Junior Accountant

• Pay or shift range: $67,000 CAD to $80,000 CAD

  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

About the position

Our Marine organization is a trusted provider of innovative solutions for the worldwide boating and boat building industry, and we recently expanded our scope to lead the boating industry into an electrified future. Dometic has won numerous NMMA Innovation Awards over the years, and we are always striving for new ways to make boating easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Junior Accountant
. This position reports to Financial Controller and will work in Vancouver, BC.

Dometic Marine’s headquarters are in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. The facility develops and manufactures hydraulic, electronic, and combustion-based products.

As Junior Accountant of the Vancouver team, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with accounting standards, managing month-end close activities, and preparing accurate financial and management reports. In addition, you will support budgeting, audits, tax filings, and financial analysis initiatives, while driving process improvements and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights that support business decisions.

General Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with GAAP, IFRS and internal standard operating procedures
• Assist with weekly sales forecasting activities
• Execute a variety of month-end/year-end duties, including generating and posting journal entries, analyzing financial statements, preparing intercompany billing, reconciling B/S accounts within established time frames
• Assist with management reports and performance dashboards
• Assist with completing monthly, quarterly and annual reporting packages and supplementary forms as required.
• Participate in and support various department projects, including budgeting/forecasting, internal/external audits, monthly commodity tax returns, annual tax filings (including SRED) and efficiency improvement initiatives
• Assist in Government Audits (e.g., sales tax, corporate tax)
• Manage accounting for capital assets
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze business trends and deliver actionable insights
• Conduct variance analysis and explain key drivers of business performance
• Respond to information requests from Parent Company (Corporate)
• Prepare and file Statistics Canada reports
• Support strategic initiatives and ad-hoc financial analysis as needed

What do we offer?

You are offered an interesting role in a dynamic, fast paced and global environment with great opportunities to grow, evolve with the company and take on new challenges.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Disability insurance (STD/LTD)
• Retirement Programs (RSP and Company Pension Plan)
• Paid Vacation
• Statutory Holidays
• Free on-site parking
• Tuition and Professional Designation dues assistance
• Employee discounts on our incredible products
• Company events
• Opportunities to make an impact

Skills & Requirements

The ideal candidate will have acquired the following qualifications and experiences:

• Completed or currently pursuing a degree in accounting or related
• Manufacturing accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• Solid understanding of GAAP, IFRS and audit requirements
• Two+ years of progressive experience in an accounting role.
• Intermediate-to-advanced proficiency in Excel
• Demonstrated experience optimizing finance process and implementing improvements
• Experience with capital asset management, internal controls, and budgeting processes
• Familiarity with ERP/accounting systems in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with corporate tax filings and payroll processing is an asset

To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a strategic mindset
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines with accuracy
• Hight attention to detail and strong sense of accountability for financial…