Manager, Financial Reporting

MLSE; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership (MLSE) is seeking a senior accounting leader to oversee financial reporting across a diverse portfolio. You will manage and coach a team of accounting professionals, ensuring accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, while providing strong review controls and governance on all accounting activities.

The role emphasizes balancing high-volume event-driven activity with disciplined reconciliations, timely reporting, and collaboration across

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee accounting and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of accounting professionals, establishing clear expectations, providing regular feedback, supporting professional development, and building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes for assigned portfolios, ensuring financial results are accurate, complete, appropriately supported, and delivered within established timelines.
• Provide a strong review and control layer over accounting activities prepared by the team, including journal entries, accruals, revenue and expense recognition, inventory and cost of sales, allocations, account reconciliations, and supporting financial schedules.
• Oversee accounting for high-volume, event-driven business activity, including daily and event-level sales, inventory, e-commerce, merchandise programs, credit card chargebacks, and other relevant transactions.
• Maintain strong balance sheet governance across assigned portfolios, ensuring reconciliations are completed to a high standard and outstanding, aged, unusual, or higher-risk items are proactively investigated and resolved.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for the Accounting team on complex transactions, reconciliation issues, unusual activity, accounting treatment, competing priorities, and other matters requiring management judgment.
• Review and support mon

Job description

Powered by Passion. United by Purpose. Build for Impact.

At Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership (MLSE), we exist to deliver the ultimate fan experience by lifting trophies, spirits, and communities - united as one.

We're more than a workplace. We are a team of passionate people, boldly building the future of sport and entertainment, together. We believe in the power of play, the strength of collaboration, and the energy that comes from showing up with purpose.

From the ice to the pitch, the hardwood to the digital arena, we're proud to be the driving force behind the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), the Toronto Raptors (NBA), Toronto FC (MLS), Toronto Argonauts (CFL) and development teams with the Toronto Marlies (AHL), Raptors 905 (NBA G League), Toronto FC II (MLS NEXT Pro League) and Raptors Uprising Gaming Club, the Toronto Raptors Esports franchise in the NBA 2K League.

We bring these teams - and world-class entertainment - to life at our iconic venues, including Scotiabank Arena, BMO Field, Coca-Cola Coliseum, Ford Performance Centre, BMO Training Ground, and OVO Athletic Centre. Off the field, we serve up elevated dining at e11even, Real Sports, and our signature club spaces like Hot Stove Club, ScotiaClub, and Platinum Club.

Through MLSE Foundation and MLSE LaunchPad, we use the power of sport to help youth facing barriers reach their full potential. Since 2009, we've invested more than $45 million into Ontario communities -- and we're just getting started.

This is what it means to be One MLSE: a culture where everyone plays a role, everyone belongs, and everyone contributes to something bigger than themselves.

So, if you're ready to play with purpose, grow with passion, and win as one, we'd love to have you on our team.

We know that great candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Even if you do not meet every qualification listed, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, transferable skills, and lived experience may be exactly what we're looking for.

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and oversee accounting and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of accounting professionals, establishing clear expectations, providing regular feedback, supporting professional development, and building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes for assigned portfolios, ensuring financial results are accurate, complete, appropriately supported, and delivered within established timelines.
• Provide a strong review and control layer over accounting activities prepared by the team, including journal entries, accruals, revenue and expense recognition, inventory and cost of sales, allocations, account reconciliations, and supporting financial schedules.
• Oversee accounting for high-volume, event-driven business activity, including daily and event-level sales, inventory, e-commerce, merchandise programs, credit card chargebacks, and other relevant transactions.
• Maintain strong balance sheet governance across assigned portfolios, ensuring reconciliations are completed to a high standard and outstanding, aged, unusual, or higher-risk items are proactively investigated and resolved.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for the Accounting team on complex transactions, reconciliation issues, unusual activity, accounting treatment, competing priorities, and other matters requiring management judgment.
• Review and support mon