We are looking for an Accountant to join a team in Vaughan, Ontario on a contract basis, with the potential for a long-term opportunity. This role will provide hands-on accounting support during a key staffing transition while helping maintain day-to-day financial operations. The successful candidate will bring practical costing experience, strong analytical ability, and confidence working with financial systems in a manufacturing or product-based environment. This opportunity is expected to run for approximately six months to one year, with the potential to become an ongoing position. Responsibilities: • Manage daily accounting activities to support continuity across core finance operations, including payables, reconciliations, invoicing, and related financial processes. • Lead the consolidation and maintenance of costing data, ensuring information is accurate, current, and aligned with reporting requirements. • Perform hands-on standard costing work, including reviewing cost structures and supporting period-end cost rollups during key year-end timing. • Analyze manufacturing and cost variances, such as bill of materials discrepancies, and investigate results to support informed financial decisions. • Partner with finance leadership and internal stakeholders to maintain reliable reporting and provide practical support during departmental changes. • Contribute to payroll-related accounting activities and help ensure financial records are complete and properly reconciled. • Use ERP and accounting software tools effectively to process transactions, monitor data integrity, and support reporting needs. • Assist with finance-related process updates, including the transfer of costing information and participation in future ERP or system migration activities as required.

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Vaughan, ON
remote
Contract / Temporary to Hire
38.00 - 44.00 CAD / Hourly
We are looking for an Accountant to join a team in Vaughan, Ontario on a contract basis, with the potential for a long-term opportunity. This role will provide hands-on accounting support during a key staffing transition while helping maintain day-to-day financial operations. The successful candidate will bring practical costing experience, strong analytical ability, and confidence working with financial systems in a manufacturing or product-based environment. This opportunity is expected to run for approximately six months to one year, with the potential to become an ongoing position. Responsibilities: • Manage daily accounting activities to support continuity across core finance operations, including payables, reconciliations, invoicing, and related financial processes. • Lead the consolidation and maintenance of costing data, ensuring information is accurate, current, and aligned with reporting requirements. • Perform hands-on standard costing work, including reviewing cost structures and supporting period-end cost rollups during key year-end timing. • Analyze manufacturing and cost variances, such as bill of materials discrepancies, and investigate results to support informed financial decisions. • Partner with finance leadership and internal stakeholders to maintain reliable reporting and provide practical support during departmental changes. • Contribute to payroll-related accounting activities and help ensure financial records are complete and properly reconciled. • Use ERP and accounting software tools effectively to process transactions, monitor data integrity, and support reporting needs. • Assist with finance-related process updates, including the transfer of costing information and participation in future ERP or system migration activities as required.
2026-11-07T00:00:00Z