Worker Sub-Type:
Contract (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
The Accounting Manager will provide temporary contract support across the Corporate Accounting and Accounting Operations functions during the NetSuite ERP reimplementation, while ensuring continuity of month-end close activities, financial reporting and compliance deliverables.
This role requires a hands-on accounting professional with strong general ledger expertise, practical NetSuite experience, and the ability to work independently across a broad range of accounting, operational, and project-related activities. The successful candidate will be expected to take ownership of assigned responsibilities, apply sound judgement and critical thinking, solve complex problems, and provide support where needed to address evolving business priorities.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, review and approve journal entries, including accruals, reclassification, fixed asset transactions, intangible asset entries and other accounting adjustments, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting policies.
- Review fixed assets, lease and intangible asset continuity schedules and perform related general ledger account analysis, including investigation of unusual balances, fluctuations, reconciling items, and data inconsistencies.
- Prepare balance sheet analysis reports for senior management, including key account fluctuations and reconciliation summaries
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring assigned activities are completed accurately and within established timelines.
- Ensure financial records adhere to U.S. GAAP accounting standards, SOX controls and internal accounting policies.
- Support the NetSuite ERP reimplementation by gathering information from Accounting Operations and cross-functional stakeholders, tracking open items, following up on requests, and supporting project deliverables and informed decision-making.
- Assist with NetSuite data cleansing, migration readiness, and validation of financial statement data integrations through the review of accounting data, mappings, reconciliations, and reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.
- Provide support across Corporate Accounting and Accounting Operations, assisting with accounting activities, process improvement initiatives, and special projects based on business needs, team priorities, and ERP implementation requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Professional accounting designation, such as CPA Canada or U.S. CPA, preferred.
- 5–7 years of progressive corporate accounting, public accounting, or accounting operations experience.
- Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, month-end close processes, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Hands-on experience using NetSuite ERP is required.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills within an accounting, reconciliation, and financial reporting context.
- Strong ability to independently manage priorities, meet deadlines, communicate progress, and escalate issues as needed.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across cross-functional teams.
- Experience supporting ERP implementation, reimplementation, data validation, data migration, testing, process documentation, or system-related accounting projects is an asset.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range:
$89,600.00 - $117,600.00
Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good-faith estimate of expected base compensation for the position. The actual compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and is contingent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.
Benefits:
The BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support your physical and personal well-being. BlackBerry remains committed to offering affordable benefits including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, and paid-time-off to those that meet the eligibility requirements.
Disclosure of Position Status:
This is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediately
Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence:
We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our hiring team.
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