
Senior accountant
Department:Education
Type:ON-SITE
Region:Ottawa, Ontario
Location:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Experience:Mid-Senior level
Estimated Salary:CAD70,000 - CAD95,000
Skills:
ACCOUNTINGFINANCEMS OFFICEMS EXCELSAGE ACCOUNTING SOFTWAREFINANCIAL ANALYSISAUDITINGFINANCIAL REPORTINGINTERNAL CONTROLS
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Job Description
Posted on: March 15, 2026
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 5 years or more
- Business/commerce, general
- Accounting and finance
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Private sector
Tasks
- Plan, set up and administer accounting systems
- Analyze clients' financial records
- Ensure accuracy and compliance to accounting standards, procedures and internal control
- Prepare financial information for individuals, departments or companies
- Prepare reports and audit findings
- Prepare financial statements and reports
- Recommend improvements to accounting systems and management practices
- Develop and maintain cost findings, reporting and internal control procedure
- Analyze financial documents and reports
- Examine accounting records
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Office
- MS Excel
- Sage Accounting Software
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Ability to multitask
- Adaptability
- Due diligence
- Proactive
Employment terms options
- Day
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
Other Benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- Travel insurance
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
- Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
Originally posted on LinkedIn
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