Financial Accountant – Drive Precision & Impact in High-Tech Navigation Technology

Ready to play a key role in shaping the financial foundation of a global technology leader? At Trimble Applanix, you will manage vital financial processes, optimize month-end workflows, and ensure cross-functional compliance in a high-energy, collaborative setting. Bring your sharp accounting skills and problem-solving mindset to a dynamic team where your contributions directly support world-changing innovations!

About Us:

Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress.

Trimble Applanix: 

The Trimble Applanix Team specializes in building industry-leading GNSS-aided inertial technology and mobile positioning solutions for sensors and vehicles. By leveraging a deep expertise in inertial manufacturing and sensor fusion, we deliver high-precision direct georeferencing for imaging devices and handle complex systems integrations. Our capabilities extend from real-time processing to post-mission mobile mapping, providing a comprehensive ecosystem of software and hardware designed for elite geospatial performance. If it drives, flies, or floats, our tailored positioning solutions get people moving in the right direction!

Learn more about Trimble Applanix:

https://applanix.trimble.com/en

What Makes This Role Great:

The Financial Accountant will help maintain accurate and efficient financial processes while establishing and following best practices that align with Trimble’s policies and requirements. The role will also involve collaborating with teams across the organization to ensure that cross-functional processes, financial controls, and procedures operate effectively and efficiently.

Key Exciting Responsibilities:

• Process customer invoices and credit memos accurately and on a timely basis, ensuring they are distributed to the appropriate contacts.
• Ensure customer invoices comply with applicable U.S. and Canadian sales tax requirements and prepare monthly sales tax reports.
• Manage and apply customer deposit invoices.
• Monitor aged accounts receivable and bad debt reserves, and follow up with customers regarding outstanding balances.
• Apply cheque and credit card transactions to customer accounts and process credit card payments in accordance with standardized procedures that protect confidential and sensitive information.
• Investigate and resolve customer inquiries and account-related issues.
• Maintain fixed asset sub-ledgers, including recording additions, disposals, transfers, and other changes.
• Calculate and record monthly depreciation.
• Prepare and post month-end journal entries, including foreign exchange gains and losses, accruals, and allocations.
• Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts and fixed asset sub-ledgers accurately as part of the month-end close process.
• Provide backup support for Accounts Payable activities.
• Perform other accounting duties and ad hoc financial analysis as required.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of relevant accounting or finance experience.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a team.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with members of the Applanix team and other departments.
• Sound professional judgment and attention to detail.
• A customer-focused approach when working with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong record-keeping and organizational abilities.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Bonus Points For:

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) or Salesforce.
• Background in multi-currency transactions or international financial processes.

Logistics:

Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada OR Mexicali, Mexico (onsite)

Travel Requirement: 0%

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.

Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.

Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."

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How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Join a Values-Driven Team: Belong, Grow, Innovate. 

At Trimble, our core values of Belong, Grow, and Innovate aren't just words—they're the foundation of our culture. We foster an environment where you are seen, heard, and valued (Belong); where you have an opportunity to build a career and drive our collective growth (Grow); and where your innovative ideas shape the future (Innovate). We believe in empowering local teams to create impactful strategies, ensuring our global vision resonates with every individual. Become part of a team where your contributions truly matter. 

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