Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Finance & Accounting and working closely with the Chief Accounting Officer, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Lead the monthly close process for the Canadian head office

• Coordinate with the regional finance teams to facilitate a timely and efficient global close of the group, and review the monthly results submitted by each region

• Collaborate with Finance and IT stakeholders on the governance of the chart of accounts on Workday financial system

• Lead the reporting process to our controlling shareholder using the SAP system

• Prepare and review the financial statements for various subsidiaries for the purpose of periodic legal entity Board meetings, annual audits, tax or other regulatory requirements

• Monitor the progress of statutory financial statement preparation and audit worldwide through direct oversight or collaboration with regional finance teams

• Manage the intercompany journal entries for non-operating activities such as financing charges arising from newly-acquired entities

• Provide accounting support as needed in connection with the preparation of tax returns

• Support the broader Finance and Accounting team on ad-hoc projects as directed 

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of relevant experience

• Experience in a global business environment required; public company experience preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

• CPA, CA designation, in good standing

• Excellent accounting and analytical abilities

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills

• High attention to detail and organized working style

• Ability to work collaboratively across regional and departmental functions