Senior Manager, Accounting Advisory Services - Financial Instruments

KPMG•Toronto, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges. Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage. Join a firm where your career can make a difference. Join KPMG’s dynamic Accounting Advisory Services team in Toronto, where you’ll use your technical accounting and financial reporting expertise to help clients navigate complex, evolving business challenges. You’ll work with both private and public companies across industries, supporting them through significant transactions, regulatory changes, and operational transformations. In this role, you’ll join a collaborative group of professionals delivering financial services advisory engagements, helping clients solve a wide range of technical accounting and financial reporting matters (including financial instruments, consolidations, securitization and related valuation considerations) across IFRS, US GAAP and ASPE. You’ll thrive if you’re an independent, pragmatic problem-solver who enjoys managing multiple workstreams, communicating complex concepts in plain language, and translating the “right answer” into a practical implementation approach. The position offers exposure to diverse projects with private and public organizations—primarily in banking and other financial services in Canada and beyond—along with opportunities to develop your technical depth, business acumen, and client relationship skills.

Requirements

Post-secondary degree required
7+ years’ experience advising on complex financial instrument, (including hedge accounting)
Canadian CPA designation, an internationally recognized equivalent accounting designation per CPA Canada guidelines, or be actively enrolled in the CPA program required
Financial services industry experience (e.g., banks, lenders, credit unions, broker-dealers).
Strong technical accounting judgment and research skills, with the ability to translate complex standards into clear, practical guidance.
Experience applying IFRS, US GAAP and ASPE and related topics such as consolidation, securitization, and valuation considerations.
Excellent communication skills—able to produce high-quality technical memos/presentations and explain complex concepts clearly to varied stakeholders.
Proven project management and people leadership skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver with attention to detail.
Adaptable, curious, and comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Strong Excel and data skills; experience supporting or leading systems implementation activities (e.g., data discovery, configuration, testing) is an asset.
Willingness to travel within Canada, the U.S., and internationally (as legally permissible), as required by the role.

Nice To Haves

experience with risk management reporting and/or regulatory reporting is an asset
experience supporting or leading systems implementation activities (e.g., data discovery, configuration, testing) is an asset

Responsibilities

Lead financial instruments accounting advisory engagements under IFRS, US GAAP and/or ASPE) from planning through delivery, managing timelines, deliverables, and client expectations.
Monitor evolving accounting standards, securities/regulatory requirements, and emerging accounting and business issues.
Evaluate accounting, reporting, and disclosure requirements; prepare supporting analyses and client-ready deliverables (memos, reports, and presentations); and assess differences across frameworks. Areas may include recognition/derecognition, derivatives (including embedded derivatives), securitization, hedge accounting, and impairment (ECL/CECL).
Support broader financial reporting needs, including financial statement preparation, working paper support, and coordination with client auditors.
Develop fit-for-purpose recommendations by understanding client objectives, preferences, and operational constraints.
Help clients operationalize financial reporting requirements; experience with risk management reporting and/or regulatory reporting is an asset.