Description:
This role is for the person who:
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.