Accounting Manager - Temporary Contract Position (12 Months)

About the role

This is a temporary contract position providing support across Corporate Accounting and Accounting Operations functions during the NetSuite ERP reimplementation. The role ensures continuity of month-end close activities, financial reporting, and compliance deliverables. The successful candidate will be a hands-on accounting professional with strong general ledger expertise, practical NetSuite experience, and the ability to work independently across a broad range of accounting, operational, and project-related activities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and approve journal entries, including accruals, reclassification, fixed asset transactions, intangible asset entries, and other accounting adjustments, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting policies.
• Review fixed assets, lease, and intangible asset continuity schedules and perform related general ledger account analysis, including investigation of unusual balances, fluctuations, reconciling items, and data inconsistencies.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring assigned activities are completed accurately and within established timelines.
• Ensure financial records adhere to U.S. GAAP accounting standards, SOX controls, and internal accounting policies.
• Support the NetSuite ERP reimplementation by gathering information from Accounting Operations and cross-functional stakeholders, tracking open items, following up on requests, and supporting project deliverables and informed decision-making.
• Assist with NetSuite data cleansing, migration readiness, and validation of financial statement data integrations through the review of accounting data, mappings, reconciliations, and reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.
• Provide support across Corporate Accounting and Accounting Operations, assisting with accounting activities, process improvement initiatives, and special projects based on business needs, team priorities, and ERP implementation requirements.

Requirements

• Professional accounting designation, such as CPA Canada or U.S. CPA, preferred.
• 5–7 years of progressive corporate accounting, public accounting, or accounting operations experience.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, month-end close processes, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Hands-on experience using NetSuite ERP is required.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills within an accounting, reconciliation, and financial reporting context.
• Ability to independently manage priorities, meet deadlines, communicate progress, and escalate issues as needed.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting ERP implementation, reimplementation, data validation, data migration, testing, process documentation, or system-related accounting projects is an asset.

Pay

Hiring base pay range: $124,000 USD – $174,375 USD. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on the candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.

Schedule

Scheduled weekly hours: 40.

Benefits

The BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support physical and personal well-being, including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, and paid-time-off for eligible employees.