Supervisor, Accounting

Position Details

• Job Type: Permanent
• Department: Finance
• Salary: $99,994.00 - $124,994.00
• Close Date: October 17, 2026
• Hours per Week: 35
• Work Location: Hybrid

Position Summary

About Milton Join one of Ontario’s fastest growing and most dynamic municipalities. The Town of Milton is proud to deliver high-quality, sustainable municipal services that support a vibrant, inclusive, and forward-looking community where residents thrive, businesses succeed, and nature is respected and protected. Our vision is to foster a safe, diverse, and welcoming environment—one that honours its natural landscapes and rich heritage, supports thriving and inclusive neighbourhoods, nurtures a strong and balanced economy, and offers exceptional opportunities to live, learn, work, and play.

What We Offer? This position is eligible for the following:

• Annual Salary Range: $99,994 - $124,994
• Benefits: Regular full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefit package, with all premiums paid by the Town, an Employee Assistance Program, top-up maternity/parental leave benefits and life insurance.
• Eligibility to participate in the OMERS pension plan
• Paid time off, including vacation, incidental and volunteer days
• Employee perks/discounts: Discount on Active Living Pass and Perkopolis
• Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options and participation in the Town’s compressed work-week program (for eligible positions)
• For further details of what we offer, please visit Why Milton

Position Summary Reporting to the Manager, Accounting & Payroll this position is responsible for overseeing accounting staff and processes (accounts receivable, accounts payable, etc.); approving various accounting requests and reconciliations; maintaining the integrity of accounting information and preparing various year-end working papers and analysis in support of the annual audited Financial Statements and Financial Information Return (FIR).

Major Job Responsibilities

• Oversees, approves and provides guidance in the following functions: accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, tangible capital assets, banking and general accounting
• Reviews and approves accounting transactions (i.e. supplier invoice requests, customer billings, journal entries)
• Reviews and approves Customer billings, refunds of write-offs
• Responsible for approval of outgoing funds, including Accounts Payable cheques, Electronic Funds Transfers, Wire Transfers and bank drafts
• Reviews and provides feedback regarding physical inventory count results, provide suggestions on analytical methodology and resolving issues
• Reviews and approves monthly HST reporting, liaise with CRA to resolve issues and answer inquiries
• Oversees reconciliations including those of the Town bank accounts
• Provides direction and guidance to Town staff relating to:
  • Donations and income tax receipting for cash and in-kind donations to ensure compliance with Income Tax Act and CRA guidelines
  • Sales Tax (HST)
  • HST treatment of various transactions to ensure compliance with HST legislation, calculate a self-assessment of HST relating to TCA transactions (i.e. acquisitions, disposals and land swaps) and out of province and country purchases
  • Public Sector Accounting Standards, enacting procedural changes in response to revisions in PSAB
• Month-End and Year-End including audit and financial reporting:
  • Manages month-end process, coordinating closing of various accounting subledgers;
  • Supports Financial Reporting including annual compilation of the annual Financial Report and FIR;
  • Provides direction, reviews and approves monthly and annual reconciliations and analysis prepared by others;
  • Prepares audit working papers in compliance with Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards;
  • Manages audit requests, liaising between the Town’s auditor and Town staff, providing support to others as needed;
  • Prepares annual Library charity return in compliance with federal guidelines.
• Financial analysis and research
  • Oversees financial compliance with the Reciprocal Agreement
  • Prepares financial analysis and reporting in compliance with the Reciprocal Agreement for shared use of spaces between the Town and local Schoolboards
  • Reviews work completed by Community Services staff and coordinates the resulting accounting entries.
  • Using input from others, calculates Town’s subsidy, allocation of costs between the two schoolboards for any intermural use of space
  • Works with Community Services management team to resolve any discrepancies between Town and the boards, to reach a settlement
  • Serves as Finance liaison on the Community Fund Staff Committee:
  • Prepares financial analysis for Milton Community Fund application submissions
  • Provides an opinion on the financial viability of each organization applying for funding and makes funding recommendations for the consideration of the Community Services Advisory Committee (CSAC).
  • Supports departments with financial research, data collection, variance and account analysis, and reconciliations as required
  • Researches changes in legislation and policy (accounting standards, sales taxes, etc.) to determine implications on Town’s procedures.
• Manages talent and financial resources to ensure they are being used effectively, including:
  • Management of direct reports by assigning work, setting schedules, and identifying appropriate individual goals aligned with individual capabilities, work requirements and the Town’s vision and strategic plans
  • Recruit, select, supervise, motivate, and train assigned staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, and continuous learning, and encouraging innovation in others
  • Recommend changes to procedures and the creation of new procedures regarding program specific requirements
  • Assisting in the preparation and monitoring of budgets for the team and related programs

Education & Experience

• Minimum Qualifications Post secondary degree in Business, Finance and/or Accounting
• Five (5) years of progressi...