Accounting Manager (Contract)

Spin Master; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Flexible work hours

Comprehensive benefits

Team collaboration

Job summary

Spin Master is hiring an Accounting Manager to lead the North America Toy Center close and reporting processes. You will drive the monthly and quarterly close, manage intercompany transactions, and oversee commissions and reconciliations with a focus on internal controls and process improvement.

Ideal candidate brings CPA, 4+ years of managerial experience, IFRS expertise, and strong Excel/SAP/BPC skills to collaborate with Finance, Operations, and Leadership.

Qualifications

• CPA designation is required.
• Minimum 4 years of managerial experience.
• Ability to respond to, prioritize and meet deadlines with high accuracy.
• Experienced people leader and coach.
• Strong accounting and financial reporting expertise (IFRS preferred).
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP/BPC is an asset.
• Advanced Excel skills (PivotTables, VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUP, and advanced formulas).

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close for North America Toy Center.
• Manage close responsibilities including prepayments and intercompany entries.
• Oversee commissions calculations and payments for sales reps.
• Maintain monthly general ledger reconciliations.
• Develop internal controls and safeguard company assets.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations and Leadership to inform decisions.
• Maintain and update accounting SOPs.
• Support audits and ensure compliance.
• Monitor regulatory changes and adjust processes.
• Drive process improvements and leverage automation.
• Provide leadership to direct reports and set goals.
• Perform ad hoc projects as needed.

Skills

People leadership

Deadline driven

Strong accounting

IFRS knowledge

ERP systems knowledge

Advanced Excel

Education

CPA designation

Tools

SAP/BPC

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children’s toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description

Spinmaster is seeking a Accounting Manager, to join our dynamic Finance team! As a Accounting Manager, you will report to the Sr. Manager, Corporate Accounting and help lead the financial close process for the North America Toy Creative Center. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing business, lead change, improve processes and be an integral member of a team seeking continuous improvement and best in class accounting and reporting.

What will you work on?

Facilitate and lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process for North America Toy including:

• Lead monthly financial close process for the North America Toy creative center, including PL, Balance Sheet, and variance analysis
• Manage various close responsibilities for North America Toy and Corporate Accounting including prepayments and intercompany transactions
• Lead the commissions calculation, accrual and payment process for in-house and 3rd party sales reps, working closely with the sales team to ensure information
• Lead the process to review, maintain and monitor monthly general ledger account reconciliations.
• Develop and implement internal controls and procedures to safeguard company assets and mitigate financial risks.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership, to provide financial insights and support decision-making.
• Develop, implement, and maintain standardized operating procedures for the accounting department.
• Support Internal and External audit requirements to facilitate quarterly and annual audits and ensure compliance.
• Regularly review and update procedures to align with evolving accounting standards and best practices.
• Monitor and assess changes in accounting regulations and industry trends, ensuring compliance and proactively adapting financial processes as needed.
• Drive process improvements to standardize build efficiencies and ensure best practices are employed while leveraging systems, automation, and other solutions as needed.
• Provide managerial leadership to direct report, including establishing goals and objectives, assessing skills, knowledge and personal effectiveness
• Perform ad hoc projects as needed during the year.

What are your skills and experience?

• CPA designation
• At least 4 years of managerial experience
• Ability to respond to, prioritize effectively and meet deadlines while maintaining the highest standards of completeness and accuracy.
• Experienced people leader and effective coach committed to the development and engagement of their team.
• Strong accounting and financial reporting expertise (IFRS preferred)
• Experience with ERP systems, SAP/BPC are considered an asset
• Strong computer literacy skills with Microsoft Office and advanced level Excel skill (pivots, vlookups, xlookups, and advanced formulas)

The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $90,000 to $110,000 per annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What You Can Expect From Us

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.