Top Accounting Jobs in Ottawa

Lead the finance function at Hadley Designs by building scalable systems, managing cash flow, and driving profitability to support growth.

The Account Executive will onboard accounting firms as partners, manage relationships, drive growth, and support collaboration within their practices while refining partner acquisition processes.

The role involves overseeing fund administration services, managing a team of fund accountants, and ensuring high-quality client interactions and reporting in private equity and real estate sectors.

Lead accounting advisory engagements including month-end close optimization, balance sheet reconciliations, technical accounting, SEC and regulatory reporting support, ERP and finance transformation, transaction accounting assistance, client communication, project leadership, and mentoring junior staff. Drive AI and automation adoption to improve accounting processes and support external audits and financial statement preparation.

Lead the financial close process, manage consolidations, ensure accurate US GAAP reporting, automate accounting tasks with AI, and support audits.

As a Revenue Accounting Manager, you'll lead revenue recognition processes, contract analysis, and collaborate on financial reporting, particularly under ASC 606 and IFRS 15.

Manage revenue recognition for customer contracts using percentage-of-completion, perform project revenue/cost analysis, GL reconciliations, and forecasting. Prepare reporting packages, US GAAP memos, and support audits (SOX). Partner with controllers and program managers, improve processes, assist budgeting/forecasting, and provide ad hoc financial analysis and finance team backup.

Manage daily accounting administration with a focus on accounts payable. Responsibilities include coding and posting vendor invoices in QuickBooks Online, reconciling vendor statements, preparing payment runs, processing credit card transactions, posting receipts and deposits, maintaining bank feeds, supporting month-end entries and reconciliations, and managing accounting inquiries. The role requires accuracy, organization, confidentiality, communication skills, and at least two years of similar experience.

Own end-to-end accounting and close for a multi-entity crypto and fiat business. Maintain GL, reconciliations (crypto and fiat), intercompany, controls, and audit-ready documentation. Produce management reporting, cash/treasury visibility, budgeting/forecasting support, and coordinate with external advisors and auditors.

Manage full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of rental properties, produce timely financial reports, oversee audits, budgeting and acquisitions, ensure IFRS/ASPE compliance, drive process improvements, and lead a team of property accountants.

Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Accounting responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, supervising graduate students, maintaining an active research program in accounting/auditing, and contributing to academic service and administration within the Accounting and Finance section. Bilingual teaching in French (Management Accounting) and demonstrated research and teaching potential required.

Tenure-track faculty position to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, supervise graduate students, maintain an active accounting/auditing research program, and contribute to academic service and administration within the Accounting and Finance section. Candidates expected to demonstrate research productivity, teaching excellence (including ability to teach Auditing and/or Taxation in French), and service engagement. Preference for bilingual candidates and those with a Canadian CPA.

Advise clients on federal tax accounting methods, including income and expense recognition, inventory, capitalization, cost recovery, and accounting periods. Research complex tax issues, prepare calculations, analyses, Form 3115 filings, technical memoranda, IRS responses, and ruling requests. Manage multiple client projects, collaborate with firm leaders, and mentor staff while delivering accurate, timely solutions.

Provides tax accounting methods consulting on income and expense recognition, inventory, capitalization, cost recovery, accounting periods, and accounting method changes. Conducts tax research, analyzes client data, prepares calculations and Form 3115 filings, and supports multiple client projects. Collaborates with firm leaders and business personnel while mentoring staff and contributing to client-focused tax strategies.

Manage full-cycle accounting, SEC reporting, post-merger integrations, internal controls, FP&A, financial systems implementations, process redesign, interim finance leadership, and project management for diverse clients.

Support insurance and reinsurance accounting by recording transactions in SAP, performing reconciliations, supporting month‑end close, preparing IFRS 17/4 reporting and variance analysis, maintaining controls and documentation, assisting audits, and contributing to process improvements and UAT.

Perform investment accounting tasks including journal entries, reconciliations, investment reporting, and financial statement preparation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, support investment operations, help develop accounting policies, and maintain compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements.

Serve as a trusted advisor delivering accounting advisory and finance transformation services. Support month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, SEC and regulatory reporting, budgeting/forecasting, internal controls, ERP implementations, AI-enabled process improvements, transaction accounting support, and external audits while communicating findings and recommendations to clients.

Serve as a client-facing accounting advisory leader delivering controllership and operational accounting support, financial reporting and SEC filing assistance, month-end close optimization, ERP/cloud finance implementations, automation/AI enablement, and team leadership across PE-backed and growth-stage companies.

Join Juniper Square as a Senior Fund Accountant to deliver accounting and reporting services, support team operations, and improve service offerings for private market clients.

As Engagement Director, you will provide high-level accounting services, improve processes, and manage client engagements across industries, emphasizing flexibility and work-life balance.

Own and build the accounting function: monthly/quarterly/annual close, GL, reconciliations, AP/expenses, procurement, CapEx/fixed assets, technical accounting policies, controls, audit readiness, finance systems/integrations, and financial reporting for leadership and investors.

Lead fund administration services, manage a team of fund accountants, ensure customer satisfaction, oversee deliverables, and enhance training processes.

Lead revenue and accounting operations for a SaaS business, overseeing order-to-cash, ASC 606-compliant revenue recognition, billing and collections, systems integrations (CRM, billing, ERP), KPIs, process automation, internal controls, and cross-functional collaboration to drive cash flow, scalability, and audit readiness.

Lead technical accounting and financial reporting for a CFTC-registered swap dealer, managing teams and offshore resources, reconciling high-volume custodial and on-chain data, ensuring U.S. GAAP and SEC compliance, driving ASC 606/805 research, coordinating capital and regulatory filings, and preparing SEC registration disclosures while optimizing NetSuite integrations and reporting processes.