Senior Accountant

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.