Senior Accountant

External Job Description

The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting as well as maintaining strong internal controls. This position leads the month-end and year-end close processes, coaches & mentors accounting staff, and ensures compliance with applicable accounting standards and organizational policies. The Accounting Manager partners closely with Finance leadership, auditors and cross-functional teams to support reliable financial information and continuous process improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting and Financial Operations:

• Oversee general ledger, reconciliations, accruals and balance sheet integrity.  Month end closing activities include analysis, journal entry preparation, and account reconciliations in accordance with SOX controls
• Assist with the preparation of monthly / quarterly consolidated financial reporting packages including Balance Sheet and Income Statements, flux reporting, corporate packages and schedules
• Continuous process improvement driving precision, efficiency, and effectiveness in the accounting, closing, and reporting activities
• Analyze financial information to identify trends and anomalies, assisting Operations in understanding results
• Collaborate with counterparts in N.A. to ensure consistency and best practices

Collaboration and Business Support:

• Act as a key liaison with Finance leadership, FP&A, Tax and Operations
• Support special projects and ad hoc analyses as required
• Drive to understand, document, and expose root causes of performance issues and provide suggestions for remediation and / or corrective action

Team Leadership & Development:

• Provide technical guidance, training and coaching to the accounting team
• Promote consistent accounting practices and documentation standards

Technical/Professional Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong communication skills - Ability to summarize and present conclusions at all levels of the organization. Convey complex information in a simple and straightforward manner
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-system environment
• Advanced MS-Excel Skills required (data downloading, efficient manipulation and analysis)
• Superior problem-solving abilities – thinking outside of the box for appropriate solutions
• Team player - Needs to work cross functionally to drive improvements and deliver results
• Hands-on, detail oriented with the ability to think outside the box

Qualifications:

Education:

• University Degree – Commerce or Business Admin
• Accreditations – Finance Designation such as CPA (CA, CMA, CGA) actively pursuing or near completion required

Related Experience:

• 4 to 6 years related accounting experience in a manufacturing and distribution environment
• Knowledge and experience with US GAAP and SOX (Bill 198) environment
• Experience with SAP will be considered a strong asset
• Public company experience or exposure preferred

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