Senior Accountant (Canada East Coast)

The future of insurance starts with AI. To date, Shift Technology's AI-powered products have benefitted more than 300 million policyholders globally by reducing underwriting risk, identifying more fraud, and automating critical tasks throughout the claims process. Shift harnesses the power of AI to enable the world’s leading insurance organizations to make better decisions. Our products help insurers improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver superior customer experiences to their policyholders. Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry by imagining and innovating solutions that impact insurers and their customers - like you! We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our finance team. This role will focus on managing and ensuring the accuracy of our financial operations, primarily in the Americas, cross-border transactions and different GAAPs. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in global financial reporting, tax regulations, and operational efficiency across multiple jurisdictions. This role will report to the Global Head of Accounting, based in Paris, France.

Preferred locations: Montreal/Quebec, Toronto, remote Eastern Time Zone (US or Canada)

What You Will Do

Financial Reporting

• Oversee daily accounting operations, including accounts payable/receivable, payroll entries/reconciliation, and general ledger activities
• Prepare and analyze accurate financial statements and reports for international subsidiaries in compliance with local GAAP (Canada, US, Mexico, Brazil) and IFRS
• Ensure timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes for international entities.
  
  
  

Compliance and Tax

• Monitor compliance with local tax laws and regulations.
• Collaborate with external auditors, tax consultants, and local accounting teams to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Manage VAT/GST/sales taxes filings, corporate tax returns, and other regulatory submissions.
  
  
  

Cross-Border Operations

• Oversee multi-currency transactions, foreign exchange gains/losses.
• Coordinate intercompany reconciliations, allocations, eliminations and verify reciprocity.
  
  
  

Process Improvement

• Develop and implement best practices for international accounting processes and systems.
• Provide recommendations to enhance financial systems and streamline global operations.
  
  
  

Collaboration

• Partner with your leaders and peers on day to day work and projects where high quality work, personal accountability, resilience, #MakeItHappen attitude, and collaboration are expected
• Serve as a key advisor to the business on international accounting and financial matters or accounting tools.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA, ACCA, or equivalent certification preferred
• 8+ years of progressive experience in international accounting, preferably in a multinational corporation
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, and international financial reporting standards (IFRS)
• Experience with ERP/procurement systems (e.g. NetSuite, Coupa) and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a global team environment
• Well-organized, able to formalize work and with good accounting logic
• Fluency in English and preferred fluency in French (written and spoken)
  
  
  

To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we’d like to highlight:

• Flexible remote and hybrid working options
• Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
• Company equity
• Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Mental health benefits
• 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)
  
  
  

Additional benefits may be offered by country - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice position are eligible for some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.

At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria.

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