Financial Reporting Manager
Smardt Chiller Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dorval • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Tech Stack
ERPFlux
About the role
- Oversee and execute the entire month-end and quarter-end consolidation process, ensuring timely reporting and full compliance with IFRS.
- Prepare comprehensive annual and quarterly financial statements, including commentary on variances and notes for the Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A).
- Produce monthly financial statements and management deliverables within established deadlines.
- Perform detailed variance analysis on consolidated income statements and balance sheets, providing clear explanations for significant fluctuations.
- Verify the consistency and accuracy of all consolidated financial data, proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies.
- Ensure all transactions are recorded in accordance with the Group’s accounting policies and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- Develop, implement, and communicate Group accounting policies and procedures to ensure alignment and consistency.
- Prepare and review monthly journal entries for significant consolidation-related adjustments and restatements.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of all adjustments and restatements, including detailed justifications and supporting analyses.
- Analyze and document complex transactions, providing technical accounting guidance and recommendations.
- Act as the primary liaison with subsidiaries, collecting necessary financial information, resolving accounting and consolidation issues, and obtaining explanations for variances.
- Provide first-line technical accounting and tax support for the finance teams at subsidiaries.
- Provide strategic financial and accounting support to local management and executive leadership to aid decision-making.
- Coordinate and manage the annual external audit process as the main point of contact for external auditors.
- Identify, design, and implement process improvements in consolidation workflows to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control.
- Ensure the quality, reliability, and accuracy of all financial data through robust control frameworks.
- Lead or contribute to special financial projects, including ad hoc analyses and due diligence activities for mergers and acquisitions.
Requirements
- More than 5 years of progressive experience in financial reporting, consolidation, or corporate accounting.
- More than 5 years of experience in a manufacturing, multi-site, multinational environment.
- Proven experience in financial reporting under IFRS and preparing financial statements.
- Proven experience managing month-end and quarter-end close processes in a multi-entity environment.
- Experience coordinating with external auditors and managing audit processes.
- Experience in a publicly listed or regulated organization.
- Experience with mergers and acquisitions or due diligence activities.
- Experience in international or multi-jurisdictional accounting.
- Experience with enterprise consolidation tools and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Microsoft Dynamics).
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- A professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA or international equivalent), or progress toward one, is an asset.
Benefits
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Hard skills
financial reportingconsolidationvariance analysisjournal entriestechnical accountingprocess improvementsfinancial statements preparationaudit coordinationdue diligenceIFRS compliance
Soft skills
communicationleadershipproblem-solvingstrategic supportcollaborationanalytical thinkingattention to detailorganizational skillstime managementinterpersonal skills
Certifications
CPACACMABachelor's degree in accountingBachelor's degree in finance