Stantec

Senior Manager, External Reporting

Stantec

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Edmonton • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Manage and prepare interim and year-end Financial Statements that comply with IFRS disclosure requirements
  • Manage and prepare regulatory filing documents. This includes preparing and reviewing the Management Discussion and Analysis, coordination of the Annual Report with the Investor Relations team, and working with the Risk Management team to support the information included in the Annual Information Form and Management Information Circular
  • Work closely with operational finance teams to understand the regional activities and results
  • Support the senior management team in monitoring our progress towards our strategic goals
  • Manage the external audit process in ensuring deliverables are met and requests are appropriate
  • Prepare various information (including memos) for the chief financial officer and audit committee
  • Monitor and manage the team’s compliance with SOX controls, maintain the necessary documentation to support compliance, and work with other financial reporting teams and internal controls to ensure controls are designed properly
  • Complete and provide guidance over complex accounting transactions, such as hedge accounting, derivative financial instruments, contingent liabilities, joint venture accounting, etc. This will also include engaging with external auditors to resolve technical issues on a timely basis
  • Analyze the impact and implementation of new IFRSs and provide adoption recommendations
  • Collaborate and work intimately with Investor Relations to ensure presentation materials, news releases, etc., meet regulatory requirements and the financial information included are fair and consistent with our results
  • Partner with other teams, including our sustainability and risk management team, to participate in monitoring and assessing the regulatory and accounting developments related to issues such as Environmental, Social and Governance requirements across the globe, local statutory reporting issues, etc.
  • Participate in special projects related to financial reporting, regulatory filings, etc., that may arise from time to time
  • Assist in the training and development of CPA students
  • Provide financial accounting support to other statutory reporting teams
  • Develop and participate in providing IFRS training to other teams such as financial services, risk management, etc.

Requirements

  • Strong IFRS technical accounting knowledge
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to clearly present qualitative and quantitative information externally and internally
  • Credibility, professional integrity, with a strong business acumen and ability to respectively challenge and ask tough questions is required.
  • Intermediate to advance proficiency in Excel.
  • Ability to work either as part of a team or independently with a full range of staff.
  • Strong organization and management ability to manage and mentor supporting staff, company deadlines, and multiple competing priorities.
  • Strong research, analytical, and organizational skills with attention to detail.
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
  • A minimum of ten years’ related work experience with a solid knowledge of IFRS
  • A Public Accounting professional experience is preferred, and a CPA designation is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree with a professional accounting designation
  • A working knowledge and experience with a public company and Canadian and US regulatory filings is an asset
Benefits
  • Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans
  • A wellness program
  • Health care spending account
  • Wellness spending account
  • Group registered retirement savings plan
  • Employee stock purchase program
  • Group tax-free savings account
  • Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
  • Short-term/long-term disability plans
  • Emergency travel benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional membership fee coverage
  • Paid time off
  • Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan
  • Employee stock purchase program
  • Group tax-free savings account
  • The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

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Hard skills
IFRSfinancial statements preparationregulatory filing documentshedge accountingderivative financial instrumentscontingent liabilitiesjoint venture accountingfinancial analysisExcelfinancial reporting
Soft skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationprofessional integritybusiness acumenteamworkorganizationmanagementanalytical skillsattention to detailcollaboration
Certifications
CPA designation