Corporate Accountant

About this role

We’re looking for a Corporate Accountant to support the controllership team with full-cycle accounting, month-end close processes, financial reporting and audit requests. You will be working with the consolidation and reporting, accounting operations, tax, and the internal controls to assist in the related matters. You bring to the table best practices in technical, operating accounting and audit, have a high level of integrity and are constantly striving to mitigate financial risk. In line with Hootsuite's distributed workforce strategy, our flexible work arrangement allows for remote work or a hybrid model. This role is open to applicants located in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager, Financial Reporting.


What You’ll Do

• Full-cycle accounting: supporting the month-end close, preparing monthly continuity schedules and reconciling general ledger and sub-ledger accounts, as needed
• Preparing monthly/quarterly detailed financial statements variance analysis
• Supporting the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Preparing the monthly international financial reporting packages and reconciling local subsidiary and corporate general ledgers
• Supporting the fiscal year-end audit and statutory audit
• Collaborate with external auditors to understand audit requests and requirements, including timelines
• Liaising with sales operations, partner managers, accounts receivable, and accounts payable teams for reconciliations, accruals, payments and audit requests
• Supporting in the preparation of technical accounting memos under U.S. GAAP
• Playing a lead role in standardizing, streamlining, and simplifying account reconciliations
• Special projects, as needed

What You’ll Need

• Some practical or relevant accounting experience within a Finance team, including experience as an auditor for public accounting firm working on public company audits (experience with PCAOB standar...