Senior Accountant

Job description

Senior Accountant 📍 Canada | Toronto (Hybrid) | Full-Time | Finance & Strategic Operations Why you'll love this role: You'll help strengthen the financial foundation of youth mental health. Behind every impactful program is strong financial stewardship. In this role, you'll help ensure 's finances are accurate, transparent, and positioned to support our mission of improving youth mental health across Canada. You'll turn financial data into meaningful insights. You'll do more than manage numbers, you'll help leaders understand them. Through financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis, you'll provide the insights that inform strategic decisions across programs, fundraising, and organizational operations. You'll collaborate across the organization. Working closely with teams across Finance, Programs, Development, and Operations, you'll help translate financial information into practical guidance, ensuring teams have the information they need to make informed decisions while meeting funding and grant requirements. You'll improve systems and processes. You'll have opportunities to strengthen financial controls, enhance reporting, build dashboards, and support improvements to financial systems that make the organization more efficient as it continues to grow. You'll contribute to long-term organizational sustainability. Reporting to the Director of Finance, you'll play an important role in maintaining the financial integrity of while supporting budgeting, forecasting, compliance, and strategic planning that enables the organization to maximize its impact. Why this role matters: Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Senior Accountant is responsible for maintaining the integrity of 's financial operations while providing timely reporting, financial analysis, and strategic insights to stakeholders across the organization. This role combines hands-on accounting responsibilities with financial planning and analysis, helping ensure accurate financial reporting, compliance with accounting standards, effective grant management, and informed organizational decision-making. As continues to grow, the Senior Accountant will help strengthen financial processes, support operational excellence, and contribute to the organization's long-term sustainability. Key Responsibilities Financial Reporting & Accounting Operations Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports, forecasts, and management reporting packages. Build and maintain financial models and forecasts, monitoring forecast accuracy and identifying significant variances. Perform monthly statement of operations analyses across programs, departments, funding sources, and budget-to-actual results. Complete balance sheet reconciliations and prepare variance analyses for month-end reporting. Prepare month-end journal entries and support timely monthly close processes. Review bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the Finance Coordinator. Monitor accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, credit card, and donation accounts to ensure accuracy and consistency across financial systems. Maintain revenue dashboards and proactively identify trends or variances requiring attention. Reconcile donor information between the financial system and CRM to ensure data integrity. Ensure financial records are complete, accurate, and compliant with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements. Prepare audit schedules and supporting documentation while acting as the primary finance contact for external auditors. Financial Planning & Analysis Coordinate the annual budgeting process and support organizational planning timelines. Assist in preparing financial budgets and reports for grant applications and funder reporting. Support cash flow management and forecasting activities. Monitor financial performance against organizational strategic goals and key performance indicators. Provide financial analysis, recommendations, and decision-support to leaders across the organization. Partner with cross-functional teams to explain financial impacts of operational and program decisions. Support grant accounting by ensuring expenditures align with funding restrictions and reporting requirements. Compliance, Systems & Continuous Improvement Support HST filings, payroll-related reporting, and other tax compliance activities. Assist with developing and improving internal controls and financial policies. Support the preparation of materials for Audit, Finance, and Risk Committee meetings. Assist with the implementation and ongoing optimization of financial systems and reporting tools. Provide training and guidance to non-finance staff on financial procedures, coding practices, and submission requirements. Provide backup support to senior finance leadership during temporary absences, as needed. Qualifications & Requirements Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline. CPA designation or actively pursuing the CPA program is preferred. Three to five (3–5) years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including hands-on accounting operations. Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting. Experience preparing reconciliations, financial analyses, budgets, and forecasts. Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain financial information to non-financial audiences. Collaborative approach with experience working across multiple departments. High level of integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, and sound judgment. Adaptable, solutions-oriented, and comfortable contributing within a growing organization. Assets Experience working in the non-profit or charitable sector. Knowledge of Canadian HST requirements and charitable accounting regulations. Experience using NetSuite and Salesforce or comparable ERP and CRM systems. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling and reporting. Experience developing dashboards or using business intelligence tools to automate reporting. Experience supporting external audits and grant reporting. Enrollment in or completion of a professional accounting program. How to Apply If this opportunity resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply with your cover letter and resume (PDF format preferred). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so don't delay. Additionally, may use AI-enabled tools to support candidate screening and evaluation. This position is based in Toronto and typically follows a hybrid work model. This is a full-time, permanent position. At , we strongly believe that having a diverse team with various skills and abilities inspires creativity and drives innovation. We are committed to building a team representative of different backgrounds and perspectives, and we encourage applications from all candidates who represent the full diversity of communities across Canada. Don't meet every single requirement? We know that women, racialized people, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, and people with disabilities may hesitate to apply if they don't meet 100% of the qualifications. At , we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic, and accountable workplace. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the hiring process. Please contact . Thanks for applying 💙