The Senior Accountant will manage credit card transactions, prepare financial reports, support month-end close processes, and ensure financial integrity through accounting practices.
Build something people love
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 billion in assets. And we’re just getting started.
We’re looking for someone who thinks big, sweats the small stuff and keeps things simple. You’ll join a high-bar, fast-paced team where people are trusted to own their work, communicate openly, and ship things that improve our clients’ lives. Collaboration, humility, and an obsession over quality are how we get stuff done.
About the Finance Team
You will be joining a high-impact, collaborative team full of curious problem-solvers who thrive in fast-paced, constantly changing environments. Our team is responsible for ensuring the financial integrity of our products while actively building and implementing the accounting infrastructure required for new product launches. We value seamless communication and work closely with cross-functional partners to turn complex data into clear financial insights.
About the Senior Accountant Role
We are looking for a detail-oriented Senior Accountant with 3+ years of experience and a CPA designation (or one in progress) to take ownership of our credit card-related financial operations. This role is perfect for someone who is naturally curious and loves problem-solving. You will be someone who doesn't just see a discrepancy but feels driven to investigate and solve the root cause to ensure the integrity of our financial data
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Manage and account for credit card-related transactions, including provisioning for Expected Credit Loss (ECL) under relevant accounting standards.
- Prepare and analyze monthly financial reports, including product analysis and month-over-month variance analysis.
- Play a key role in building and implementing new accounting processes for new product launches.
- Prepare monthly accruals and account reconciliations to ensure accurate and complete financial statements.
- Support the month-end close process.
- Assist in developing and documenting new accounting policies and procedures.
- Build and maintain relationships with Operations and Data teams to ensure seamless communication and accurate reporting.
Skills you'll bring:
- Strong familiarity with Credit Card accounting principles and accounting for Expected Credit Loss (ECL).
- Is an excellent communicator who can break down complex ideas into simple, easy-to-understand language that builds trust and rapport.
- Is naturally curious: if something seems off, you want to figure out what’s going on.
- Pays close attention to details and thoroughly reviews their own work.
- Adaptable and able to thrive in fast-paced, constantly changing environments.
Compensation & Equity
🤑 Base salary range: For this role, candidates located in Canada can expect a base salary range of CAD $89,600 - $112,000. Actual compensation is determined based on skills, experience, and role level. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of the range, and pay can increase quickly for those who make a big impact in the role.
🚀 Total compensation: In addition to base salary, this role includes equity compensation. We use clear job levels and market-based salary bands to ensure compensation is fair and consistent across the company.
Why Wealthsimple?
🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Long-term group savings with employer match using our Wealthsimple for Business platform
🌴 20 vacation days + 4 wellness days per year, and unlimited sick and mental health days
✈️ 90 days away program: Employees can work outside of Canada for up to 90 days per calendar year
👥 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resources Groups (e.g., Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
🌎 We’re a remote first team with over 1,500 employees across North America - and one of the best things about working here is the people. You’ll be collaborating with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who care deeply about doing great work.
Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions.
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
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