Accountant, Financial Reporting, Senior Accountant

Take Your Career to New Heights with Flair Airlines

We're here to make air travel affordable for everyone, and we're looking for talented individuals who want to help us continue changing the industry for the better. As Canada's most reliable airline, we're all about offering real value. As we continue to expand our network, increase flight frequencies, and introduce more services, we're looking for passionate team members to help us in our mission to make air travel accessible for everyone.

We know who we are, and we're confident in our approach.

Join Flair's Finance team, where accurate financial reporting and strong accounting practices support informed decision-making across the organization. Reporting to the Manager, Financial Reporting, the Accountant supports month-end and year-end close activities, account reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analysis. This role ensures accounting transactions are appropriately recorded and supported in accordance with applicable accounting standards, company policies, and established financial controls.

Working closely with the Financial Reporting team and other areas of Finance, the Accountant supports financial statement preparation, audit requirements, internal controls, and process improvements. The role provides exposure to a broad range of accounting activities and the opportunity to further develop technical accounting knowledge while progressing toward a CPA designation.

This is an on-site position based at our Edmonton, AB (YEG) office.

• Support month-end and year-end close activities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and working papers in accordance with internal and audit requirements.
• Support IFRS 16 lease accounting, lease-related transactions, maintenance reserve accounting, and fixed asset accounting.
• Review and analyze financial transactions to ensure appropriate coding and recording in the general ledger, including intercompany transactions and elimination entries required for consolidated financial reporting.
• Prepare journal entries for accruals, prepaid expenses, reclassifications, and month-end and year-end adjustments.
• Support the preparation of internal financial statements, variance analysis, and related commentary.
• Investigate and resolve account discrepancies, unreconciled balances, and other accounting issues.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, working papers, and responses to audit inquiries.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, applicable accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare accounting memos, technical documentation, process narratives, and documented procedures to support financial reporting, audit requirements, and internal controls.
• Identify and support process improvements that strengthen financial reporting, accounting processes, and operational efficiency.
• Support the implementation and enhancement of financial systems, reporting tools, and accounting processes.
• Maintain the confidentiality and integrity of financial data and sensitive information.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

The preferred candidate should exemplify Flair's core values:
honesty, efficiency, accountability, and respect
, while demonstrating success in previous roles. Additionally, we are seeking individuals who possess:

• Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Progress toward a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is strongly preferred.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of three (3) to six (6) years of progressive accounting experience within public practice, industry, or a combination of both.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and working papers.
  • Working knowledge of IFRS and experience applying accounting principles to financial transactions and reporting.
  • Experience with general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation, and variance analysis.
  • Exposure to internal and external audit processes, internal…