Senior Corporate Accountant

About the Organization

The Linchpin Co. is a people operations group offering custom recruitment and consulting services. At Linchpin, we know a company's most valuable resource is its people, and we are people experts!

We will be the point of contact between you and our client during the recruitment process, acting as your trusted advisor and coach. We look forward to your interest.

About the Organization

We are a privately held organization based in Vancouver with a long-term ownership mindset. Our team brings extensive experience across investments, operations, and corporate management. The finance function plays a key role in ensuring strong financial oversight, compliance, and reporting across a group of internal entities.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Accountant to oversee full-cycle accounting across a group of internal corporate entities. This role is responsible for financial reporting, analysis, revenue recognition, receivables and payables, statutory compliance, and a variety of project-based initiatives.

The ideal candidate is systems-savvy, detail-oriented, highly reliable, and comfortable communicating with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Reconcile bank and brokerage statements on a weekly/monthly basis
• Complete period-end checklists for multiple entities
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries
• Perform monthly working paper reconciliations
• Review trial balances and conduct variance analysis
• Support complex journal entries related to acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings, and reorganizations
• Lead accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Lead monthly invoicing, deferred revenue tracking, revenue recognition, forecasting, customer onboarding, and collections
• Review and reconcile intercompany transactions and prepare supporting invoices
• Prepare invoices for management, board, and resource fees
• Support full-cycle accounts payable for assigned entities

• Maintain comprehensive paper and electronic records for all entities (statements, correspondence, financials, tax records)
• Maintain required corporate information within internal databases

• Maintain statutory compliance schedules for all entities
• Review invoices for correct sales tax treatment and prepare GST/HST filings and remittances
• Prepare and file Employer Health Tax and WCB filings and payments
• Support transfer pricing calculations and related tax filings
• Prepare year-end packages for external accountants and liaise confidently with them

• Prepare internal financial statement packages
• Assist with quarterly board reporting packages
• Support preparation of bank reporting packages
• Assist with weekly cash flow forecasting

• Support phased ERP and finance system implementations and updates
• Assist with corporate structuring initiatives
• Support quarterly and year-end tax planning distributions
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen internal controls and workflow efficiency

• Self-starter who thrives in a small, collaborative team environment
• Strong interest in accounting, tax, and continuous learning
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• 3–5 years of relevant experience, including at least 2 years in a multi-entity environment
• Public practice experience preferred
• Advanced Excel skills; ERP/reporting tool experience is an asset
• Experience with financial statement consolidation
• Experience supporting accounting for a foundation or registered charity is an asset