Accounting Manager

About Plooto   Plooto is a fast-growing payments SaaS platform helping businesses automate and streamline their payment operations. Our Finance team plays a central role in maintaining the rigorous financial integrity that a regulated payments business demands, across multiple legal entities, currencies, and compliance frameworks.   About the Role   We're looking for a highly technical and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our growing Finance team. This role is ideal for someone with strong financial accounting fundamentals, audit experience, and a continuous improvement mindset who enjoys building scalable, efficient processes in a fast-moving environment.   You'll play a key role in supporting month-end close, financial reporting, payroll, audits, and process optimization across the organization. We're looking for someone who not only understands accounting deeply, but also actively looks for ways to improve how work gets done through automation, systems thinking, and operational efficiency.   An interest in emerging technologies, including AI and workflow automation, is considered a strong asset.   What You'll Do   Financial Reporting & Entity Management   Own core month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting   Manage the full-cycle accounts payable (AP) process, including vendor invoice coding, approvals, and payment runs   Prepare and review revenue recognition entries, including treatment of deferred revenue   Maintain and reconcile prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other balance sheet schedules, ensuring accurate amortization/depreciation and supporting documentation   Help maintain rigorous separation of trust (client funds) and operating accounts in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policy   Support financial exposure reporting related to payment losses, chargebacks, and disputes; collaborate with Risk and Operations to quantify and track losses   Monitor foreign exchange exposure across multi-currency entities and support hedging documentation   Compliance, Controls & Audit   Design and help strengthen the internal controls framework across accounting processes, with particular attention to segregation of duties and payment fund safeguarding   Support the year-end audit, SR&ED submission, tax filings, and other regulatory reporting obligations   Help ensure ASPE/IFRS compliance and assist in keeping accounting policies up to date for all entities   Proactively flag control gaps and support remediation efforts before they become audit findings   Support North American payroll operations, including payroll accounting, reconciliations, and compliance considerations   Automation & Process Efficiency   Support the accounting tech stack; help evaluate and optimize tools (Xero, Plooto, and beyond) to eliminate manual effort and increase accuracy   Partner with Business Intelligence and Engineering to help automate reconciliations, reporting, and close processes   Support the FinOps best-practices group, helping govern and optimize variable usage-based costs such as cloud and infrastructure spend   Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management → Stakeholder Support   Partner with FP&A on internal and investor reporting, ensuring accounting outputs are investor-ready   Act as a point of contact for external auditors, tax advisors, banking partners, and payment processors as needed   What You Bring   CPA designation or actively pursuing CPA completion   Strong technical accounting knowledge with a focus on financial accounting and audit support   Strong knowledge of ASPE and IFRS; experience in tech or payments SaaS strongly preferred   Proficiency with Xero, Plooto, and BI/analytics tools; advanced Excel skills   Strong analytical skills and attention to detail   Demonstrated interest in process improvement, automation, and scalable finance operations   Comfort working in evolving, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities   Strong communication and stakeholder management skills   A natural problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment   Interest in AI, automation tools, or modern finance technology considered an asset   What Success Looks Like   Accurate, timely financial reporting and close processes   Strong audit readiness and technical accounting support   Improved efficiency through automation and process optimization   Reliable payroll and AP operations with strong controls and no material errors   A proactive approach to identifying and solving operational challenges   Strong working relationships with FP&A, Risk, Operations, and other cross-functional partners   Compensation & Inclusion   Plooto is committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.   In accordance with Ontario hiring requirements, accommodation is available throughout the recruitment process upon request.   This job posting is for one available role. Compensation is dependent on a number of factors including knowledge and experience of the right candidate.