Senior Financial Analyst – Finance Operations
Livingston International
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Toronto • Canada
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About the role
- Lead, mentor, and develop the accounts payable team
- Promote a culture that emphasizes both individual accountability and a commitment to ongoing learning and development.
- Deploy associates and solutions to resolve urgent vendor payment matters, and support vendor payment and remittance requirements.
- Review and approve high-value or complex invoices, payment runs, journal entries, and exception items.
- Own end-to-end accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, payment execution and vendor maintenance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to resolve discrepancies and streamline invoice processing.
- Re-enforce and maintain payable’s function complies with company policies, internal controls, and industry best practices.
- Adhere to establish policies and procedures.
- Provides analytical support for Corporate Finance, Procurement, business process owners, and operations teams to drive timely decision making, procurement and resolution of vendors.
- Partner with Finance, and Financial Accounting leadership to ensure accurate journals, accruals, reconciliations, and timely month, quarter and year-end close.
- Liaise with system administrators and vendors to troubleshoot technical issues and support system enhancements.
- Ensure vendor relationships are maintained through timely communication and resolution of payment concerns.
- Conduct vendor management check-ins with the Expenditure Processing coordinators
- Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
Requirements
- 5 years of related experience
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Finance or Accounting
- One or more accounting designations, such as CPA or CFA required.
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and standards
- In-depth working knowledge and experience of full cycle accounts payable.
- People management skills including leading, interpersonal, customer service skills, performance management, mentoring, coaching, and developing teams.
- Effective communication (oral & written) skills.
- Ability to navigate financial and operations applications; research variances and identify root causes of discrepancies
- Excellent organizational, problem solving, analytical and time-management skills.
- Proven ability to meet tight timelines in an environment with competing priorities.
- Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excess, Access and PowerPoint).
- Experience with advanced data / analytical software would be an asset.
- Strong Accounting (IFRS or U.S. GAAP) knowledge.
Benefits
- Accommodations are available for applicants and employees with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
accounts payableinvoice processingpayment executionvendor maintenancefinancial accountingjournal entriesaccrualsreconciliationsanalytical skillsproblem solving
Soft Skills
people managementmentoringcoachingeffective communicationinterpersonal skillscustomer serviceorganizational skillstime-managementperformance managementleadership
Certifications
CPACFABachelor's Degree in FinanceBachelor's Degree in Accounting