Senior Accountant

Driven Brands; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Driven Brands, a leading automotive services company, is seeking a Senior Accountant in Hamilton, Ontario. The role involves managing month-end close activities and ensuring the integrity of financial records. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and advanced Excel skills, with a focus on problem-solving and communication within teams.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Accounting & Finance.
• 2+ years in a Senior Accountant/Analyst role.
• Knowledge of month-end close process.

Responsibilities

• Perform month-end close activities and prepare financial statements.
• Analyze and report accounting transactions for accuracy.
• Provide resolutions to complex accounting problems.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Accounting Principles

Financial Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

ERP Systems (Oracle)

Job description

We invite you to join us at Driven Brands!

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands (NASDAQ : DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash.

With over 4,500 centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and more.Our network services over 50 million vehicles annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales each year.

Our culture inspires high performance and innovation, enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that support this vision.

JOB DESCRIPTION : Duties & Resp :

• Performs general accounting month end close activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements and capital expenditure schedules
• Prepare and post journal entries during month end close
• Prepares, records, analyzes and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles
• Analyzes and prepares statutory accounts, financial statements and reports
• Conducts or assists in the documentation of accounting projects.
• Broad application of principles, theories and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
• Provides resolution to a diverse scope and range of complex problems where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Contributes to the development of organization’s goals and objectives.
• Frequent communication with internal teams and with outside customer contacts.
• Represents the organization on projects and may perform in project leadership role and / or may supervise the activities of lower level personnel (exempt professional and non-exempt).

Qualifications :

• 3-5 Years of Experience in Accounting & Finance, or related field
• 2+ Years in a Sr. Accountant / Analyst role
• Advanced Excel experience required (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, formulas)
• Knowledge of Month end close process
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, or related field
• Experience in an ERP Systems, preferably Oracle