Job Description
The Finance Manager, Corporate Accounting, plays a key leadership role in delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting across the organization. Responsible for overseeing the period-end close process, this role ensures the integrity of consolidated financial results across business units, with a strong focus on balance sheet accuracy, G&A reporting, and compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, this position leads a team of Financial Analysts, providing guidance, oversight, and development. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, detail-oriented leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, balances multiple priorities, and continuously seeks opportunities to improve processes and strengthen governance. This is a high-visibility role with meaningful exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
This position will be based at our Head Office in Markham, Ontario. Extendicare offers a hybrid working environment.
Key responsibilities:
Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, ensuring deadlines are met and results are accurate
Review journal entries and account reconciliations including payroll liability accounts to ensure completeness and integrity
Oversee G&A accounting, including expense analysis, accruals, cost allocations and reporting review
Support preparation and review of consolidated income statement
Review intercompany transactions, settlement runs and elimination entries
Coordinate and support external and internal audit requests, including process walkthroughs and documentation.
Ensure adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and corporate procedures while identifying and mitigating financial reporting and operational risks
Partner with Finance, Payroll, FP&A, and cost centre managers to support budgeting, financial reporting and strategic initiatives
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing accounting team by providing mentorship, training, performance feedback, and growth opportunities
Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements, automation opportunities and best practices to enhance efficiency, scalability, and control effectiveness
What we’re looking for:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
6+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in corporate accounting or financial reporting
CPA Designation required
Solid understanding of financial statements, close processes and account reconciliations
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines
Analytical mindset with strong problem solving skills
Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets
Effective communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Accounting experience with large-scale Enterprise Reporting systems, knowledge of Workday preferred
What Extendicare has to offer:
At Extendicare, we believe that working as a team creates an environment that allows us to reach our potential. We value each employee, encourage equal opportunity for growth and recognize achievement. As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
Continuous mentorship, support for life-long learning and growth opportunities
Opportunities for advancement and career growth within the organization
A rewarding and meaningful work experience where you can enrich your life and the lives of others through your work.
Employee Family Assistance Program.
Robust benefits package
Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors across Canada, operating under the Extendicare, ParaMed, Extendicare Assist, and SGP Purchasing Network brands. We are committed to delivering quality care to meet the needs of a growing seniors’ population, inspired by our mission to provide people with the care they need, wherever they call home. We operate a broad network of long-term care homes (both owned and under management contracts), deliver over 24 million hours of home health care services annually, and provide group purchasing services to third parties representing approximately 157,000 beds across Canada. Extendicare proudly employs more than 30,000 qualified, highly trained and dedicated team members who are passionate about providing high-quality care and services to help people live better.
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Compensation Details
Compensation will be discussed during the recruiting process.
At Extendicare, we’ve spent more than 50 years dedicated to enhancing quality of life for the people we serve across Canada. When you join Extendicare, you become part of a compassionate, mission-driven team committed to supporting care delivery in homes and communities nationwide. Our corporate roles play a vital part in enabling front-line teams to provide exceptional experiences for clients and families. Together, we foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability—creating solutions that strengthen our services and improve lives every day.
We are committed to providing competitive compensation that reflects the value of this role and the unique qualifications each candidate brings. This opportunity is a replacement for an existing role and to support transparency, a hiring range may be included with this posting. However, final salary offers are based on a variety of factors such as your skills, experience, education, and alignment with the responsibilities of this position.
Base salary is one component of our broader total rewards package. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and long-term career growth. Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards offerings during the hiring process.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support certain stages of the recruitment process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing candidate responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment — every application is reviewed by a member of our team to ensure thoughtful and equitable consideration. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Extendicare is committed to fostering an accessible, inclusive, and equitable hiring process. We gladly accommodate the needs of applicants throughout all stages of recruitment and selection upon request.
