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Intermediate Accountant - 19203
Job Description
Our client is a well-established and evolving organization committed to their team and clients. This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking team that is passionate about delivering meaningful contributions through their work. The Intermediate Accountant plays a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, managing full-cycle accounting, and supporting financial reporting and analysis. This position ensures compliance, supports budgeting and forecasting, and contributes to audit preparation and process improvements.
Intermediate Accountant responsibilities:
- Process vendor payments, manage cash applications, and reconcile accounts.
- Prepare journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and financial adjustments.
- Conduct monthly financial analyses and assist with reporting for leadership.
- Support grant reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
- Assist with year-end audit preparation and compliance requirements.
- Oversee accounts payable, receivable, and expense reimbursements.
- Manage credit card reconciliations and ensure proper expense documentation.
- Identify opportunities for efficiency, automation, and financial process improvements.
- Support financial projects and perform additional accounting duties as needed.
- An accounting diploma or degree.
- Minimum of 3+ years of full cycle accounting Canadian experience is a must.
- Experience in a non-for-profit organization with an understanding of restricted and non-restricted funding.
- Experience in a public accounting firm and non for profit are ideal.
- Strong critical thinking skills, able to trouble shoot and experienced with full cycle accounting is a must.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment where a sense of urgency is required.
- Must be able to wear many hats and shift gears quickly as priorities change.
- Strong tech skills, experience with software conversion and QuickBooks is preferred.
- Power User Excel abilities is a must.
- Strong communication skills, a positive attitude and a high attention to detail.
- Able to work in an office in downtown Edmonton.
- The discussed salary range is $75,000 – $85,000 depending on experience.
- Candidates with additional experience and higher compensation expectations may also be considered.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- 3 weeks vacation.
- Additional perks and benefits.
Meet Your Recruiter
Lindie De Gouveia
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Accounting & Finance
With 8 years of experience in agency recruiting and 15 years working in corporate roles, Lindie has sat on both sides of the table, giving her a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of her clients. Drawing on her expertise as a Branch Manager in a nationally recognized recruitment agency, combined with hands-on experience in finance and risk management, she specializes in the placement of accounting and finance professionals in Alberta.
Having managed staff of her own, Lindie has a demonstrated ability to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams—and now helps her clients do the same. She is highly detail-oriented, which shines through in her incisive questions to clients and the precision of her interviewing and job matching skills. She appreciates the dynamic nature of recruitment, including adapting to her clients’ evolving needs and the ever-changing job market.
Lindie made the move to Canada from South Africa in 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Business Management and Industrial Psychology, further enriching her ability to understand the human dynamics involved in recruitment, including personality ‘fit’ in the workplace. Outside of work, she keeps active with her teenager, balancing school, sports and outdoor activities.