Manager, Accounting

Western Canada Lottery Corporation; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A non-profit lottery management organization in Winnipeg is seeking a full-time Accounting Manager to oversee the accounting team. The successful candidate will have a CPA designation and 5-7 years of experience, including supervisory roles. Responsibilities include managing month-end and year-end processes, supporting staff development, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. This role offers competitive benefits and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Good work-life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years accounting experience including supervising an accounting team.
• Demonstrated expertise in month-end and year-end processes.
• Ability to provide service and advice to internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support accounting staff including training and development.
• Promote continuous improvement within the accounting team.
• Be accountable for the internal control environment.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Expertise in accounting processes

Education

CPA designation

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics - Great Plains

Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills

Job description

Overview

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) is looking for a full-time Accounting Manager to join our team. Working closely with the Director of Finance and other leaders in our Finance and Strategy teams, you’ll plan, direct, and oversee daily operations of the accounting team for a company that regularly grosses around $1.5 billion in sales each year.

The Role

We’re looking for someone who can…

• Supervise and support accounting staff including training, development, and prioritizing work.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement within the accounting team; refine and update relevant policies, processes, and procedures as necessary.
• Be a trusted resource to provide expert accounting advice and service to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Be accountable for the internal control environment within the accounting area including responding to any internal audit recommendations.
• Guide all aspects of month-end / year-end; including sales and expense cut-off to ensure complete and accurate reporting periods including account reconciliations.
• Prepare, analyze, and review financial statements on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis – and assist with regulatory reporting when necessary.
• Coordinate, complete and manage the year-end external audit processes.
• Support and oversee accounts payable, inventory and asset management.
• Coordinate and manage banking and treasury functions.
• Manage the filing of GST and PST submissions.
• Coordinate and manage the WCLC Pension Plan financial accounting and statement preparation.
• Maintain current with relevant accounting standards / principles and integrate required changes into accounting operations.
• Manage all aspects of the Great Plains accounting system including chart of accounts, cost allocation rules / programming, reporting, system administration, user access, and training.
• Support the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis in preparing annual budgets.

Qualifications

You should have…

• Your CPA designation.
• A minimum 5-7 years accounting experience, including 2 years supervising an accounting team.
• Demonstrated expertise in overseeing month-end and year-end processes, as well as facilitating the year-end external audit process.
• Well developed leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent service and advice to internal stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, organization, and analytical skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics - Great Plains (definite asset).
• Experience with Microsoft Office products with advanced Excel skills.

Who we are

You may not have heard of us before, but you’ve almost certainly heard of the products we help bring to players throughout the Prairie Provinces and the North every day; lottery games like LOTTO 6 / 49, SPORT SELECT, and dozens of instant scratch tickets.

WCLC is the non-profit organization authorized to manage, conduct, and operate lotteries – at retail and online – and other gaming-related activities for the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as well as the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. We work closely with our provincial partners to bring a first-rate lottery experience to our players and meet their changing needs with new technology and tools.

We know it’s our people that make this possible, which is why we invest in building talented, adaptable, and accountable teams. We’d love to talk to you about how you fit into that.

Get in the game with WCLC; apply TODAY!

We offer a challenging, collaborative work environment, competitive benefits, and a good work-life balance.