Senior Accountant

Are you an ambitious accounting professional ready to take total ownership of full-cycle accounting for a leading Canadian manufacturer? Randstad Canada is seeking a dedicated, hands-on Senior Accountant to oversee end-to-end accounting operations at a growing manufacturing facility located in Brantford, Ontario.

Advantages
• Competitive annual base salary of $75,000 to $82,000, commensurate with full-cycle accounting experience.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance benefits package.
• Paid vacation allowance plus standard paid sick days.
• Special paid holiday closure during the Christmas and New Year period (up to two weeks fully paid plant shutdown).
• Direct executive exposure and mentorship with clear career progression opportunities toward a Controller title.
• Stable, full-time permanent position with an industry-leading Canadian manufacturing organization.
• On-site free parking at the Brantford facility.

Responsibilities
• Own full-cycle accounting operations, including monthly general ledger close, journal entries, accruals, fixed assets, and monthly bank reconciliations.
• Prepare complete monthly financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow analyses, and executive management variance reports.
• Lead manufacturing inventory accounting, tracking raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), finished goods, scrap, and physical count reconciliations.
• Verify product costing accuracy against supplier invoices, incorporating direct labor, freight, overhead, customs, and surcharges.
• Perform monthly margin analysis by product line and customer, identifying margin leakage and calculating sales commission metrics.
• Oversee day-to-day accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) activities executed by administrative and bookkeeping staff.
• Supervise weekly payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and ensure accurate statutory filings (HST, CRA source deductions, EHT, WSIB).
• Prepare lender compliance packages, track financial covenant headroom, and support audit-ready recordkeeping for government contribution agreements.
• Manage customs compliance documentation, including CARM accounts, duty-relief filings, and cross-border commercial invoice requirements.
• Maintain rolling 13-week cash flow forecasts, set up electronic funds transfers (EFT/wires), and monitor foreign exchange balances.
• Prepare comprehensive year-end working paper files and collaborate directly with external accounting firms during annual tax filings.

Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of progressive full-cycle accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a manufacturing or distribution environment.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Demonstrated experience owning the month-end close process and independently preparing financial statements.
• Direct hands-on experience in manufacturing inventory valuation, cost accounting, and statutory government remittances (CRA, HST, EHT, WSIB).
• Must be able to work full-time on-site in Brantford, Ontario (Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM).
• Experience with Canada-US customs documentation, SR&ED claims, or owner-managed corporate environments is considered a strong asset.

Summary
Are you an experienced accountant ready for a new challenge? Are you looking for your next exciting opportunity? If this sounds like you, let's talk! Apply directly or send your resume to [email protected]

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.