Staff Accountant

Leverage Your Accounting Experience and Thrive at CPA Ontario

CPA Ontario is currently in search of a Staff Accountant that plays a pivotal role in supporting the Finance team by managing day-to-day accounting tasks and financial reporting.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Driving accuracy by leveraging advanced accounting skills to prepare and enter month-end journal entries and support schedules, while taking ownership of revenue recognition through detailed entry preparation and monthly validation with business units.

Overseeing payroll accounting and reconciliation, by working closely with human resources to resolve variances. Analyzing and reconciling balance sheet accounts to ensure the accuracy of monthly financial statements and addressing outstanding items.

Managing fixed asset accounting and sub-ledger to ensure accurate asset recording, while handling HST returns, government filings, and related tasks.

Performing bank reconciliations, managing investment files, and processing entries.

Participating in projects, including performing UAT and reconciliations.

Who You Are:

A post-secondary graduate with a degree or diploma in Accounting with (or actively working towards) a CPA designation.

An experienced Staff Accountant with a minimum of 3 years progressive work experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment supporting multi-disciplinary teams and employees at all levels.

A skilled professional with a high degree of sensitivity and professionalism with respect to the management of confidential information.

Experienced with accounting systems and database applications such as Microsoft Dynamic Great Plains. Salesforce experience is an asset.

Digitally fluent in advanced Excel skills, Microsoft Word and Teams. 

A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.

Extremely organized with outstanding time management, attention to accuracy and detail, and a demonstrated ability to work in a high-pressure environment with competing deadlines.

Flexible and available to work outside of standard business hours during peak periods.

What We Offer: 

A fast-paced environment. Collaboration, innovation and passionate professionals are at our core. We relentlessly pursue what’s next to unlock the full potential of you and us together. 

Flexible work environments. As part of our Hybrid work culture, we provide flexible, remote work options to support you in your career, in addition to in-office teamwork and collaboration.

Diversity and inclusion. We recognize the value in our differences and prioritize inclusivity to bring together the best talent to protect the public, advance the profession and enable CPAs to lead business and society forward. 

Ongoing learning and career growth. We want your career to skyrocket. We support unlimited career advancement and professional development opportunities with learning investments to promote your future growth. Thrive with us. 

Focus on your well-being. With industry leading benefits and wellness programs, including a healthy lifestyle allowance, mental health resources and more, we’re committed to your well-being.

Who We Are:  

We protect the public. We advance the profession. We enable CPAs to lead business and society forward. We ensure that our 103,000 members and 18,000 students meet the highest standards of integrity and expertise. We help them stay ahead of global market trends and abreast of regulatory change. CPAs represent a globally recognized, premium designation. Our Chartered Professional Accountants are valued by organizations in all industries for their financial expertise, strategic thinking, management skills and leadership. We believe that success happens when both business and society benefit. For information on the profession visit: cpaontario.ca.

We Appreciate Your Interest In CPA Ontario And This Position: 

At CPA Ontario, we are committed to building high-performance teams. Our selection process is thorough, and all candidate applications are reviewed. Should your qualifications and experience meet the requirements of this role, a member of our recruitment team will contact you. We encourage you to set up CPA Ontario job alerts for positions that align to your experience and career goals. 

CPA Ontario is an inclusive employer. Accommodation is available under the Ontario Human Rights Code. If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please email accessibility@cpaontario.ca with “Accommodation Required” in the subject line to provide your contact information. A member of the Recruitment team will contact you within 48 hours.