Senior Accountant

About Moment Energy

Moment Energy is a cleantech startup with a team of passionate innovators revolutionizing the energy storage industry. Founded by four tech entrepreneurs, our mission is to provide worldwide access to clean, reliable, and affordable power. How do we do it? By repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries into state-of-the-art battery energy storage systems, giving these powerful resources a second life and a lasting impact.

Our vision goes beyond sustainability; it’s about driving meaningful change. As one of the Top 100 Global Cleantech Companies of 2023, we’ve forged relationships with automakers like Mercedes-Benz Energy and Nissan North America to accelerate the global transition to a greener future. With Series A funding secured and support from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a gigafactory, we’re on the cusp of scaling our groundbreaking solutions to redefine the energy landscape and create a cleaner, brighter tomorrow.

We're a fast-paced and dynamic team.

Every day you'll be taking on a new challenge and learning something new. You'll take on a wide breadth of tasks and contribute to disrupting the battery industry. You'll be part of a tight-knit team that is working together to save the planet! Fun, health, and wellness are incorporated into our daily schedule and we encourage all our team members to bring innovative ideas to the table to create an interactive workplace. 

Want to make a positive impact on the world?

The Opportunity 

As Senior Accountant, your tasks will revolve around all areas relating to accounting functions and financial reporting. This position will be responsible for daily, weekly and monthly accounting tasks and activities, as well as recording transactions. This position must meet tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation and financial reporting.

The Role

Location: In-person, Moment Energy Coquitlam Office

Benefits:

• 3 weeks paid vacation plus 1 week off between Christmas and New Year's  
• Extended health, dental, and vision benefits plan 
• RRSP matching
• Regular company socials, events and weekly fitness and yoga  
• Free electric vehicle charging  
• Open and collaborative company culture!

Responsibilities and Duties

This role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial operations, including recording daily banking activity, maintaining cashflow reports, and preparing weekly treasury, procurement, and payment reviews. The position manages weekly expense processing, performs monthly account reconciliations and accruals, posts depreciation and employee cost allocations, and oversees monthly and quarterly sales tax filings. 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage daily banking activities, including recording transactions and maintaining a real-time cashflow spreadsheet.
• Prepare and distribute accurate weekly treasury and procurement reports to management.
• Oversee the weekly processing of employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company policy.
• Review and validate weekly payment batches for proper General Ledger (GL) coding and completeness of supporting documentation.
• Execute all monthly balance sheet and key subsidiary ledger account reconciliations.
• Manage the accurate and timely completion of all month-end journal entries, including posting accruals (unrecorded bills, accrued bonuses, travel expenses, etc.).
• Process and reconcile fixed asset depreciation, ensuring the accumulated depreciation balances align with the GL.
• Post and reconcile the monthly allocation of employee costs to projects.
• Conduct in-depth Budget to Actual variance analysis and prepare insightful reporting for departmental leaders.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation and filing of all required monthly and quarterly sales tax returns and reporting.
• Assist with year-end audit preparation and working paper requirements.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative, and high-performance accounting team culture.

The Candidate

We’re looking for individuals with the following traits, skills, and experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field. 
• Qualified accountant with 5 years’ experience in a similar position.
• Experience with Budget to Actual reporting
• Experience with contract accounting and other long-term revenue contracts
• Comfortable working independently, but collaborative and communicative with teammates.
• Detail-oriented and naturally organized, you love systems, checklists, and follow-through.
• Experience with construction projects and accounting is also a plus
• Tech-savvy and familiar with tools like Google Workspace.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solver 
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

 

Why join us?

• Be part of a mission-driven company focused on creating sustainable energy solutions and making a positive impact on the world.
• Collaborate closely with passionate co-founders and a team committed to innovation and excellence.
• Contribute to building and scaling a company from the ground up, where your work will have a direct and meaningful impact.
• Enjoy a dynamic, fast-paced work environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow.
• Thrive in a workplace that values collaboration, wellness, and celebrating successes, with regular company socials, fitness sessions, and more.

 

 

You’ll love this role if you...

• Are passionate about the environment and are excited to build sustainable solutions for the cleantech industry!  
• Are a self-starter, active learner, and want to make a positive impact on the world.  
• Believe in the vision of what we're doing at Moment Energy.
• Love building and nurturing high-performing teams. 
• Have helped grow and build an amazing culture at a fast-paced startup.

Our Commitments

Moment Energy is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, including our work environment. We especially welcome applications from Indigenous peoples, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.

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Our Values

We’re Building a Greener Future Together: 

We infuse passion for our cleantech mission into every aspect of our work and incorporate fun into the workplace. We motivate one another, celebrate our successes and embrace eco-friendly practices to reduce our carbon footprint.

 

We Prioritize our Customer’s Needs: 

We place our customers at the core of everything we do, ensuring that every decision considers their needs and aims to provide increased value to them. We provide reliable support for our customers, every step of the way. 

 

We’re Open, Honest and Accountable:

We prioritize open and honest communication to foster mutual understanding, strengthen knowledge sharing, and reduce miscommunication within the team. We admit when we’ve made a mistake, and remedy our actions. We transparently communicate outcomes whether good, bad, or unexpected. 

 

We Think and Act like Owners:

We’re self-starters that proactively embrace new challenges along with personal and collective ownership of responsibilities in the organization. We focus on growth, not titles, and we do what needs to be done.

 

We Treat Everyone with Respect:

We actively listen, share openly, and work together towards common goals. We treat one another with mutual respect to cultivate an inclusive environment where everyone feels accepted, supported, and heard. We keep an open mind and are willing to learn.