Join our team! TalentLift is a mission-driven, collaborative, and high-impact team expanding the job and skilled visa opportunities available to talented candidates living in refugee circumstances globally. 

The team

TalentLift is a charity and non-profit international recruitment agency. We support Canadian employers to recruit and relocate talent from within refugee populations to fill skills shortages, enabling candidates along with their families to lift to their potential as they advance their careers, secure their futures, and leave displacement behind.

There are nearly 43 million people living as refugees worldwide with few options to achieve livelihoods and security. Many thousands have the skills and potential to qualify for jobs and skilled visas in Canada, just like talented people anywhere, but they’ve been historically excluded from recruitment and visa systems. This is changing as TalentLift and our partners drive more equitable access to these transformative opportunities.   

TalentLift offers employers and the displaced candidates they hire in-house services encompassing talent search, visa application, and settlement coordination. We believe that access to opportunities should depend on potential and not the privilege of living without fear. 

The role

Our Bookkeeper will report to the Managing Director and be responsible for:

• An estimated 10-20 hours of timely bookkeeping each month
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records in QuickBooks Online
• Performing monthly bank, credit card, and account reconciliations
• Generating and issuing detailed client invoices 
• Supporting fund accounting, including tracking restricted and unrestricted funds and ensuring proper allocation of expenses
• Managing government remittances and ensuring compliance with applicable filing requirements
• Issuing T4A slips to contractors at year end
• Acting as a liaison for external auditors, including preparing supporting schedules, responding to requests, and facilitating a smooth audit process 

Must have: 

• Experience using QuickBooks Online for full-cycle accounting
• Working knowledge of fund accounting principles (restricted vs. unrestricted funds)
• Experience supporting or liaising with external audits
• Excellent organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Reliability and ability to meet deadlines with minimal oversight
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Nice to have:

• Proven experience in bookkeeping for a non-profit organization
• Experience preparing financial statements in a non-profit context

What we offer

• Fractional work at $50/hour 
• Flexible hours and work from home in Canada
• A supportive team – ask us more!

TalentLift is committed to equitable hiring. All candidates are welcome to apply and we warmly invite those who have lived experience in refugee or displacement circumstances, Indigenous backgrounds, and different abilities.

The deadline to apply for this role is end of day May 11. To apply, please send your CV and a cover email using this form.