Junior Accountant (12-month contract)

• Work for an iconic brand in a truly global environment
• Great perks – 4 weeks vacation + full medical benefits
• Hybrid work pattern
• Diverse Accounting responsibilities
• Global advertising company working with an iconic TV platform

The Role

Are you looking for a diverse and impactful Accountant role? From ensuring local compliance requirements (including SOX), to strict adherence to quality and attention to detail – we're looking for a Junior Accountant who knows that numbers have meaning.

Reporting to our Regional Accountant, you will work as part of a small, high-performing team to support our North American operations. You are a ‘all rounder’ with a diverse skillset and an outstanding ability to communicate effectively with key internal and external stakeholders and our clients.
This is an existing vacancy. 

The Brand Power Company

The Brand Power Company, a WPP company, is the world’s leading provider of endorsement advertising platforms across television, digital and social, including Brand Power, Medifacts, and Home Tester Club. We’re big fans of authentic. Not just in the solutions we provide clients globally, but in the people we welcome to our team. Genuine team players up for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients.

We know passion beats pretense and that it’s the down-to-earth who best step up to any challenge. We champion diversity. We collaborate across sixteen offices worldwide. We’re expanding into new markets. We’re committed to solutions that drive measurable results for our clients. And we play as hard as we work. 

With more than 100,000 staff based in 110 different countries, WPP is the world's largest creative transformation company and is home to some of the biggest communications, advertising, and media agencies, including Ogilvy, GroupM, Grey, and Wavemaker. A career with The Brand Power Company opens up endless opportunities to learn and grow within a powerful network of WPP brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Senior Accountant with the monthly closing process, including reconciliation of prepayments, fixed assets, bank accounts and revaluation of foreign currency assets and liabilities.
• Payroll for US and Canada operations
• Setting up of clients and job estimates in the accounting system
• Working with the production and sales teams to agree job budgets and raise client invoices
• Follow up on overdue accounts receivable invoices with internal sales as well as with clients directly
• Review of new supplier requests to ensure they meet SOX guidelines
• Monthly HST preparation and submission

What you can do is more important to us than what you have done previously.

We value an open mind, a desire to succeed, and good old-fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We’d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as see what else is in your toolbox.

Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist

• CPA designation (CMA, CA or CGA) advantageous but not essential
• Post-secondary education in accounting or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 years of relevant working experience.
• Competent in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Benefits

• A fun advertising agency work environment
• The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $50,000 to $60,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications
• Fixed-term position with the potential to transition into a permanent role, subject to business needs and individual performance.
• 4 weeks vacation + additional discretionary leave
• Full medical benefits
• Hybrid work pattern – work a few days in the office in Downtown Toronto and the rest from home

We’re big fans of authentic

Diversity and inclusion is fundamental to who we are, and what has always made us tick. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. You may think we care about your purple hair or love of cats, but we don’t. We believe treating everyone with authenticity and respect simply gives us the best chance of delivering success.
At The Brand Power Company, we are committed to ensuring that your personal information is protected and never misused. You can view our policy here: 
Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.
Accommodation 
The Brand Power Company is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment or interview process, please contact People & Culture. All accommodation requests will be handled confidentially.