Assistant Accountant

Are you passionate about numbers and finance? Do you love making a difference by helping businesses streamline their financial processes and save money? Are you looking for a role where you can truly believe in the work you're doing? Are you ready to join a company that values its people and invests in your growth?

If this is you, we have the CAREER you have been searching for!

Who We Are

We engage employees and empower leaders to love what they do by being the most complete and connected HR solution in Canada, and we want you to love what you do!

Our passion for all things people applies to everything we do! Citation Canada has been recognized TEN TIMES as one of Canada’s Best Workplaces, most recently in 2023 with further recognition in Best Workplaces for Professional Services!

What You’ll Do

As an Assistant Accountant you will support the Financial Controller in driving smooth and accurate financial operations, including managing monthly, quarterly, and year-end accounting tasks. You will also get involved in maintaining the general ledger, recording transactions, and ensuring timely statutory remittances. Expand your impact by contributing to accounts payable processes, overseeing sales transactions, and handling deposits with precision and efficiency.

As an Assistant Accountant you will:

• Calculate, prepare, and issue documents related to accounts such as bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements.
• Code, total, batch, enter, verify, and reconcile transactions such as accounts payable and receivable, payroll, purchase orders, cheques, invoices, cheque requisitions, and bank statements.
• File financial records, update and maintain accounting databases, and process backups.
• Manage of the fixed asset register and monitoring of capitalised time.
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet and control accounts.
• Assisting in the preparation and analysis of monthly revenue recognition.
• Complete ad hoc sales processing in the financial system.
• Process vendor payments via cheque, wire, or other means.
• Print cheques and update the cheque tracker weekly.
• Post transactions to the digital vendor file.
• Make credit card payments where needed.
• Complete year end reconciliations.
• Assist in basic bookkeeping functions.

You are an accounting professional who:

• Has 1-2 years of experience working as an Assistant Accountant or comparable role
• Successful completion a Bachelor’s degree or post-secondary diploma preferred
• Strong Excel skills
• A well organized, efficient and committed person.
• Proven ability to pick up new areas of work quickly and ability to self-motivate.
• Ability to recognize issues, problem solve and identify solutions.
• Pro-active with a “can do” attitude to tasks and issues that arise.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment.

What You’ll Love About What You Do

In accounting, you must love the satisfaction of knowing you're helping streamline financial processes, saving time and money for the company. Knowing that your work supports the success of a Canadian business, trusted across the country, can be incredibly rewarding. All the while, you'll be part of a collaborative team that values growth and provides opportunities to exceed personal goals and achieve new milestones in your career!

More Perks

• The rewards are plentiful! We offer a competitive compensation structure for all of your hard work. 
• We want you to have a life outside of work. That’s why we are committed to providing a stable schedule that will allow you to balance your professional life with your personal life.
• We care about you. Paid time off, paid sick time, time off for birthdays, paid time to volunteer, health and dental benefits, and an EAP are just some of the ways we demonstrate our commitment to employee health and wellbeing!
• We care about giving back. We believe that a team builds a company and a company builds a community, and that's why we take pride in giving back to our London community!
• Flexible work model. We provide hybrid work options!
• Thrive in our culture. We’ve been recognized ELEVEN TIMES as one of Canada’s Best Workplaces and are rated 4.2 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor.
• Be proud of what you work on. Our exceptional reputation means you can contribute to building products and services that you will be proud of and be excited about.
• We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. Joining the Citation Canada team means you will have a lot of fun, from exciting company incentives to virtual team builders. We make certain to take time to celebrate our successes!
• Grow your career with us. When you join our team, you are signing up for more than just a job; you are signing up for a career! You won't be just another human to fill a role, we see you as YOU; who you are today and who you aspire to be. That's why we invest in our employees through regular coaching, training, and professional development.

So, what do you say? Do you have what it takes to be a member of our award-winning team? If so, send us your résumé!

Citation Canada is an equal opportunity employer and will make accommodations available to applicants with disabilities upon request and throughout the entire recruitment process.

Thank you for considering a career with Citation Canada.