About the role
- Prepare and explain journal entries and financial statements
- Perform month-end closing activities for production plants, transportation, warehouses and other items
- Review P&L and explain variances against budget, prior year plan, forecast, and standards
- Understand the key performance metrics in Supply Chain and suggest improvements with tie-in to financial P&L
- Bottom-up build of Copack pricing by SKU for our partner brands, considering key impacts like commodities and service fees
- Balance sheet account reconciliations preparation, review of aged or other reconciling items and assisting in resolutions
- Prepare and analyze weekly and monthly forecasting reports, composition of management presentation decks and identification of risks & opportunities
- Prepare, review and present Annual Budget to Senior Leaders
- Identify and facilitate process improvement initiatives, including enhancements to Supply Chain Anaplan modules
- Build strong collaborative relationships with key business partners
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum of two years’ experience in the accounting field, with experience in variance analysis and a demonstrated understanding of absorption costing
- Ideally, at least a year of accounting in a manufacturing environment
- Prior experience using SAP
- Comfortable using Excel and be an expert Excel user
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- A CPA certification is an asset
- Experience using Anaplan is an asset
- Competitive compensation package
- Access to retirement and savings programs
- Family and employee assistance program
- Paid vacation and floater days
- Hybrid work setting or remote opportunities
- On-the-job training
- Free courses for just-in-time learning
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
journal entriesfinancial statementsmonth-end closingvariance analysisabsorption costingP&L analysisforecastingbudget preparationaccount reconciliationsprocess improvement
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsstakeholder managementcollaborative relationships