Sr. Accountant, Contract (12 months)

About Borrowell:

Borrowell is a Canadian company whose mission is to help people feel confident about money. We provide insights and tools to make smart money decisions. The first in Canada to offer free credit scores, Borrowell provides educational resources, monitoring, innovative digital tools, and personalized product recommendations to help people feel in control and optimistic about their financial future.

With more than 3 million members, Borrowell is one of the largest fintech companies in Canada. To support us on our mission, we’re building an exceptional team of high-performing yet humble individuals who believe Canadians deserve more choice when it comes to financial services.

We place a high value on building a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to have a gender-balanced team. We know that diverse teams perform better; half of our team identify as women or non-binary.

We’re always on the lookout for passionate and driven people. If you think you’d be a great fit at Borrowell, read on to learn more about us and how our business works!

About the role:

Borrowell’s finance team supports all areas of our business, including operations and investor relations.

As a finance team member and reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Senior Accountant will bring an operational mindset and strong ability on execute day-to-day financial responsibilities (journal entries, tax filings, reconciliations, etc.) and assist with month-end close processes and financial reporting to management and investors. You will also support and collaborate with various functional teams by providing regular and ad hoc reporting and financial analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day accounting and finance operations: general ledger reconciliations, bank reconciliations, month-end journal entries, monthly tax filings
• Prepare month-end/quarter-end/year-end working papers and management reports
• Apply IFRS concepts to transactions while staying up to date with changes in accounting standards
• Assist with FP&A initiatives as required such as forecasting, budgeting, key metrics analysis etc.
• Assist with the coordination of the annual audit
• Safeguard company assets through development of and compliance with internal controls and accounting policies
• Participate in ongoing improvement initiatives, ad-hoc projects and reporting as assigned

Requirements

Required:

• 2+ years professional working experience in accounting or finance functions
• University degree in Accounting, Finance, or similar discipline
• Actively pursuing CPA designation
• Proficiency with MS Excel

Nice to Haves:

• Full-cycle, IFRS accounting experience
• Experience with Intuit Quickbooks Online (QBO) and/or Xero
• Experience with budgeting and/or forecasting
• Experience working in a startup environment
• Involvement in systems and process change initiatives

Benefits

• The Opportunity - join and have a major impact at a growing company that is helping make financial stability possible for everybody
• Flexibility - flexible working hours

We are remote-first across Canada with an office in Toronto. This role may require you to attend in-person meetings and team-building events.

At Borrowell, one of our core values and firm beliefs is that diversity makes us better. If you’re unsure about your qualifications for this position, we’d still encourage you to apply. We’re looking for candidates who have experience, but know that not everyone’s had a chance to demonstrate what they can do. What’s most important is that you have a growth mindset and care about helping people with their finances - an area in their lives that causes a lot of stress.

Please note that due to the sensitive nature of the work we do, clearing a credit and criminal record check is a condition of employment.

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Borrowell encourages applications from candidates with differing abilities. Please let us know if you require accommodation at any stage in the selection process.