Junior Accountant

Voted a 5-Star Mortgage Employer Marathon Mortgage Corp. (MMC) is a growing Canadian mortgage finance company whose success is predicated on its ability to provide competitive mortgage products, mortgage interest rates and reliable service for its borrowers and broker partners. Marathon’s clear aim is to be a formidable presence in the mortgage market by mass-distributing and mass-marketing competitively priced mortgage products while delivering an exceptional service experience. MMC’s work environment is centered on its people to ensure they are valued, respected, and where balance, comradery, collaboration are the minimum watermarks. MMC is an empowering environment where people are measured by their performance and left to their talents to flourish.

Junior Accountant Job

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

This is a replacement for a vacant post

Salary Range $50-$55K

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Role Summary

The Junior Accountant supports the end-to-end funding and accounting operations for our mortgage lending business, ensuring accurate cash movements, timely payments, and clean reconciliations across multiple bank accounts and investor funding channels.

Location & Work Model

Hybrid: this role works 2 days per week in-office, with the remaining days worked remotely.

Key Responsibilities

·      Coordinate daily loan funding requests with Underwriting, Quality Assurance, and investors to ensure on-time disbursements and complete supporting documentation.

·      Track funding pipelines, confirm receipt of funds, and escalate exceptions to prevent closing delays.

·      Process and validate broker commission calculations and payments, ensuring accuracy, approvals, and proper documentation.

·      Manage accounts payable intake, coding, and payment runs to meet vendor terms and internal controls.

·      Perform timely bank reconciliations, investigate variances, and ensure clean month-end cash balances.

·      Maintain organized audit-ready support for all cash movements, payments, and reconciliations.

Qualifications (Must-Have)

• Diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in a junior accounting/AP role with hands-on bank reconciliations.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced, transaction-heavy environment.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups) and comfort working in an accounting system and online banking platforms.
• Clear communication skills to coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders (e.g., brokers, investors, vendors).

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $50,000 - $55,000 per year, plus standard company benefits. Final compensation will be based on experience.

Preferred Assets

• Experience in mortgage lending, loan servicing, or financial services operations.
• Exposure to supporting basic financial analysis and reporting.
• Progress toward an accounting designation (e.g., CPA PEP) is an asset.

What Success Looks Like

• First 30 days:  Learn the funding workflow, banking structure, and approval controls; execute reconciliations and payment tasks with close supervision and zero missed deadlines.
• By 90 days:  Independently manage recurring funding, commissions, AP, and bank reconciliations; reduce exceptions through proactive follow-up and produce audit-ready support for month-end close.

Working Relationships

This role works closely with Underwriting, Quality Assurance, and Operations, and communicates externally with brokers, vendors, and investor funding contacts to ensure accurate and timely cash movement.

We invite you to submit your resume and cover letter to join an exciting organization with a great story ahead.

We thank you and will reach out to those candidates we wish to pursue.