Financial Accountant

Join a dynamic team as a Financial Accountant and play a pivotal role in a high-impact ERP system integration.

This is a 6-month contract.

Our client is a well-established multinational company in an exciting industry. With a 100-year history, they offer a fast-paced, dynamic, and rewarding culture and their corporate values promote teamwork, trust, and integrity.

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Financial Accountant to assist with the integration of a new ERP system (NetSuite). The role will focus on ensuring the accuracy and consistency of financial data across 20+ companies and 50+ divisions during the transition period by performing reconciliations between the old and new systems. This role requires strong communication and project management skills to drive reconciling items across the line.

1. Perform reconciliations between the legacy system and the new ERP system to ensure accuracy and consistency of financial data.
2. Assist with dual entry of financial transactions into both the old and new systems during the transition period.
3. Identify discrepancies, variances, and reconciling items, and reach out across departments to collaborate on corrective actions.
4. Drive communication across various business units to resolve issues, ensuring alignment and timely resolution.
5. Test user access levels and permissions to ensure appropriate functionality within the new ERP system.
6. Work closely with the accounting and IT teams to troubleshoot problems and support the integration.
7. Ensure compliance with company policies and accounting standards throughout the transition process.
8. Assist Finance team with month end procedures.

1. CPA or CPA equivalent (preferred).
2. Confidence with multiple systems, experience with Epicor and NetSuite, an asset.
3. Strong project management, organizational and time management skills with a commitment to accurate, complete and detail-oriented work.
4. Strong oral, written and interpersonal skills.
5. Sound analytical thinking, problem solving, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
6. Adept at identifying variances and reaching across the business to drive the solutions across the line.
7. High attention to detail and organizational skills.
8. A collaborative and positive approach to teamwork.
9. A hardworking, self-motivated, and proactive work ethic.

$40-45/hr commensurate with experience + benefits, 10 days prorated for contract length, meaning you will be entitled to 5 vacation days across the 6-month contract. Given the upcoming NetSuite implementation, our client’s vacation policy outlines that from Feb-April 2025, no more than 5 days can be taken consecutively and only one team member can be off at a time.

Based in the company’s Vancouver head office. Hybrid working schedule of MON-TUES-WED in-office and Thurs-Fri remote.

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