Description

Robert Half client in the Not For Profit industry is hiring an Accountant to join their team. Responsibilities held by the Staff Accountant include the preparation of monthly and year-end closings, journal entries, fixed asset maintenance, bank reconciliation, and general ledger reconciliation. A great deal of time in this position will be spent producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. And during the monthly close, your responsibilities will also cover various aspects of internal reporting. In addition, your responsibilities include communicating with our external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual audits, playing an active role in compliance, and reviewing schedules for the reporting processes. This is a contract with potential for permanent placement located in the Aurora, Ontario area. This role is hybrid 50% in office and 50% remote. This is a contract opportunity with potential for permanent placement located in the Aurora, Ontario area.

Who they are: A Not for Profit company who values collaboration and has a high standards of honesty, trustworthiness and professional integrity in all aspects of our organization and carry out our work with the utmost respect for the dignity and the rights of the people we serve., respect and excellence. They

Key responsibilities

- Carry out fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

- Commentate on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a useful and understandable manner

- Assist in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

- Maintain monthly payment schedules

- Oversee the creation of monthly balance sheet and income statement analyses for reporting to management

- Carry out month end close, journal entries, without supervision

- Participate in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation

- Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as needed

- Be a part of various department-wide initiatives

- Be responsible for account reconciliations including prepaid expenses, payroll, and other assignments

Requirements

- Proven analytical skills - defining problems, collecting relevant data, drawing valid conclusions, and recommending improvement/corrective actions

- Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills required

- Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement

- Microsoft Excel experience

- QuickBooks experience

- Budgeting experience preferred

- Analysis experience highly desired

- Proven knowledge of Comparable Analysis

- Well-founded grasp of financial statement preparation

- Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel

- Proficient with spreadsheets and databases

- Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus

- Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines

- Knowledgeable of ERP systems

- 2+ years of recent and relevant accounting experience

- Self-starter with efficient time management and organizational skills

- Spreadsheet and database capabilities

- BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics