Accounting Manager, Brampton Office - Full Time Hybrid

Encore Canada; Brampton; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Encore Canada in Brampton, Ontario seeks an experienced Mgr Accounting to lead the accounting team and manage the monthly close under US GAAP. You will oversee reconciliations, journal entries, cost allocations, and analytics while developing staff and improving processes.

The role reports to the Controller and collaborates across finance and external audits. The ideal candidate has CPA with 5+ years of accounting experience in $100M+ revenue settings, strong Oracle ERP skills, and proven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Accounting.
• CPA with 5 years total accounting experience (firms + industry).
• Demonstrated ability to manage staff effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to present findings/recommendations to senior management.
• Extensive experience with Oracle and similar ERP software.
• Excellent interpersonal, organization and time management skills.
• Strong management skills with the ability to handle multiple staff at different levels.
• Attention to detail and quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the accounting team to achieve monthly/ quarterly close deliverables.
• Oversee reconciliations, journal entries, cost allocations and account analysis.
• Ensure internal controls and GAAP compliance; support internal/external audits.
• Improve data flow, processes and efficiency in monthly close.
• Collaborate with finance leadership to achieve financial goals.

Skills

Leadership

US GAAP

Oracle ERP

Financial analysis

Staff development

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Accounting

CPA

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Position Overview

The Mgr Accounting leads the accounting team and is responsible for the monthly/quarterly close process and all deliverables associated with it. This includes, but is not limited to account reconciliations, journal entry review, cost allocations, and account analysis all to ensure accurate financial information in accordance with US GAAP. This position will also develop staff, find efficiencies in existing team processes, handle leadership requests and oversee all other team tasks (payroll, government remittances, external audit support etc). The Mgr, Accounting maintains Third Party relationships (banking, government, insurance, etc.) and reports to the Controller.

Key Job Responsibilities

Organizational Leadership

• Assist the Controller in maintaining an experienced, goal-oriented, and efficient team.
• Ensuring adherence to appropriate internal controls, accounting policies and business practices.
• Assisting members of finance leadership to ensure the execution of the Company’s financial and strategic goals as they relate to the finance organization.
• Represent the finance organization as a key subject matter expert in regard to key IT systems, processes and applications, assisting in the evaluation, testing and implementation of new systems, upgrades and enhancements.

Monthly Close

• Manage and/or perform various general accounting procedures including tasks associated with the monthly close process such as reviewing and posting journal entries of staff, analyzing activity of balance sheet accounts, and performing and/or approving account reconciliations.
• Direct workflow of staff and lead efforts to improve processes impacting quality and efficiency of monthly close including the gathering and analyzing of information to prepare accurate and complete support calculations for key accruals and reserves.
• Provide accurate monthly financial results, maintain proper and complete balance sheet account reconciliations, and resolve root cause of reconciling items related to process weaknesses.
• Assist with efforts to streamline monthly reconciliation and analysis processes and work collaboratively with other functions to continuously improve data flow and integrity.
• Assist with tasks related to supporting internal and external audits.

People Management and Staff Development

• Assist in the hiring, developing, leading and motivating of a qualified team of professionals necessary to support the growth of the business and meet the needs of internal and external customers.
• Promote and drive professional development and training efforts to help improve overall business acumen, technical knowledge of US GAAP, and service skills of the team.
• Assist in managing ongoing human resource related issues including selection, team member career pathing and planning, performance management, salary administration and training and development.

Process and Project Management

• Continually evaluate the processes for general accounting and monthly close and strive to implement improvements that ensure the most efficient and effective delivery of financial results and insights to management and executive leadership.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Accounting
• CPA, with 5 years total accounting experience (firm + industry) working with $100M+ revenue companies (public and/or private)
• Demonstrated ability to manage staff effectively
• Demonstrated ability to present findings/recommendations to senior management
• Extensive experience with Oracle and similar ERP software
• Excellent interpersonal, organization and time management skills
• Strong management skills with the ability to handle multiple staff at different levels of knowledge and experience
• Demonstrate attention to detail and concern for quality
• Ability to complete assignments accurately and in a timely manner
• Experience in the hospitality industry an asset

Competency Group

Deliver World Class Service

• Hospitality
• Ownership

Do The Right Thing

• Manages Ambiguity

Drive Results

• Directs Work
• Achieves Goals

See The Big Picture

• Financial Acumen

Value People

• Builds Effective Teams

Salary Pay Range:

$110,000.00 - $125,000.00

The compensation offered for this role is determined based on the qualifications outlined in the job posting for the specified location. Final compensation is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant work experience, or particular skills and expertise. In addition, some positions may be eligible for other compensation such as potential overtime, bonuses or incentives.

We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help screen and/or assess applications for this role. These tools analyze information you provide (for example, your résumé or answers to questions using the chat to apply feature) to support our hiring team’s review. All hiring decisions include human judgment.

Office

Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Working times may include irregular hours and on-call status including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Team members must adhere to appearance guidelines as defined by Encore based in an office environment and when traveling, on an individual venue or a representation of venues in that city or area.

The above information on this description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.