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About Plooto
Plooto is a fast-growing payments SaaS platform helping businesses automate and streamline their payment operations. Our Finance team plays a central role in maintaining the rigorous financial integrity that a regulated payments business demands, across multiple legal entities, currencies, and compliance frameworks.
About the Role
We're looking for a highly technical and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our growing Finance team. This role is ideal for someone with strong financial accounting fundamentals, audit experience, and a continuous improvement mindset who enjoys building scalable, efficient processes in a fast-moving environment.
You'll play a key role in supporting month-end close, financial reporting, payroll, audits, and process optimization across the organization. We're looking for someone who not only understands accounting deeply, but also actively looks for ways to improve how work gets done through automation, systems thinking, and operational efficiency.
An interest in emerging technologies, including AI and workflow automation, is considered a strong asset.
What You'll Do
Financial Reporting & Entity Management
Own core month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting Manage the full-cycle accounts payable (AP) process, including vendor invoice coding, approvals, and payment runs Prepare and review revenue recognition entries, including treatment of deferred revenue Maintain and reconcile prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other balance sheet schedules, ensuring accurate amortization/depreciation and supporting documentation Help maintain rigorous separation of trust (client funds) and operating accounts in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policy Support financial exposure reporting related to payment losses, chargebacks, and disputes; collaborate with Risk and Operations to quantify and track losses Monitor foreign exchange exposure across multi-currency entities and support hedging documentation
Compliance, Controls & Audit
Design and help strengthen the internal controls framework across accounting processes, with particular attention to segregation of duties and payment fund safeguarding Support the year-end audit, SR&ED submission, tax filings, and other regulatory reporting obligations Help ensure ASPE/IFRS compliance and assist in keeping accounting policies up to date for all entities Proactively flag control gaps and support remediation efforts before they become audit findings Support North American payroll operations, including payroll accounting, reconciliations, and compliance considerations
Automation & Process Efficiency
Support the accounting tech stack; help evaluate and optimize tools (Xero, Plooto , and beyond) to eliminate manual effort and increase accuracy
Partner with Business Intelligence and Engineering to help automate reconciliations, reporting, and close processes
Support the FinOps best-practices group, helping govern and optimize variable usage-based costs such as cloud and infrastructure spend
Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management → Stakeholder Support
Partner with FP&A on internal and investor reporting, ensuring accounting outputs are investor-ready
Act as a point of contact for external auditors, tax advisors, banking partners, and payment processors as needed
What You Bring
3+ years of accounting experience
CPA designation or actively pursuing CPA completion
Strong technical accounting knowledge with a focus on financial accounting and audit support
Strong knowledge of ASPE and IFRS; experience in tech or payments SaaS strongly preferred
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
Demonstrated interest in process improvement, automation, and scalable finance operations
Comfort working in evolving, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
A natural problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Interest in AI, automation tools, or modern finance technology considered an asset
What Success Looks Like
Accurate, timely financial reporting and close processes
Strong audit readiness and technical accounting support
Improved efficiency through automation and process optimization
Reliable payroll and AP operations with strong controls and no material errors
A proactive approach to identifying and solving operational challenges
Strong working relationships with FP&A, Risk, Operations, and other cross-functional partners
Compensation & Inclusion
Plooto is committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.
In accordance with Ontario hiring requirements, accommodation is available throughout the recruitment process upon request.
