Senior Accountant

Are you looking for a role on a team of fun, creative, and passionate people who love their jobs and enjoy the freedom to innovate in the workplace?
Summa Linguae Technologies is a language and technology company that provides localization and data solutions. We help many of the world's biggest companies make their products and services available in more languages, countries, and cultures across the globe. We have a diverse team of over 250 full-time team members working remotely or in one of our seven global offices-located in Canada, the USA, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, India, and our company headquarters in Poland.
As the Senior Accountant on our team you'll work alongside an amazing Finance Team and will oversee several processes as well as execute month-end close, reconciliations and much more. This full-time remote position for candidates based in Canada.
You'll get to:

• Manage banking and payment tool relationships and transactions, review bank reciliation and prepare cash/bank related report on periodically requirement. Closely work with multiple departments to propose weekly freelancers/remote employees/vendors payment list and oversee Accounts Payable Reconciliation
• Generate monthly client invoices based on employee working hours, post invoices to financial system and review accounts receivable reconciliations.
• Prepare month-end GL entries/accruals, reconciliations, schedules, financial statements
• Reconcile inter-companies accounts and prepare inter-companies reports
• Be responsible for month-end close and assisting with budgeting and various projects
• Process regulatory filings - GST, PST, T4A, EHT, and WorkSafeBC
• Accurate and timely ad hoc reporting as required by both internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and maintain clear lines of communication with project teams, the finance group, and any other internal or external stakeholders as needed
• Assist with year-end audit and preparation of working papers for auditors
• Continually improves the automation of the accounting and reporting process,
• Additional tasks as required based on the evolution of this role.

Qualifications:

• A relevant degree and completion or near completion of a CPA designation
• 4-5 years of experience in full-cycle accounting, preferably at least 1 year of supervision experience
• Strong month-end close experience required
• Financial reporting experience required
• Ability to work remotely with minimal supervision
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Effective verbal, listening and communication skills
• Be self-motivated and have proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Does not shy away from taking initiative, and is driven by performance and the prospect of growing with the company
• Experience working with Xero is a big bonus

You are:

• A problem solver - You're able to foresee potential problems ahead of time. You love to figure out problems that rarely have textbook solutions. "Let me figure this out," is a sentence you use often.
• A great communicator and team player - You're comfortable working as part of remote, multi-language, multicultural team located globally.
• Open to receiving feedback - You realize giving and receiving feedback is the most important aspect in self-improvement.
• Quality-focused and organized - You have high standards for yourself and your teammates.
• Solution-focused - You focus on solutions and improvements rather than finding excuses for why something doesn't work.
• Positive - Challenges excite you and you have a "nothing is impossible" attitude.
• Resourceful and proactive - You're able to navigate in ambiguous environments.
• Attentive and proactive - You have the skills to attend client discovery meetings and gather all information needed to successfully complete a project.
• Punctual - You're able to meet deadlines and work under pressure

Annual salary range for this position is $70,000-$85,000 CAD. Benefits, RRSP, and paid time off are also provided.
Diversity & Inclusion at Summa Linguae Technologies:
Summa Linguae Technologies embraces a diverse and inclusive work environment and treats all collaborators with respect and equality. SLT's culture seeks to create a safe and welcoming space where everyone can come to work as their authentic selves every day. We are committed to keeping diversity and inclusion top of mind in our work, which encourages every collaborator to add value to the organization.