Owner of full accounting cycle: monthly bookkeeping, payroll, tax filings, reconciliations, cashflow and financial reporting. Support budgeting, investor/board reports, forecasting, grant reporting, and general operations tasks like onboarding and contracts.
About the Role
Got your bookkeeping basics down and ready to put them to work somewhere interesting? Brilliant Harvest is hiring an Accountant to support our Finance & Operations Manager across a broad mix of accounting, finance, and operations tasks — think monthly bookkeeping, payroll, invoicing, sales tax filings, and helping pull together reports for investors and the board. It's a varied role with real exposure to how a growing business runs, and a genuine stepping stone from bookkeeping into broader finance and business operations.
This role is based in Calgary, AB and requires a certain level of in-office presence.
What You'll Do:
- Preparation of monthly bookkeeping, including:
- Accounts receivable, accounts payable, revenue recognition, payroll recording, monthly close, capital asset depreciation, deferred revenue, monthly cashflow projection, bank reconciliation, and foreign exchange transactions
- Prepare bill payments
- Prepare customer invoices
- Sales tax return preparation and filing to ensure accuracy and compliance
- Prepare internal and external financial reports (monthly, quarterly, annual), including budget-to-actual and financial statement variance analysis, as required
- Prepare business metrics as needed
- Preparation of In-house Payroll
- Prepare metrics and reports for investor and board reporting requirements
- Assist in preparation of annual budget
- Assistance in budgeting, forecasting and financial planning on an ongoing basis
- Assist with grant applications and financials required for reporting
- Assist with employee onboarding
- Assist with contracts, compensation reviews and raises
Accounting:
Finance:
Operations & Administration
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field
- 2-3 years experience across general bookkeeping
- Experience with Xero, Quickbooks, Sage, or other ERP systems is considered an asset
- Must be detail-oriented with strong time management skills in order to deliver on deadlines
- Nice to have: Progression towards a CPA designation
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a high-performing team led by Remi Schmaltz, an entrepreneur with decades of experience launching and growing agriculture businesses.
- Remote-first role with a flexible work environment.
- A front-row seat to how AI is changing the way equipment dealers, farmers, and contractors work.
- A collaborative culture that values growth, learning, and impact.
- Competitive compensation, ESOP, and benefits.
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