Senior Accountant

Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada (GGC), a national membership-based organization, empowers every girl in Guiding to discover herself and be everything she wants to be. Our mission is to be a catalyst for girls empowering girls. Together, we’re building our vision of A better world, by girls.

GGC is actively searching for a Senior Accountant

*Remote work arrangement. Must reside in Canada

About this Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, Reporting and Analysis, and working with several internal stakeholders, the Senior Accountant will successfully assist in the preparation of annual operating budget and project budgets (national, provincial, and departmental), provide analysis and monthly reporting packages to the Senior Leadership Team, prepare reporting for Committees and the Board of Directors, provide support to the annual financial audit, and complete special projects as needed. If you have strong interpersonal and effective communications skills, you are highly motivated, adaptable to change, enjoy multi-tasking and have advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, this could be the role for you.

The Senior Accountant will oversee:

General Accounting Responsibilities

• Perform monthly accounts reconciliations and analysis.
• Reconcile revenue streams (i.e. membership, cookie fundraising and donations) and ensure proper recognition principles are followed.
• Process and review monthly journal entries and inter-divisional transfers.
• Analysis and tracking accuracy of internally & externally restricted funds.
• Develop and update various forms, templates for accounting & other departments.
• Perform month-end and year-end closing procedures.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Preparation and consolidation of forecasting and budgeting reports.
• Prepare and review monthly internal financial reports.
• Prepare CRA T3010 Annual Charity Information Returns and other governmental tax filings.
• Prepare documents for annual audit and respond to auditor inquiries including performing all reallocation and year-end adjustment entries for the preparation of the final audited financial statements.
• Offer advanced analysis and review of financial transactions for troubleshooting and correcting errors in the organization’s financial systems.
• Prepare ad hoc reports and compile statistics.

Finance Administration & Support

• Evaluate internal procedures, as well as analytical statements so as to give suggestions on how to enhance information process and resource flow.
• Mentor and support other accounting team members by providing guidance on any finance related issues or concerns
• Respond to staff and volunteer inquiries efficiently and effectively.
• Liaise with other department managers and staff to develop appropriate financial processes and controls
• Communicate with external IT partners to ensure proper accounting procedures are followed when changes are made to any systems
• Other duties as assigned.

You are the Ideal Candidate if you have:

• Post-secondary education in Business/Administration, Accounting, Finance or related degree.
• Professional accounting designation CPA, CGA, CMA, or in the final stages of completion.
• 4+ years progressive experience in accounting or finance role
• Advanced knowledge of Office 365 environment, MS Office Suite, particularly Excel including pivot tables and VBA.
• Advanced knowledge of Sage 300.
• Advanced knowledge of VENA.
• Strong technical skills to be able to navigate and learn unique cloud based centralized banking system
• Superb time-management and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of Girl Guides and/or working with the non-profit or charitable sector an asset.
• Ability to apply organizational policies regarding inclusivity to content, member communication and customer service.

Starting Salary: $67,789

*Salary based on location, Greater Toronto Area

This position will remain open until filled. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Please note that GGC accepts all genders for job applications. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if they do not meet all the job requirements.

GGC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.  We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free, and we encourage applications from people who are racialized, Indigenous, people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and other equity seeking groups. GGC welcomes girls and women – cisgender and transgender – as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of girls.

Upon request, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada will make available accommodations during the recruitment process. Please note we do not require applicants to identify as a person with disability, or to disclose their disability, to request or access accommodation. Accommodation requests should be made in advance to People & Culture at HR@girlguides.ca.

We thank all candidates for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.