Senior Accountant

Overview

The organization is seeking an Accountant to support the more technical areas of the books for a growing transit technology business. This role prioritizes high-quality accounting and involves setting up and running processes.

You will play an active role in the monthly close, including revenue recognition, project accounting, and inventory accounting, all under IFRS in NetSuite. As the business grows, you will also take on special projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the month-end close by preparing journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and related analysis for:
  • Project accounting
  • Inventory
  • Fixed assets
  • Intercompany transactions
  • Assist with preparation of monthly reporting packages
• Prepare project revenue recognition under IFRS 15, including:
  • Percentage-of-completion calculations
  • Deferred revenue and contract balance schedules
  • Work-in-progress (WIP) reports
• Maintain project accounting for multi-year transit implementations by:
  • Tracking cost to budget
  • Supporting estimate-at-completion reviews with project managers
  • Reconciling contract assets and contract liabilities
• Account for hardware and spares inventory, including:
  • Cost flows into projects
  • Perpetual-to-GL reconciliation
  • Cycle counts
  • Year-end obsolescence review
• Manage fixed asset accounting, including preparing and maintaining detailed continuity schedules
• Prepare and post intercompany transactions and complete month-end intercompany reconciliations
• Prepare U.S. sales and use tax filings and 1099 reporting, including:
  • Reconciling related accounts
  • Resolving variances
  • Supporting sales tax audits
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations in BlackLine for project, inventory, fixed asset, and intercompany accounts
• Prepare PBC schedules for year-end audit and quarterly reviews, and operate key controls in the Risk Control Matrix
• Produce accurate and detailed financial, project margin, and other accounting reports as required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (required)
• CPA designation desired, or working towards it
• 4–7 years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle accounting and month-end close
• Working knowledge of IFRS, particularly:
  • IFRS 15 (revenue recognized over time)
  • IFRS 16 (leases)
• Project accounting and WIP experience on long-term, fixed-price or milestone-based contracts
• NetSuite experience (SuiteProjects or ARM an asset)
• BlackLine and advanced Excel experience
• Experience supporting a NetSuite implementation is desired
• Demonstrated, hands-on use of AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude) in accounting work, including examples of using them to:
  • Automate or speed up month-end close and day-to-day tasks (reconciliations, variance analysis, and journal entry support)
  • Maintain appropriate review of AI outputs

Preferred Qualifications

• Transit or transportation software experience
• Inventory accounting experience in a hardware/software business

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified

Location

• Not specified

Employment Type

• Regular

Openings

• 1