Senior Accountant,Global Reporting Job Kitchener area,Waterloo Ontario Canada,Accounting

Location: Waterloo

This is a rare seat: a Senior Accountant role inside a global, publicly-parented technology manufacturer where the job is genuinely yours to shape. The core is high-visibility, cross-border consolidation and payroll reconciliation work spanning North America, EMEA, and Latin America
-and beyond that core, the hiring leader will hand you whatever you want to grow into, from EMEA revenue recognition to inventory analysis. You report directly to the leader of the Kitchener accounting function, work shoulder-to-shoulder with a US-based corporate controller, and step into a team where people build entire careers.

COMPANY:

Global technology manufacturer

Roughly 1,050 employees globally across 17+ locations; the business operates multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-region

Privately held and wholly owned by a publicly traded parent company based in Japan; the Kitchener entity’s reporting rolls up into that parent’s consolidated public reporting

Coming off a strong commercial pivot: a multi-year defence-sector contract (military flight-simulation environments) now sits alongside the company’s established cinema and entertainment business, with secured work for the next five years

PACKAGE:

Base
salary $85,000 to $95,000

Defined-contribution pension plan with employer match up to 4%

Group
benefits
: blended health and dental, travel insurance, and short-term disability

4
weeks
vacation
, plus a paid holiday shutdown and a paid birthday day off
-roughly four and a half weeks off in total

Genuine
work

- life
balance
: a normal work week, with only modest extra hours around month, quarter, and year-end

HYBRID - 3 days in office

POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

This role is being transferred from the US to Canada, replacing a part-time consultant who has been holding the work. It reports directly to the leader of the Kitchener accounting services function and sits on a team of roughly 10. The posting is intentionally broad; the actual day-to-day is anchored in the service contracts and professional services work below.

Core responsibilities:

Maintain global service contract schedules - own the integrity of contract data, schedules, and revenue treatment across the company's worldwide service business

Support the global professional services team across a range of finance-related areas, acting as their go-to accounting partner

Manage monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial closes including assigned journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations, and accruals

Perform monthly review of financials to assess accuracy and completeness, with variance analysis

Prepare reconciliations for foreign exchange adjustments, inventory, and intercompany balances

Prepare audit schedules and quarterly consolidated financial statements to support engagements with external auditors

Assist in development of annual budgets and prepare variance analysis for management

Deliver timely and accurate ad-hoc reports as needed

CPA,Reconciliations

The hiring leader’s real concern is the gap between someone who has only ever worked in a small private company and the complexity of a publicly-parented, multi-entity global business. The bullseye candidate has lived in that complexity already.

CPA designation (this is a must-have)

5 to 7 years of progressive accounting experience; the search may flex toward three to five years for a candidate who is clearly strong and brings the right environment fit

Experience working inside a publicly traded company

Hands-on experience with multi-currency and multi-entity accounting at a larger company
-not small, single-currency local books

Strong inter-company reconciliation and consolidation/elimination experience

A team player who is highly organized, knows how to prioritize, and builds relationships easily across departments and across borders
-the team works in an open, approachable, collaborative space and this person interacts widely

Comfortable jumping in where needed in a collaborative, not heavily structured, environment

Genuinely motivated by learning and variety
-this person will be happiest if they want to grow into new areas rather than do one narrow task

Nice to have, not required:

Manufacturing or inventory experience (costing is managed offshore, so costing depth is a bonus rather than a need)

Public Accounting firm experience

Comfort with AI tools and an appetite to apply technology to accounting processes

A note on ambition and pace: there is a real growth path here - assistant manager, manager, senior manager
-but progression is earned over time, not in two years. The right candidate is ambitious about the breadth of work in front of them, and patient about title.

Senior Accountant, Global Reporting