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Accountant & projects

Downtown Montreal

Service | Comptabilité Générale | #4345

Permanent | French

Differentiating elements

Employee Wellness
Flexibility & Quality of Life
Key Role with High Added Value
Professional Development
Stable Environment
Teamwork

About the employer

This well-established legal professional services firm in Quebec is undergoing a real transformation: modernization of processes and systems, strong growth in recent years and renewal of its governance. On a human scale and recognized for the quality of life it offers, it puts people first and has built a culture of caring, mutual assistance and collaboration.

Benefits

A true 35-hour work week – A hybrid work mode (two to three days in the office) – A group insurance plan and a pension plan with employer contributions (after three months of continuous service) – An employee assistance program and telemedicine from day one – A social committee and numerous activities paid for by the office – A discount for the gym located in the building and parking.

Your responsibilities in a few words!

Ensure the complete bi-weekly payroll cycle in the UKG system and guarantee data quality – Respond to internal requests related to payroll and benefits – Perform bookkeeping for associates’ management companies, including banking transactions, government remittances, year-end files and associate requests – Act as back-up resource for the complete accounting cycle during peak and vacation periods (invoicing, Contribute to continuous improvement projects and system changes (data cleansing and validation, testing, process optimization) – Improve associate reports and maintain performance indicators – Identify irritants and propose concrete solutions

Your assets for this position!

Accounting training: college, university or equivalent; CPA designation an asset
Relevant experience in accounting or payroll
Experience in a professional services firm (an asset)
Good level of Excel, including search functions (SEARCHV)
Comfort with accounting systems and interest in implementing new tools
Strong interest in continuous improvement and process optimization
Excellent sense of internal service
Fluency in French, functional English an asset

Summary

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is equally at home in recurring and rigorous accounting, payroll, reconciliations and bookkeeping, as in projects, process optimization, systems implementation and continuous improvement. Resourceful, autonomous and a good communicator, you will become the point of reference for associates owning a management company, and a real right-hand man in driving the finance function forward. You will be working in a firm on a human scale, in the midst of modernization and strong growth, alongside a close-knit team renowned for its stability. By joining this organization, you’ll have a tangible impact on the way things are done, a real quality of life and excellent career prospects.

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