Senior Accountant, Remote

Our lending business funds equipment, vehicles and working capital for small and mid-sized companies across Canada. Coastal Wealth Management manages assets for more than 200,000 clients through 120 offices. Dress is business casual, and suits come out for client meetings.

Role overview:

This is a backfill for a team member who moved to another team. Coastal Wealth Management closes the books in eight business days. You will own a set of balance sheet accounts and the entries that hit them. Our headquarters is in Toronto, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in the US, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Investigate P&L variances and explain them to the Controller. Document close procedures and keep the close checklist current. Help FP&A with actuals and variance data for budget reviews. Assist with year-end audit requests and prepare supporting schedules. Track prepaid expenses and amortization schedules.

Required qualifications:

5+ years of general ledger or public accounting experience. Strong Excel: XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, pivot tables, SUMIFS. Experience with month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations. Solid understanding of US GAAP and accrual accounting. Comfortable explaining numbers to non-accountants. Available for extra hours at month-end and year-end.

Nice to have:

Public accounting audit background. Power BI or Tableau.

The base pay range for this position is $83,000-$111,000 annually. Actual pay depends on experience, skills and location.

Pay and benefits:

Home office setup budget. Flexible hours. Co-working space stipend. Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner.

Coastal Wealth Management provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

Most hires start within two to three weeks of an offer.

We read every application and reply within about a week.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Coastal Wealth Management Ltd..