Senior Accountant

Limelight is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company helping organizations streamline planning, reporting, and financial processes. We are scaling quickly and are looking for a highly skilled and self-directed Senior Accountant with strong financial analysis capabilities to support our finance operations, ensure accurate reporting, and help drive data-driven decision making.
 

The Senior Accountant will own core accounting operations including invoicing, revenue recognition, A/R, A/P, payroll support, monthly close, and statutory filings (HST/GST). In addition, this role requires strong financial analysis skills, including the ability to generate SaaS KPIs, analyze trends, and support management with timely insights. You will play a critical role in maintaining clean financials, ensuring accurate billing for annual and multi-year SaaS contracts, and providing clear reporting to leadership.
 

• Manage full-cycle accounting including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and monthly/quarterly/year-end close.

• Prepare and issue invoices, including new subscriptions, renewals, multi-year contracts, and additional license purchases.

• Maintain accurate A/R aging, collections follow-up, and cash-application processes.

• Oversee A/P, vendor payments, and expense reimbursements.

• Ensure compliance with HST/GST filings, payroll remittances, and other statutory requirements.

• Support payroll processing (working with internal systems).

• Assist with external audits, year-end financial reporting, and supporting schedules.

• Maintain accurate customer records including contract terms, billing schedules, renewals, and churn tracking.

• Work with sales/CS teams to validate contract data and ensure correct pricing, amounts, and license counts.

• Verify revenue schedules (annual, 2-year, 3-year terms) and ensure correct revenue recognition.

• Prepare renewal invoices and communicate billing-related items with customers as needed.

• Prepare monthly financial statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow).

• Build and maintain dashboards/reports for leadership.

• Track and analyze SaaS financial KPIs

• 4–7+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in SaaS or recurring-revenue businesses.

• Strong understanding of SaaS accounting principles, including ARR, deferred revenue, and contract terms.

• Experience with QuickBooks Online.

• Advanced skills in Excel/Sheets and financial analysis.

• Ability to interpret contracts and translate them into billing and revenue schedules.

• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to manage multiple deadlines.

• CPA designation or working towards one is a plus

• High-impact role with ownership and visibility across the company.

• Opportunity to shape financial operations in a scaling SaaS environment.

• Collaborative team, innovative product, and strong company culture.