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About the Role

The Child Development Institute (CDI) is seeking an Accountant to oversee accounting operations, financial reporting, fund accounting, and audit preparation. This role is crucial for maintaining the financial foundation that enables CDI to deliver vital programs and services to children, youth, and families. As a senior accounting resource, you will lead month-end and year-end close activities, maintain general ledger integrity, oversee fund management, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements. You will also supervise Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable staff, providing guidance and support to ensure accurate and efficient financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the organization's accounting activities, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records.
• Lead month-end and year-end close processes, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, and maintain general ledger accuracy.
• Support the preparation of financial statements and internal reporting, ensuring transactions are recorded appropriately and accounting standards are applied consistently.
• Oversee the accounting and reporting of restricted and unrestricted funds, grants, deferred contributions, and funding agreements.
• Ensure financial information is accurately tracked, funding requirements are met, and records support compliance with organizational, regulatory, and reporting obligations.
• Support CRA charity filings and other external reporting requirements.
• Serve as a key contact during the annual audit process, preparing schedules, supporting documentation, and responding to auditor requests.
• Help maintain and strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, increase efficiency, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the finance function.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and guidance to the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable team members.
• Review work, support problem-solving, help prioritize competing demands, and ensure operational activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment that supports learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Progressive accounting experience with responsibility for general ledger accounting, reconciliations, month-end and year-end close, financial reporting, and maintaining the accuracy of financial records.
• Understanding of accounting principles and standards and the ability to apply sound judgment to ensure financial information is complete, accurate, and compliant.
• Experience working within a nonprofit, charitable, public sector, healthcare, education, or other funding-based environment.
• Understanding of grants, restricted and unrestricted funding, deferred contributions, and the importance of meeting funding, regulatory, and reporting requirements.
• Experience preparing audit schedules, supporting external audits, and maintaining strong financial controls.
• Detail-oriented and proactive in identifying discrepancies, improving processes, and ensuring the integrity of financial information.
• Experience leading, coaching, or supervising others, including providing guidance, reviewing work, and supporting team development.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience working with accounting systems such as QuickBooks or similar financial platforms.
• Comfortable learning new systems and using technology to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Ability to investigate issues, reconcile complex accounts, identify root causes, and make informed decisions.
• Thoughtful and practical approach to solving problems and continuously looking for opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Organized, dependable, and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Takes ownership of work, demonstrates initiative, and is motivated by opportunities to contribute beyond immediate responsibilities.
• Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a Vulnerable Sector Check and references.

Skills

• General ledger accounting
• Reconciliations
• Month-end close
• Year-end close
• Financial reporting
• Fund accounting
• Compliance
• Audit preparation
• Supervision
• Coaching
• Microsoft Excel (advanced)
• Accounting systems (e.g., QuickBooks)
• Problem-solving
• Analytical skills

Location

• Euclid

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA designation or progress toward CPA is an asset

Salary/Compensations

• $77,000 - $80,000

Benefits

• Flexible hours in a planned program environment
• Focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Ongoing paid professional development opportunities and certifications

About the Company

• Children are at the front and centre of what we do; they are the foundation of our purpose and the basis for our evidence-driven strategy.
• Our mission is to transform the lives of children, youth and their families by developing and delivering innovative, research-based mental health and early learning programs.
• At the Child Development Institute (CDI), we are passionate about helping our communities’ most vulnerable members and their caregivers.
• Recognized as a leader and model for measurement-based impact, we are client-centred, family-centred, and data-informed.
• We are a place where professionals grounded in mental health, care, and well-being of infants, children and youth, come together in collaboration, learning and inclusion.
• As a multiservice organization delivering social, emotional, and behavioural counselling services, early childhood education, learning disabilities and mental health services, and family violence services, we address the whole person from when they begin their life.
• Every child and family that reaches out to us is unique, and we value and embrace their individuality.
• We deliver the tailored support and tools they need to build life-long skills, positive mental health, and resilience.
• Fostering positive transformations in mental health for over a century, CDI is a world-class leader trusted in helping children, youth and families through a wide range of evidence-informed services to build lasting change.
• At CDI, we prioritize the mental well-being and work-life balance of our teams.
• We acknowledge the reality of the emotionally demanding work each of us puts in every day.
• We strive to create a collaborative, diverse, inclusive, and equitable space where creativity flourish.

Equal Opportunity

• CDI is firmly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, Indigenous People of North America and the world, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, and those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
• We are committed to providing equitable opportunities in employment and to providing a workplace which is free from discrimination and harassment.
• We are equally committed to providing an inclusive and accessible workplace.
• If you require accommodations, please reach out to us at careers@childdevelop.ca.