
Senior Financial Accountant
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform various Partnership accounting activities including journal entries, payments, complex reconciliations, analysis of financial information, and ad-hoc research, often in collaboration with other teams
- Identify and communicate process improvements, technology issues, internal control weaknesses, and accounting issues, and develop recommended solutions
- Participate as a contributor on large special projects, and as the owner of smaller projects
- Resolve confidential and general accounting issues with limited supervision, consistent with established policies and procedures
- Respond to accounting requests and inquiries from internal and external stakeholders
- Generate and provide accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, and other relevant documents
- Establish and implement basic accounting procedures, and maintain organized filing systems
- Perform various administrative duties and ad-hoc tasks for the Managers and Director
- Continuous Development: May be required to attend seminars and various skill development courses that are relevant to their area of specialty
- Thoroughly understand and apply the objectives of firm policies and procedures to guide decisions when analyzing accounting transactions and general ledger accounts
- Demonstrate healthy skepticism when analyzing more complex accounting transactions
- Challenge existing processes and approaches related to operational efficiency, effectiveness, internal controls, and customer service, and recommend viable solutions for improvement
- Demonstrate knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes
- Effectively prioritize own assignments, follow through on commitments, and take ownership for personal and team results
- Ensure events and processes comply with laws, regulations, and standards
- Leverage technology and effectively use systems and tools to generate reports, and provide stakeholders with data and analytical support to drive decision-making
- Actively demonstrate confidentiality and discretion in preparing, disclosing, and handling information of a confidential and sensitive nature
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize tasks, work with little supervision, be self-motivated and demonstrate trustworthiness
- Flexibility and adaptability to manage different situations and ability to problem solve while working in a fast-paced environment
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Exhibit a positive attitude and approach, willingly accept new challenges, and is flexible and accepting of change
- Take initiative, is highly innovative, with a drive for creating processes
- Maintain updated technical knowledge and apply it to the role
- Professional accounting designation, CPA
- A minimum of 4 years of progressive financial accounting experience
- Strong organization and prioritization skills, attention to detail, with high level of accuracy
- Effective time management skills and flexibility to work with changing priorities, and the ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong computer literacy with highly advanced skills in Microsoft Office products, especially with Excel
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, and proficient at building relationships with multiple levels of stakeholders, both external and internal
- Comply with all confidentiality policies of the Firm and applicable regulatory authorities
- Partnership, personal, and corporate tax knowledge, and experience with their preparation
- Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next
- Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.