Trainee Accountant

Headquartered in Mississauga, the company has grown since 1995 by acquiring regional IT providers. Company vehicles are provided for techs who drive to client sites.

The role:

The previous person in this role moved to another team. The Trainee Accountant handles month-end close tasks, journal entries and account reconciliations for a multi-entity company. This role supports the annual audit and works with AP, payroll and FP&A every month. We are headquartered in Mississauga and have been hiring remotely since 2020. We hire in Kenya through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Responsibilities:

• Track prepaid expenses and amortization schedules
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and allocations
• Help FP&A with actuals and variance data for budget reviews
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including cash, fixed assets and accrued liabilities
• Record fixed asset additions and run monthly depreciation
• Process intercompany transactions and eliminations across three entities
• Maintain the general ledger in NetSuite or Sage Intacct

Required qualifications:

• 0-2 years of general ledger or public accounting experience
• Hands-on with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online or another ERP
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Organised and accurate under deadlines
• Strong Excel: XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, pivot tables, SUMIFS

Preferred:

• Multi-entity or multi-currency accounting
• Power BI or Tableau

Pay and benefits:

• Company laptop
• Annual learning budget
• Wellness allowance
• Monthly internet allowance
• Co-working space stipend

Candidates must be eligible to work in Kenya.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Goldcrest.