Alessa Inc Looking for Intermediate General Accountant (1 Year Contract) at Ottawa, ON Full Time

Intermediate General Accountant (1 Year Contract)

Alessa’s vision is a world free of financial crime. Our noble defenders deliver transformative solutions to fight financial crime. We help our clients reduce risk, save money and grow their business, while also making the world a better place. Alessa provides the most robust SaaS Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and fraud prevention solutions for financial institutions and corporates anywhere, anytime.

By seamlessly making compliance a part of our clients’ day-to-day business, Alessa helps identify high-risk entities and activities early, enabling the business to quickly investigate and remediate any potential issues and comply with regulations. Used by banks, credit unions, money services businesses (MSBs), casinos and fintechs to comply with global anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, Alessa also serves organizations in the retail, healthcare, insurance, and other corporate sectors with its continuous controls monitoring and fraud detection and prevention capabilities.

Alessa was acquired from Caseware in 2021 and has 75 people supporting 150 global customers. Alessa’s investors are led by Wavecrest Growth Partners with participation from MassMutual Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.

Alessa is currently seeking an Intermediate General Accountant to join their Finance Team for a 1 year contract. In this role your responsibilities will include financial record keeping, analysis and reporting. This position requires meeting deadlines across a variety of accounting responsibilities. This role can be hybrid, located in Ottawa, Ontario, or Remote Ontario.

Responsibilities:

• Process invoices and prepare payments for all vendors ensuring all expenditures are authorized.
• Liaise with vendors related to payments.
• Maintain AP filing system with all backup documents such as e-mail.
• Prepare, enter, and post journal entries including recurring journal entries and allocations across subsidiaries.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation.
• Participate in the month-end/year-end accounting cycle closing process.
• Complete monthly account reconciliations and analysis of balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare analysis of Income Statement accounts as required.
• Reconcile credit card statements.
• Prepare government filing such as GST/HST.
• Work to ensure a clean and timely audit.
• Prepare and submit bi-monthly and monthly payrolls.
• Post payroll entries and payroll reconciliation to ledger.
• Review and approve employee expenses in Concur.
• Assist the other members of the Finance team with projects as required.

Requirements:

• Completion of University/College degree/diploma in Business/Accounting.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in an Accountant position.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and fundamentals.
• Experience in full cycle accounting including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and month-end cycle.
• Experience in processing Canadian payroll is a definite asset.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment is highly desirable.
• Detail oriented with excellent organization skills, ability to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Experience with and skilled in dealing with confidential information (payroll, company financials) and manages with discretion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of NetSuite, Concur and Ceridian Power Pay preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (Subtotal, VLOOKUP, Pivot Table, formatting) and Word.

If you are looking to make a difference and would like to help Alessa achieve its’ vision of a world free of financial crime, we would love to hear from you.

Alessa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal treatment of all employees without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or other basis protected by law.