Accounting and Audit Manager

You will manage the Canadian accounting function and the internal audit programme that sits alongside it. The role spans two things that are usually separated: running the books properly, and testing whether the controls around them actually work. Onsite in Toronto, with flexibility at quieter points in the cycle.

Corpshore also delivers finance and accounting outsourcing to clients, which means the standard you set internally is the standard prospective clients are shown. That is a genuine part of the job.

Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close for the Canadian operation, to deadline. Prepare financial statements and management reporting with commentary that explains the movement rather than restating it. Manage GST, HST, QST and corporate tax compliance in partnership with external advisors. Own the SR&ED documentation process for qualifying development activity, working with engineering and AI delivery leads to capture technical narratives contemporaneously rather than reconstructing them in the spring. Manage the external audit relationship and the year-end file. Design and run the internal audit programme across financial and operational controls, and report findings with practical remediation rather than a list of failures. Support client-facing finance operations quality where internal standards inform delivery. Manage a small team and develop them.

CPA designation. At least five years post-designation, with experience in both accounting operations and audit or controls work. Strong technical grounding in ASPE or IFRS as applicable. Canadian tax compliance experience. Experience managing an external audit. English at C1. The willingness to tell an executive that a number is wrong.

SR&ED claim experience, which is directly relevant here. French at B2 for Quebec entity work. Multi-entity or multi-currency consolidation experience. Experience in a services or BPO business. Audit firm background.

A role that spans operations and assurance, which is rarer than it should be and builds a broader CPA career than either alone. Group health and dental benefits. RRSP participation. Funded CPD. Direct reporting line to senior leadership and genuine influence over the control environment.