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About the Role
The Senior Accountant is a hands-on member of the Finance team, supporting the Senior Controller with month-end close activities, general ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statements. This role also owns fixed assets, leases, capital tracking, and the vehicle fleet schedule, while providing variance and profitability analysis, budget support, and finance systems support.
Responsibilities
- Execute assigned tasks on the month-end close calendar.
- Prepare and post recurring and non-routine journal entries.
- Prepare supporting schedules and account analyses.
- Prepare assigned balance sheet reconciliations.
- Reconcile revenue, accounts receivable, and customer deposits.
- Reconcile bank and corporate credit card accounts.
- Maintain prepaid, accrual, and deferred revenue schedules.
- Support the sales commission process.
- Prepare HST and provincial sales tax returns.
- Support AP and AR subledger tie-outs, period-end cut-off, and other recurring close controls.
- Learn and document Element's close procedures.
- Support continuity of the close during absences.
- Maintain the fixed asset and rental equipment continuity schedules.
- Maintain capital lease schedules under ASPE.
- Track capital spending against approved budgets.
- Maintain the vehicle fleet schedule and related cost and depreciation records.
- Prepare variance analysis (actual versus budget, forecast, and prior year).
- Maintain and review the profitability analysis tool.
- Support the annual budget and reforecast process.
- Maintain the procurement and purchase order system.
- Administer other finance tools.
- Validate data warehouse and Power BI reporting against the general ledger.
- Respond to ad hoc analysis requests.
- Support the Senior Controller on the year-end audit.
- Support the Senior Controller in planning and executing the annual physical inventory counts.
- Prepare and maintain standing PBC templates.
- Identify and recommend improvements to accounting workflows.
- Use AI, Excel, Power BI reporting, and other tools to reduce manual effort.
Requirements
- 3 to 6 years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on month-end close experience.
- Experience maintaining fixed asset or lease schedules, or other sub-ledger ownership.
- Strong reconciliation, journal entry, and account analysis skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prepare clear, accurate, review-ready working papers and supporting schedules.
- Experience preparing audit working papers and responding to external auditor requests.
- Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, financial modelling, and working with large data sets.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple recurring deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to follow documented procedures and to document a process clearly for others.
Skills
- Excel
- Power BI reporting
- AI (Claude and others)
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Point of Rental Elite
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- CPA designation (preferred)
- CPA program completion (within 12 months, preferred)
About the Company
- Element Event Solutions is Canada’s premier provider of tent and event services, orchestrating over 30,000 memorable events annually.
- Established in 1911 as Chair-man Mills, the company has grown through a legacy of excellence with renowned brands including Event Rental Group, Contemporary Furniture Rentals, Regal Tents & Structures, Advanced Tent Rental, A&B Partytime, Loungeworks, MacFarlands, and Higgins Event Rentals.
- Driven by a mission to craft engaging spaces that foster remarkable experiences and connections, the company provides the infrastructure essential for Canadians to unite through social, corporate, philanthropic, and community gatherings.
- Proudly Canadian-owned and operated, committed to family values and investing in local communities.