Analyst – Corporate Accounting

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group insurance

RRSPs

Gym access

Artwork at office

Park backyard

Office spaces for four days presence

Job summary

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is seeking a Finance and Accounting professional for a full-time role reporting to the Head of Corporate Accounting. The candidate will provide accounting, analysis, and planning support to corporate departments and artistic services in a dynamic environment with high autonomy.

The role involves month-end close, variance analyses, budgeting collaboration, and ensuring internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Business Administration with an accounting concentration is required.
• At least three years of relevant experience in a similar position, ideally at a large company.
• Professional accounting designation is a plus.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide accounting, analysis, and planning support to corporate departments and artistic services.
• Participate in month-end processes and meet deadlines for assigned sectors.
• Prepare monthly variance analyses (actual vs. budget vs. forecast).
• Contribute to quarterly forecasts and budgeting in collaboration with sector leadership.
• Assist in external audit and tax filings; support internal controls implementation and improvements.

Skills

Excel

English & French

SAP

Longview

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - accounting concentration

Tools

SAP

Longview

Job description

Full-Time Position

Life at the Circus is all about sharing our passion and creating wonder alongside talented colleagues and doing it at breakneck speed. Boldness and curiosity are part of our DNA and, we hope, part of yours, too. Together, we work hard, juggle priorities, and sometimes change course all while having a lot of fun. Above all, we dare to reinvent ourselves and take on new challenges.

Finance and Accounting

Full-Time Position

Life at the Circus is all about sharing our passion and creating wonder alongside talented colleagues and doing it at breakneck speed. Boldness and curiosity are part of our DNA and, we hope, part of yours, too. Together, we work hard, juggle priorities, and sometimes change course all while having a lot of fun. Above all, we dare to reinvent ourselves and take on new challenges.

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Accounting, you will provide accounting, analysis, and planning support to corporate departments and artistic services. In a dynamic environment that requires a high degree of autonomy, you will be expected to maintain a partnership-based relationship with these sectors and work closely with them and your colleagues in the Finance team.

You Will Be Recognized For

• Ensuring that costs and revenues for your assigned sectors are accurately recorded;
• Having a thorough understanding of the operations of the sectors under your responsibility and serving as the point of contact for them;
• Actively participating in the month-end process and completing all tasks related to your sectors by the specified deadlines;
• Preparing monthly variance analyses (actual vs. budget vs. forecast) for your sectors;
• Contributing to the development of quarterly forecasts and actively participating in the budgeting process, while working closely with the directors and senior directors of your sectors;
• Manage corporate allocations among the various business lines;
• Contribute to the integration of the team's new projects while supporting initiatives for continuous improvement and optimization of accounting processes and internal controls;
• Document your work procedures to facilitate collaboration with your colleagues;
• Ensure compliance with the company's accounting standards and administrative procedures;
• Assist in preparing external audit and tax filings, and respond to inquiries;
• Implement and monitor the necessary internal controls for all processes under your responsibility.

We'd like to meet you if you have:

• A Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) with a concentration in accounting or the equivalent;
• At least three years of relevant experience in a similar position, ideally at a large company;
• A recognized accounting designation (a plus);
• Excellent proficiency in Excel;
• Experience using ERP systems, such as SAP; knowledge of Longview is a plus;
• Attention to detail, a high degree of independence, a sense of responsibility, and the ability to adapt to change;
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to establish and maintain clear, structured communication;
• Knowledge of US GAAP is a plus;
• Proficiency in English and French, both spoken and written.

We were born from an eclectic troop of performers. Come live the experience of being yourself every day to create the extraordinary. To keep pace with the creation, production and distribution of our products, our employer proposal is unique.

HERE IS AN OVERVIEW

• A stimulating environment that will allow you to put all your creativity to good use
• Beautiful office spaces for our 4 days presence/week policy with 2 cafeterias, access to a gym, unique pieces of art, the Frederick-Back Park as our backyard, and much more.
• A culture focused on the development of fair practices and unifying events
• Professional growth focused on high-quality projects to propel your career
• A group insurance program, RRSPs and other benefits that we will be happy to present to you
• Personalized support adapted to your professional ambitions.

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible and inclusive workplace. Proud ambassador of equality in employment, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is committed to eliminating discrimination based on age, skin color, origins, religion, sex, sexual orientation and any other characteristic. Neutral and inclusive writing is now preferred for all new job postings.