Supervisor, Accounting

Job Type: Permanent Department:
Salary: $99,994.00 - $ Close Date (closes at 12:00 am on date noted below):
October 17, 2026 Hours per Week: 35 Openings: 1

Join one of Ontario’s fastest growing and most dynamic municipalities. The Town of Milton is proud to deliver high-quality, sustainable municipal services that support a vibrant, inclusive, and forward-looking community where residents thrive, businesses succeed, and nature is respected and protected. Our vision is to foster a safe, diverse, and welcoming environment—one that honours its natural landscapes and rich heritage, supports thriving and inclusive neighbourhoods, nurtures a strong and balanced economy, and offers exceptional opportunities to live, learn, work, and play.

• Annual Salary Range: $99,994 - $124,994
• Benefits:
  Regular full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefit package, with all premiums paid by the Town, an Employee Assistance Program, top-up maternity/parental leave benefits and life insurance.
• Eligibility to participate in the OMERS pension plan
• Paid time off, including vacation, incidental and volunteer days
• Employee perks/discounts:
  Discount on Active Living Pass and Perkopolis
• Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options and participation in the Town’s compressed work-week program (for eligible positions)
• For further details of what we offer, please visit Why Milton

Position Summary Reporting to the Manager, Accounting & Payroll this position is responsible for overseeing accounting staff and processes (accounts receivable, accounts payable, etc.); approving various accounting requests and reconciliations; maintaining the integrity of accounting information and preparing various year-end working papers and analysis in support of the annual audited Financial Statements and Financial Information Return (FIR).

• Oversees, approves and provides guidance in the following functions: accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, tangible capital assets, banking and general accounting:
• Reviews and approves accounting transactions (i.e. supplier invoice requests, customer billings, journal entries)
• Reviews and approves Customer billings, refunds of write-offs
• Responsible for approval of outgoing funds, including Accounts Payable cheques, Electronic Funds Transfers, Wire Transfers and bank drafts
• Reviews and provides feedback regarding physical inventory count results, provide suggestions on analytical methodology and resolving issues
• Reviews and approves monthly HST reporting, liaise with CRA to resolve issues and answer inquiries
• Oversees reconciliations including those of the Town bank accounts
• Provides direction and guidance to Town staff relating to:
  Donations and income tax receipting for cash and in-kind donations to ensure compliance with Income Tax Act and CRA guidelines Sales Tax (HST) HST treatment of various transactions to ensure compliance with HST legislation, calculate a self-assessment of HST relating to TCA transactions (i.e. acquisitions, disposals and land swaps) and out of province and country purchases Public Sector Accounting Standards, enacting procedural changes in response to revisions in PSAB
• Month-End and Year-End including audit and financial reporting:
  Manages month-end process, coordinating closing of various accounting subledgers;
• Supports Financial Reporting including annual compilation of the annual Financial Report and FIR;
  Provides direction, reviews and approves monthly and annual reconciliations and analysis prepared by others;
• Prepares audit working papers in compliance with Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards;
• Manages audit requests, liaising between the Town’s auditor and Town staff,…