Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Consolidations and Financial Reporting the Senior Financial Accountant is responsible for the company’s activities, including the integrity of information and the efficient management of accounts, reporting and data management, streamlining processes, the development of internal controls policies, ERP improvements, controls, and procedures.
The Senior Financial Accountant ensures the accuracy, completeness, and timely completion of the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities while keeping in touch with the industry’s best practices.
The Senior Financial Accountant also, recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to influence continuous improvements in the department's efficiency and services.
You will be working with:
Brian Kyle - CFO
Ovidiu Cojocaru - Director of Finance Operations
Aerika Lee - Senior Manager, Financial Reporting & Consolidations
Team:
1 Manager + 4 SFAs
❗Canadian CPA is a hard requirement for this role.
❗Please note, that this role is hybrid. The successful candidate will be working from the office 3 days a week - Tue/Wed/Th. The head office is located at 351 King St E., Toronto, Ontario.
What you will be doing:
- Ensure the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions
- Prepare and record asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information
- Maintain subsidiaries' general ledger by updating accounting data, preparing a trial balance, reconciling entries and resolving discrepancies
- Participate in month-end and year-end closing activities to ensure timely reporting and elimination of post-close adjustments
- Evaluate workflow processes and procedures to develop, recommend and implement procedural and system changes to increase accuracy and efficiencies
- Analyze financial data and generate monthly trend reports and balance sheet reconciliations ensuring financial statement accuracy
- Participate in the external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts, providing information for auditors, and creating standard, structured, automated working papers
- Create, plan, and prepare financial models and other ad hoc reporting as requested
- Develop and implement a fixed asset tracking and reconciliation process including monthly depreciation and continuity schedules
- Research technical and financial transactions, review and investigate financial and accounting records and resolve issues according to policies and/or best practices and recommend solutions
- Monitor emerging technology to determine ways to automate the accounting process without sacrificing accuracy and accountability
- Play a key role in process and system implementation projects
What you will bring:
- Canadian CPA is a hard requirement
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or a related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in a similar level or role within accounting/finance
- Experience in working with multiple legal entities
- Experience with audit and financial reporting requirements
- Experience in working with large, messy datasets that require time to reconcile
Nice to have:
- Exposure to integrating subsidiaries and financial statement consolidation, an asset
- Public accounting firm experience, an asset
- Previous Experience in SaaS and/or recurring revenue Industry
- Experience with Netsuite would be a strong asset
About Caseware
Caseware's cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms, corporations, and governments. Our teams are continually collaborating, innovating, and building upon our existing suite of products. With a customer-focused mindset, we are building technology that is shaping what the future of audits, financial reporting, and financial data analytics will look like.
With a recent strategic investment from Hg Capital in 2020, Caseware is now in its next major growth phase as we double down on the people and products that have made Caseware so successful to date.
One of Caseware's core values is Many Voices, One Team and with that in mind, we're dedicated to building teams as diverse as our customers in an equitable and inclusive way. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Should you require accommodations or have any questions at any point during the application or interview process, please e-mail our People Operations team at [email protected].
Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through Certn.co which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well.
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What We Do
Caseware is the leading global provider of cloud-enabled audit, financial reporting and data analytics solutions for accounting firms, corporations and government regulators. Caseware’s innovative tools and platforms help more than half a million customers in 130 countries work smarter, dig deeper and see further as they transform insights into impact.
