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# Senior Accountant at Flashfood

- **Company:** Flashfood
- **Location:** Usa and, Canada
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://flashfood.com/en/careers?gh_jid=4398349009

## Job description

## About Us

Our company is on a mission to reduce food waste and make high-quality, affordable food accessible to everyone. Through our innovative app-based marketplace, we connect shoppers with discounted perishable items while helping retailers turn would-be waste into revenue and meaningful environmental impact. We’re growing quickly across North America and partnering with retailers of all sizes to expand our reach.

If you’re passionate about creating real change for people and the planet, we’d love for you to join us. Your work here will directly contribute to a mission that helps families save money, reduces waste, and builds a more sustainable future.

## The Role and Context

Reporting to the Director, Accounting & Financial Operations, you will be responsible for the complete and accurate recording of company transactions in accordance with Canadian GAAP (ASPE) standards. This role combines technical accounting, financial analysis, accounts payable management, process improvement, and month-end close responsibilities. You will be expected to take ownership of assigned accounting tasks/projects, proactively identify and resolve issues, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of financial reporting processes.

We've been at this for 10 years, partnering with major North American retailers across thousands of stores and millions of shoppers, continuously refining a model with strong unit economics and real flywheel dynamics. We're growth stage, well-capitalized by leading investors including General Catalyst and S2G, and at an inflection point in scale.

## What You'll Do

Accounting Operations & Close

- Own the month-end close process end-to-end: journal entries (prepaids, fixed assets, accruals), balance sheet reconciliations, and balance sheet/P&L reviews
- Maintain the general ledger in NetSuite and the chart of accounts, including creation of new GL accounts, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting
- Manage daily and monthly cash reporting and banking activities, including bank and credit card reconciliations, and prepare weekly vendor payment runs
- Manage the monthly partner remittance process
- Maintain a complete, accurate documentation trail for all financial transactions, and proactively partner with the business to ensure transactions are properly recorded

Compliance & Reporting

- Prepare monthly sales tax filings for Canada and US
- Support annual audit and tax filing requests
- Prepare month-end investor and compliance-related financial reporting

Process Improvement & Automation

- Lead process improvement and data clean-up initiatives across corporate accounting — standardizing chart of accounts, reconciliation templates, and reporting workpapers to support scalability and audit readiness
- Identify and drive opportunities to incorporate AI and automation tools into accounting workflows, including report automation
- Perform ad hoc analysis and reporting as required

## What You'll Bring

## Experience & Technical Skills

- 4+ years of accounting experience, with a foundation in accounting or financial reporting from industry
- Strong technical knowledge of Canadian GAAP (ASPE) and/or US GAAP/IFRS; experience with US and Canadian sales tax filing preferred; CPA a plus, though not required
- NetSuite proficiency is a must, along with advanced Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) and Google Suite skills
- Familiarity with Tipalti and Float/Ramp a plus; genuine enthusiasm for AI-powered tools such as Claude to build and improve accounting workflows

Mindset & Work Style

- A process improvement mindset, with a track record of identifying inefficiencies and building better ways of working
- Ability to work with a high degree of independence and ramp quickly in a fast-moving environment
- Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and a positive, collaborative, team-player attitude

## What We Offer

- Competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits
- 100% remote work with flexibility and trust
- Mission-driven work that reduces food waste and expands access to affordable food
- A fast-growing, collaborative team with big ambitions
- Real opportunities for career growth

Flashfood is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we’re dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels supported and empowered to do their best work.

## About Flashfood

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Flashfood operates a mobile marketplace that connects shoppers with deep discounts on surplus groceries nearing their best-by date, reducing food waste and making fresh food more affordable.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Funding Stage: Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Josh Domingues

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Retail Groceries / Food Waste Reduction / Mobile Marketplace
- **Target customers**: B2C (shoppers looking for grocery deals) and B2B (grocery retailers seeking to reduce shrink and waste)
- **Mission statement**: To feed families, not landfills.

## Products & Services
- **Flashfood App**: A mobile marketplace (iOS and Android) where users can browse and purchase surplus food items—including fresh produce, meat, dairy, and pantry staples—from partner grocery stores at up to 50% off. Shoppers pay via the app and pick up their order in-store, typically from a designated Flashfood zone.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $16.42M (as of latest data) across 3 rounds. The most recent round was a Series A of $12.3M led by S2G Investments in February 2022. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flashfoodinc)
- **Annual Revenue**: Estimated at $5.0M (based on third-party data). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flashfoodinc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: S2G Investments (lead investor in Series A), General Catalyst (lead investor in Seed round), and B Lab (Certified B Corporation). Retail partners include major North American grocery chains like The GIANT Company and Loblaw Companies Limited.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Over 3 million shoppers have used the app.
    - More than 145 million pounds of food diverted from landfills.
    - Shoppers have saved over $370 million on groceries.
    - Network of 2,000+ grocery stores across North America.
    - Certified B Corporation with an overall B Impact Score of 89.1.
    - Active in the U.S., Canada, and with a presence in India. [flashfood.com](https://flashfood.com/en/impact) | [bcorporation.net](https://www.bcorporation.net/find-a-b-corp/company/flashfood-inc/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover & Network Effects**: As one of the first large-scale platforms for surplus grocery deals, Flashfood has built a strong two-sided network connecting price-conscious shoppers with major retailers.
- **Retailer Data & Analytics**: The platform gives retailers unprecedented visibility into shrink and surplus data, turning waste into a predictable revenue stream—a sticky value proposition for partners.
- **Mission-Driven Brand**: The strong social and environmental impact (reducing waste, increasing food access) serves as a powerful differentiator, attracting both customers and talent who care about sustainability.
- **B Corp Certification**: Validates their commitment to high social and environmental performance, building trust with consumers and partners.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling Retail Partnerships**: Expanding the network of grocery store partners across North America to increase the volume and variety of deals available.
- **Driving Shopper Engagement**: Growing the user base and increasing repeat usage through the app’s value proposition of savings and convenience.
- **Leveraging Data**: Using the data from retail partners to optimize inventory, predict surplus, and further reduce waste across the supply chain.
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuing to grow in the U.S. and Canada, with a potential eye on new markets.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees directly contribute to reducing food waste and making food more affordable, with a clear, measurable impact.
- **Remote-First Culture**: The company offers fully remote work with flexibility and trust, allowing employees to work where they are most productive. [flashfood.com](https://flashfood.com/en/careers)
- **Comprehensive Benefits**: Includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage; employer contributions to retirement and HSAs; generous PTO; parental leave; and monthly Flashfood credits.
- **Growth Opportunities**: Employees are given real ownership and meaningful work with room to grow their careers as the company scales.
- **Strong Values**: A culture centered on customer obsession, a champion’s mindset, pace with excellence, and being stronger together. The team is described as tough on the work, never on one another.
- **Current Openings**: As of mid-2025, the company is actively hiring for senior technical roles, including a Principal Software Engineer. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flashfoodinc)

## Sources
1. [Flashfood Official Website](https://flashfood.com/)
2. [Flashfood Careers Page](https://flashfood.com/en/careers)
3. [Flashfood Impact Page](https://flashfood.com/en/impact)
4. [Flashfood LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flashfoodinc)
5. [Flashfood B Corporation Profile](https://www.bcorporation.net/find-a-b-corp/company/flashfood-inc/)

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