Senior Financial Accountant
Ritchie Bros.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Burnaby • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$85,000 - CA$95,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Reporting to the Controller, the Senior Financial Accountant will be a key player in facilitating the financial reporting and compliance for multiple RB Global entities.
- Working closely with the finance operations, inventory and corporate finance teams, the Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, including reviewing journal entries and working papers, and preparing reconciliations and financial analysis, while adhering to the company’s strict deadlines.
Requirements
- The candidate must hold an undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or equivalent, along with an accounting designation (CPA, CA), and ideally have more than 5 years of finance and accounting experience gained either in a Big 4 CPA firm or in a large, international, complex, publicly traded organization or equivalent.
- Tactical, knowledgeable
- Demonstrates tactical, knowledgeable, and timely decision-making.
- Knows when to solicit input from others, including their manager, to ensure all aspects are thoroughly considered prior to making decisions.
- Provides technical accounting analysis and recommendations on the structure of loan receivable contracts and supports special projects within the region.
- Performs deep-dive analysis of financial data to identify key drivers behind balance sheet and P&L results.
- Builds and maintains complex Excel workbooks to enhance financial analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., Corporate Finance and FP&A teams) to understand variances and produce meaningful financial commentary.
- Responds to ad hoc accounting inquiries and drives issues through to resolution.
- Exercises sound judgment in knowing when to escalate matters to ensure timely and complete resolution.
- Leads the implementation of new or revised processes and procedures.
- Gains alignment and consensus among team members and cross-functional stakeholders.
- This is a hybrid role (3 days a week in office).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial reportingcompliancejournal entriesfinancial analysisreconciliationsExceltechnical accounting analysisloan receivable contractsdeep-dive analysisP&L results
Soft Skills
tactical decision-makingtimely decision-makingcollaborationsound judgmentproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipconsensus buildingstakeholder engagementinput solicitation
Certifications
CPACA