Senior Accountant

Our Business

Engineered Intelligence (EII) is a utility infrastructure technology company headquartered in Calgary with offices in Toronto, and additional locations opening in the US. Our software is used by many of North America’s most reliable electric utilities to manage their physical grid assets and optimize intervention and investment decision-making. We do this by digitally modelling the entire electrical network to see how it reacts under various scenario simulations. We leverage robust statistics, reliability engineering principles, and machine learning to provide defensible recommendations for our customers’ short- and long-term asset performance management, capital spend, and planning strategies. 

 

One of our core differentiators is the technical experience and support our clients receive. In addition to our software solution, we provide subject matter expertise, engineering services, consultation, and many other support activities to ensure our clients are successful. We speak our customers’ language; our team is full of former electrical utility industry professionals who are uniquely suited to address the specific challenges associated with managing electrical infrastructure within a heavily regulated environment. In fact, Engineered Intelligence was created by engineers working on the deliverables supported by our platform at some of North America’s largest and most recognized electrical utilities. 

 

Our core values include: 

• Teamwork - Teamwork is about investing in our people. Employee engagement, training & development, and providing various opportunities for growth. Great people do great things together. We support each other, share knowledge, and collaborate to solve complex challenges that no one can tackle alone. 

 

• ‍Customer Commitment - To reach the level of success we aspire to, we need to place our customers at the center of every decision. What challenges are they or the industry facing? How can we continue to solve these pain points? How can we innovate to prevent future challenges before they appear? Customer commitment is going beyond sales; it’s making a promise and then over-delivering so that our customers become our external sales team.

 

• Innovation - Innovation covers more than creating new products/services. Innovation also means adopting an innovative mindset for how we approach the day-to-day. This includes assessing how we think, work, or communicate and identifying opportunities to improve. We rethink the status quo from the ground up. By embracing diverse perspectives and challenging assumptions, we create solutions that move the industry forward and redefine what’s possible in utility planning. We are willing to break the status quo and create new ways of doing things to drive the team forward.

 

• Ownership - We take initiative, follow through, and hold ourselves accountable. From the smallest detail to the biggest decision, we own the outcome.

Who we are: 

We are a lean, well-established, mid-size company experiencing sustained, fast and intentional growth. Our team of professionals is fully remote, spanning across Canada, the United States and Europe with optional in-person office spaces in Calgary and Toronto for collaborative work and hosting clients. 

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant is a hands-on role that combines core accounting responsibilities with the opportunity to work with technology, data and financial systems in a growing software company. You'll play a key role in EII's day-to-day finance operations, financial reporting and cross-functional initiatives. We're looking for someone who takes ownership of their work, works independently with minimal direction, communicates proactively and enjoys collaborating across the business. The role offers broad exposure and opportunities to leverage technology and contribute to how we scale.

This is a full-time, fully remote position reporting to the Director of Finance, with a strong preference candidates in Toronto. This role is only open to candidates located in Canada who are authorized to work in Canada (Citizenship, Permanent Residency, or other work permit). 

Role/Responsibilities:

• Accounting Operations
  • Own full-cycle accounting across EII, including general ledger, journal entries, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end close.
  • Take full ownership of accounts payable, including vendor management, invoice processing, coordination of approvals, payment execution, employee expenses and corporate cards.
  • Prepare and reconcile payroll journal entries, including departmental allocations, benefits, commissions and related accruals, working closely with the Director of Finance on payroll reporting and accounting.
  • Ensure accounting records are accurate, complete and maintained in accordance with established policies and procedures.
    
• Treasury, Revenue & Planning
  • Manage day-to-day banking and treasury activities, including cash positioning, bank reconciliations, transfers and payment execution.
  • Own the end-to-end accounts receivable process, including customer invoicing, collections, account reconciliations and follow-up on outstanding balances.
  • Maintain deferred revenue and revenue recognition schedules, ensuring accurate accounting in accordance with customer contracts and applicable accounting standards.
  • Support cash flow forecasting and budget maintenance by updating actuals, maintaining supporting schedules and analyzing variances against plan.
    
• Reporting & Insights
  • Own the monthly financial reporting process, including preparation of financial statements, reconciliations, variance analysis and supporting schedules.
  • Maintain financial and operating KPI reporting and dashboards, including revenue, ARR, cash burn/runway and other key business metrics.
  • Support the Director of Finance in preparing management and Board reporting, including financial analysis and key business insights.
    
• Business Partnership & Systems
  • Collaborate with Sales, Delivery and Marketing to ensure accurate and timely financial information across the customer lifecycle, from contracting and billing through delivery and collections.
  • Support the integration of CRM and finance processes, ensuring data accuracy, consistency and appropriate financial controls.
  • Leverage technology, reporting tools and automation to improve efficiency and accuracy within established finance processes.
    
• Controls & Scalability
  • Support audit, tax and compliance requirements, including preparation of schedules and coordination with external advisors.
  • Support multi-entity and multi-currency accounting across Canadian and US operations, including intercompany reconciliations.
    

The ideal candidate will have:

• CPA designation preferred or working towards.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting or finance, ideally in a Senior Accountant capacity.
• Strong hands-on full-cycle accounting experience, including month-end close, reconciliations, payroll accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and treasury.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards, revenue recognition, internal controls and multi-entity accounting.
• Advanced proficiency with accounting systems and MS Excel; QuickBooks Online experience is an asset.
• Pipedrive or other CRM experience is an asset, particularly in reporting, data management and integration with finance processes.
• A curious, hands-on and collaborative mindset, with the initiative to take ownership, anticipate next steps and follow through independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills, with attention to detail and a proactive approach to sharing progress, raising concerns and keeping stakeholders informed.
  

What we offer:

• Fully remote work.
• Flexible work hours (Core working hours 10:00AM to 3:00PM in your local time zone).
• Autonomy, meaningful responsibility, and opportunities to grow with a scaling enterprise software company.
  
• Competitive base salary plus performance incentives.
• Stock options so you can realize the value created with your work in the organization.
• Comprehensive benefits, including health and dental.
  
• The opportunity to work at the intersection of utility engineering, analytics, and AI, helping customers make better decisions about critical energy infrastructure.