month-end close activities, including preparing and posting journal entries, completing account reconciliations, and producing accurate financial reporting.
• Perform variance analysis such as budget versus actuals, manufacturing cost analysis, and margin analysis to support decision-making.
• Apply strong IFRS and GAAP knowledge to ensure accurate accounting treatment and compliance with relevant standards.
• Work effectively in inventory-heavy environments such as manufacturing, construction, wholesale, distribution, or similar industries to ensure proper costing and reporting.
• Support finance and operational projects by providing analytical, accounting, and reconciliation expertise as needed.
• Contribute to internal controls by maintaining accurate records, supporting audit requirements, and helping strengthen financial processes.
• Assist in building and supporting a new business unit by providing reliable financial information and operational support.
• Collaborate closely with both finance and operations teams, communicating clearly and proactively to resolve issues and improve processes.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 5+ years of full-cycle accounting experience, including end-to-end responsibility for the general ledger and financial statements.
• Hands-on experience with variance analysis, including budget versus actuals, manufacturing cost analysis, and margin analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS and GAAP and the ability to apply these standards in day-to-day accounting.
• Demonstrated experience with month-end close processes, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience in a transferable industry such as manufacturing, construction, wholesale, distribution, or other inventory-heavy environments.
• Experience with audit-related activities and internal controls in a corporate or similar setting.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both finance and operations teams.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Professional accounting designation such as CPA or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Direct experience in the manufacturing industry is an asset.
• Experience working with Oracle ERP or similar enterprise resource planning systems.
• Experience supporting finance or operational projects, including process improvement and cost optimization initiatives.
• Experience with tariff, cost recovery, or large reconciliation projects is an advantage.
• Public practice experience is welcome, particularly for candidates who demonstrate strong independence and the ability to learn quickly.

Work Environment

This role operates in a hybrid office environment, with regular onsite work typically on Tuesday and Wednesday and remote work on other weekdays. The position follows a Monday to Friday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., offering a structured daytime shift. Onsite parking is available for employees. You will work closely with a small core team of approximately three people within a broader finance group of about 15 to 20 professionals. The company culture emphasizes stability, high growth, and ambitious expansion plans, providing opportunities to help build a new business unit and to collaborate in a strong, supportive team environment.

This is a Contract position based out of Burnaby, BC.

The pay range for this position is $42.00 - $45.67/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

This is a Contract position based out of Burnaby, BC.

This is a hybrid position in Burnaby,BC.

À propos d'Aston Carter

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, lacquisition de talents, les achats, la chaine dapprovisionnement, et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de lindustrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre vaste réseau pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service dun grand nombre dentreprises du classement Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers davoir remporté la désignation « Prix Platine » dans le cadre des prix Best of Staffing® Client et Talent décernés par ClearlyRated.

Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de légalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de lâge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut dancien combattant, dun handicap, de lorientation sexuelle, de lidentité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

Si vous souhaitez faire une demande daccommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou lajustement du processus de demande demploi ou dentrevue à cause dun handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] pour connaître dautres options daccommodement.

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About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.