Job Overview
Manufacturing Accounting & Reporting Specialist
We are seeking a detail-oriented professional with strong QuickBooks Online and advanced Excel skills to join our administrative team in Montreal. (555 Chabanel Ouest)
Goal Oriented Strategy
Near Term Goal (0-90 days) – Operations & Process Mastery: You will spend your initial months fully understanding our manufacturing processes, inventory movements, production reporting, and costing methodology. You’ll learn the complete flow from raw material receipt through production and customer invoicing.
Longer Term Goal (91-365 days) – Accounting & Financial Validation: Once you have strong operational knowledge, you’ll apply your accounting expertise to validate financial data, ensure reporting accuracy, and support month-end close.
Ultimate Term Goal (after 1 year of employment) – Process Improvement & Future Growth
· Document existing processes, workflows, and reporting procedures.
· Identify opportunities to simplify, streamline, and strengthen existing processes.
· Help build more structured, repeatable, and scalable workflows that support business growth.
· Explore opportunities to improve efficiency through reporting enhancements, automation, and AI-assisted tools.
· MRP suggestions/implementation
Requirements:
· Strong experience with QuickBooks Online
· Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
· Manufacturing industry experience would be a plus
· Accounting/Biz formal education (Any level)
About the Opportunity
We're a small team supporting a large and growing manufacturing operation, and we're looking for someone who wants more than a traditional bookkeeping role.
This is a small office — seven people supporting a substantial plant — which means you'll work directly with ownership on a regular basis, and your work will be highly visible. Decisions move quickly, context isn't always documented yet, and the person who thrives here is comfortable operating with some ambiguity while steadily building toward structure. If you want to be one of many in a large finance department, this isn't the role. If you want your work to genuinely matter and to have a hand in shaping how this business runs, it is.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys understanding how information flows through a business and how that information impacts financial reporting, costing, inventory, and decision-making. Over time, you will become a key resource in ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the information used to run the business. For the right candidate, this role offers a distinct runway for growth in the organization as you master our systems and expand your impact on our operations. If you enjoy learning how a business truly operates, asking questions, connecting the dots, and ensuring information is accurate and reliable, we'd love to hear from you.
Who Thrives in This Role
You are naturally curious and enjoy understanding how things work. You take pride in producing accurate information and have a strong attention to detail — borderline obsessive about organization, in the best way. You are a natural dot-connector who doesn’t just enter numbers but instinctively understands how physical activity on the plant floor impacts the balance sheet. As a collaborative partner to leadership, you bring the active listening skills and structured mindset needed to translate big-picture vision into clear, organized workflows. You are borderline obsessive about data integrity, dislike unmapped processes, and possess the adaptability and focus required to keep projects moving forward smoothly.
When information doesn't make sense, you ask questions. When something is missing, you follow up. When a process can be improved, you identify the opportunity and share your ideas. You're diplomatic, patient, and confident. You're self-directed and don't need a rigid structure handed to you; in fact, building that structure is part of the appeal. And you enjoy understanding not only the numbers, but the story behind them.
Qualifications
Hands-On & Technical Skills
· Accounting/Biz formal education (Any level)
· Proven bookkeeping or accounting experience with a strong understanding of accounting principles, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
· Experience with QuickBooks Online or similar accounting software.
· Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills
· Experience in a manufacturing, production, inventory, or costing environment (preferred not essential)
· Experience documenting processes and improving workflows.
Soft Skills & Execution
· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
· Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
· Strong communication and follow-up skills.
· Ability to work independently, take ownership, and operate effectively in a small, fast-moving environment with limited existing documentation.
· A natural process-documenter who improves workflows as a matter of habit.
· Comfortable using AI tools to improve workflows & reporting and setting up basic automation of manual processes.
· Exposure to MRP or ERP systems and system implementations.
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Benefits
· $35-$45 an hour (for ultimate up to $70 an hour)
· Paid lunch time
· Casual Dress
· On-site indoor parking
· Sick days and Vacation pay according to our employee manuals
Working location: In person
Pay: $35.00-$45.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
