🧮 Senior Accountant [100% Remote]

This role is for the person who:

• Wants to help founders of eCommerce brands by delivering accurate, reliable financials.
• Wants to work with talented colleagues to deliver clarity and insights that founders can rely on.
• Thrives in a tech-forward, growing environment where continuous improvement is encouraged.

💰 The salary range starts from CA$ 1000 depending on your experience and location.

🌱 To support our continued growth, this is an active position we’re currently recruiting for.

About UpCounting

We’re a fully remote, tech-powered firm helping eCommerce and digital-first businesses scale with confidence.

🌎 Our team is global, spanning multiple countries, and we leverage async work to give everyone space for deep, meaningful focus.

🤖 We use smart systems and automation to drive high-quality, efficient work across every department.

🌴 We prioritize a respectful, collaborative environment where people enjoy the work, feel supported, and have space for life outside of it.

🦾 We value autonomy and trust our team to lead with ownership and care.

We’re growing intentionally, and we’re looking for an Accountant who takes pride in exceptional bookkeeping.

What You’ll Be Doing

✅ Full-Cycle Bookkeeping: Manage reconciliations, A/P, A/R, journal entries, and maintain accurate ledgers for a portfolio of clients.

✅ Month-End and Year-End Close: Prepare schedules, tie out balance sheets, and deliver timely, error-free reporting.

✅ Payroll & Accruals: Record payroll entries, prepaids, and accruals accurately and consistently.

✅ Sales Tax & Compliance: Manage filings, remittances, and compliance across different jurisdictions.

✅ Process Improvement: Identify automation opportunities and suggest workflow enhancements.

What You Bring

⭐ 5+ years of accounting experience, ideally within a firm or multi-client environment.

⭐ Excellent English communication and documentation skills.

⭐ High proficiency in QuickBooks Online (bonus if certified).

⭐ ACCA accreditation or equivalent (or in progress).

⭐ Detail-oriented, reliable, and self-sufficient; you take ownership and ask great questions.

💙 Perks & Culture

Because great work deserves a great place to do it.

🔥 Fully Remote + Async

During your first six months, you’ll align fully with EST hours 9am - 5pm to onboard smoothly, then transition to 60% overlap.

🌍 Work from Anywhere

We care about outcomes, not where you log in from.

🌴 Paid Time Off

Enjoy paid time off, Me Days, Statutory Holidays in your country, and company office closure dates at the end of the year.

📈 Grow With Us

We promote from within based on performance, reliability, and contribution. When you deliver consistently and raise the bar, we invest in expanding your responsibilities, scope, and compensation so your career grows with us.

📚 Continuous Learning

From certifications to internal training, we help you improve.

💡 Fair and Market-Aligned Compensation

Compensation starting from 1,000 CAD/month. Competitive pay matched to your local market and experience.

Your Journey at UpCounting

Your First Week

Meet the People Team and Accounting colleagues, explore our async tools, and complete onboarding modules. You’ll see how we work across time zones, continents, and tools with precision and trust.

Month 1

You’ll be hands-on with real client work, managing reconciliations, posting transactions, and supporting the month-end close. You’ll be confident using our tools, contributing to client files, and delivering work your team can rely on.

In 3 Months

You’ll be confidently managing multiple client files end-to-end, identifying process improvements, and collaborating closely with Managers. You’ll move from being supported to being the one others rely on.

🫶 Curious About Our Values & Culture?

They’re built around excellence, autonomy, respect, and curiosity. 💙Learn more about them on our Careers Page.

🔍 How We Hire

Our process is transparent, straightforward, and human:

1️⃣ Apply via Typeform: You’ll answer a few short questions and record a brief video.

2️⃣ Introductory Call: A quick chat with our People Team to align expectations.

3️⃣ Assessment + Technical Review: If aligned, you’ll complete a short practical assessment that our technical team will review.

4️⃣ Final Interview: A conversation with a manager to discuss fit, growth, and next steps.

5️⃣ Offer: If it’s a mutual fit, we move fast — we want great people onboarded, not waiting.

💙 No cover letter needed, just tell us what drew you to UpCounting. Every application is reviewed by our People team — we don’t use AI to screen or assess candidates. Thoughtful hiring matters to us.