Senior Accountant (AgTech Venture)

Calgary
Venture Studio – Studio /
Full-time /
Hybrid
If you’re driven by solving complex financial challenges, thrive in fast-paced environments, and love turning numbers into insights, we want to hear from you! 

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to lead Brilliant Harvest's financial operations, reporting, and analysis as we scale. You will own processes, optimize systems, and collaborate across teams to drive growth and innovation.

Financial Operations:

    • Responsible for reviewing of all financial and accounting operations including:
    • Accounts receivable, accounts payable, revenue recognition, monthly cashflow projection, in-house payroll, monthly close process review - including work in progress, capital asset depreciation, unearned revenue, bank reconciliation, and foreign exchange transactions
    • Quarterly board package preparation of financials and business metrics
    • Creation and management of annual budget
    • Updating of the 5 year financial forecast

Financial Analysis:

    • Analyze financial data to ensure accuracy and compliance with Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises.
    • Develop and maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
    • Determination of appropriate sales tax rates, and completion of government remittances

Financial Reporting:

    • Assist with financial data and grant financing applications, and reporting
    • Liaise with external auditors and provide audit support as required
    • Assist with compilation of monthly financial reporting, including budget-to-actual and financial statement variance analysis, as required
    • Work with various business units on projects

Skills & Experience:

    • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Reading or completion of CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) designation or equivalent certification.
    • 5-8 years of experience in accounting, preferably in startup industry as well
    • Sound knowledge of Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises and/or International Financial Reporting Standards
    • Strong problem solving, and analytical skills.
    • Must be detailed oriented with strong time management skills in order to deliver on deadlines
    • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and an enterprise level accounting software
    • Experience working with a fast paced scale-up environment or flexibility to manage multiple priorities (month end close, projects, board packages, adhoc requests)
    • Nice to have: Experience with Xerox, ADP, Google Suite, and Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credits
Brilliant Harvest is a seed stage startup in the AgTech industry who leverages cutting-edge AI technologies to build something extraordinary! Our AI assistant empowers equipment dealer teams across the entire customer experience from purchase to repair.