Accounts Payable Specialist, Rakuten Kobo
CA$63.4-99.1k
+ Eligible for stock options
Digital bookseller
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Digital bookseller
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$63.4-99.1k
+ Eligible for stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring the power of reading to the world.
Role
Who you are
- This person will need a keen sense of attention to detail, have great interpersonal skills, adapt, learn quickly, and be able to work under strict and tight deadlines. An eagerness to want to improve and drive results is expected
- Post-secondary degree with a focus on Accounting
- At least five years of demonstrated progressive Accounts Payable experience
- Highly analytical and profound attention to detail
- Ability to pivot effectively with process changes and minimal disruption to the business
- Takes initiative to identify and voice areas of process improvement to increase efficiencies
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Candidates should be professional, energetic, and very pro active
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Outstanding organizational skills and process oriented
- Personable, team player with a “can do” attitude
- Ability to work effectively in both a collaborative and independent environment, escalating issues when necessary
- Experience with or involvement in new system implementation
What the job involves
- Rakuten Kobo Inc. is looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Finance team! The team is an energetic and dedicated group of professionals that are highly involved in all facets of the business through the delivery of exceptional stakeholder value
- Reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, the Accounts Payable Specialist plays a vital role in contributing to Kobo’s controllership team and supporting financial accounting functions
- The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for supporting the Accounts Payable Manager in leading our accounts payable function, procurement process, supporting general accounting processes, and assisting with month-end close procedures
- The role is an integral part of our operations, which makes the responsibilities crucial to ensuring our accounts payable processes are operating effectively
- Process vendor invoices by collecting, reviewing, and inputting invoice details into our financial systems
- Process time-sensitive international payroll with a high level of professionalism and discretion
- Liaison with department owners and vendors on obtaining supporting invoices, approvals, and resolving financial related inquiries
- Assist in auditing and processing the Company’s expense reports via online expense reporting portal
- Process Global Tax remittances payments required on a monthly basis and within the defined timelines
- Prepare and provide for review, all payments to be paid on a weekly basis, based on the terms set with vendors and/or deadlines internally set
- Oversight of procurement process, including assurances of policy measures, inclusion of contract, and approvals obtained
- Initiating payments via multiple payment instruments on various banking platforms, with a solid understanding of key input data ie. ACH/EFT, Wires, International IBAN
- Prepare subledger to GL reconciliation for accounts payable, including aging and actions on issue resolutions, support for accrued liabilities, and various other balance sheet accounts
- Support the Accounting Manager in the financial accounting and period end close administration
- Ad hoc project supporting the Controllership team as required
Our take
Long-form content is having a resurgence. That’s great news for the e-reader industry, of which Rakuten’s Kobo battles with Amazon’s Kindle for ownership.
The e-reader giant has changed tack in recent years to pursue growth via integrations and partnerships. A notable example is its native device integration with Pocket, a wishlist app loved by millions of readers.
The company is hoping that these partnerships and product improvements will allow it to finally break the US market where it most struggles for market share with Kindle.
Amazon has consistently shown its willingness to drop prices to protect its position in any market it plays in. That means that Kobo will have to demonstrate true product superiority to make a dent while protecting its margins.
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Company
Company benefits
- "Work from anywhere" policy
- Flexible hours
- Internet/phone/commuting allowance
- Daily meal allowance when in the office
- $500 CAD flexible spending account
- Parental leave top-up
- Unlimited sick and mental health days
- 4-day summer holiday weekends
- RRSP matching, bonus and stock options
- Free Kobo eReader
- Free weekly book of your choice
- Volunteer time off
Company HQ
Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Tamblyn
(CEO)Part of the founding team of Kobo, Michael previously held the role of Chief Content Officer. Michael has also been the founding CEO of the supply chain agency, BookNet Canada and co-founded Canada’s first online bookstore, Bookshelf.ca, purchased by Indigo Books & Music in 1998.
Anna Giagkou
(CFO)Prior to joining Rakuten Kobo in 2021, Anna was the CFO of Cox Automotive Canada.
Nimod Narayanan
(CTO)Nimod joined Rakuten Kobo in 2022 as VP of Technology, he then became the SVP of Technology in 2023, and CTO in 2025. Prior to this, he spent nearly 4 years at Rogers Communications joining as a Senior Development Manager before becoming a Director of eCommerce & Personalization and then Senior Director of Digital Platforms & Services.
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