General Accountant

Ottawa Hybrid

Hennessy Collective is recruiting a General Accountant for an established Canadian organization with operations across multiple provinces.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced accountant who likes being hands-on and having visibility across the full finance function. Youll work closely with the Financial Controller take ownership of key accounting activities and play an important role in keeping things accurate organized and moving forward.

Its a role for someone who knows their way around the numbers but also isnt afraid to ask Is there a better way to do this

• Support the full accounting cycle across banking AR AP and general ledger.
• Play a key role in month-end and year-end close including journal entries accruals reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Prepare and maintain accurate financial reporting and audit-ready working papers.
• Manage bank and balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Support federal and provincial sales tax reporting and remittances including GST/HST QST and PST.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Help strengthen processes controls and efficiencies across the Finance function.
• Provide backup to the Financial Controller and support the broader Finance team as needed.
• Contribute to special projects and Finance initiatives.

• Post-secondary education in Accounting Finance or a related field.
• 710 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong full-cycle accounting experience including month-end close GL AR/AP banking and reconciliations.
• Experience preparing balance sheet reconciliations supporting schedules and year-end working papers.
• Experience in a multi-location or multi-provincial environment is an asset.
• Strong knowledge of ASPE.
• Comfortable working with ERP/accounting systems Excel and financial reporting tools.
• Organized detail-oriented and comfortable managing competing priorities.
• Someone who takes ownership communicates well and enjoys being part of a collaborative Finance team.
• Intermediate to Advance level French is required

Youll have the opportunity to work across the Finance function rather than being boxed into one area. Theres variety ownership and the opportunity to make a real contribution whether thats improving a process solving a reconciliation issue or supporting the Controller.

Interested Id love to tell you more. Send your resume to Andrea: