Senior Accounting Manager

Plooto

Senior Accounting Manager at Plooto overseeing financial reporting and audit compliance processes. Ensuring financial integrity across multi-entity payment operations while driving automation and efficiency.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and support core month-end and year-end accounting activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting
Oversee accounting across all legal entities, ensuring accurate consolidation and intercompany eliminations
Maintain rigorous separation of trust (client funds) and operating accounts in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policy
Own financial exposure reporting related to payment losses, chargebacks, and disputes; collaborate with Risk and Operations to quantify, provision for, and minimize losses
Manage foreign exchange exposure across multi-currency entities and ensure proper hedging documentation
Design and enforce internal controls framework across all accounting processes, with particular attention to segregation of duties and payment fund safeguarding
Lead the year-end audit, SRED submission, tax filings, and all regulatory reporting obligations
Ensure ASPE/IFRS compliance and maintain up-to-date accounting policies for all entities
Proactively identify control gaps and implement remediation plans before they become audit findings
Oversee and support North American payroll operations, including payroll accounting, reconciliations, and compliance considerations
Oversee AP-related processes and controls, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and strong reconciliation practices
Own the accounting tech stack; evaluate, implement, and optimize tools (Xero, Plooto, and beyond) to eliminate manual effort and increase accuracy
Partner with Business Intelligence and Engineering to automate reconciliations, reporting, and close processes
Establish and maintain a continuous-improvement roadmap for the accounting function, tracking efficiency gains and reporting outcomes to leadership
Lead the FinOps best-practices group, working with team leads to govern and optimize variable usage-based costs such as cloud and infrastructure spend
Partner closely with FP&A on internal and investor reporting, ensuring accounting outputs are investor-ready
Serve as the primary accounting point of contact for external auditors, tax advisors, banking partners, and payment processors
Provide clear and timely financial reporting to the Accounting Director and executive team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Excellent leadership, 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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

journal entriesreconciliationsaccrualsfinancial reportinginternal controlsASPEIFRSpayroll accountingprocess improvementautomation

Soft Skills

analytical skillsattention to detailleadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationcontinuous improvementstrategic thinking

Certifications

CPA designation