Senior Accountant

Hendrix Genetics BV; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hendrix Genetics BV in Kitchener, Canada, is seeking a Senior Accountant to join the BU Turkeys Finance Team. The role focuses on timely, accurate financial information for designated North America entities and supports the closing process across multiple ERP systems.

You will prepare journal entries, perform reconciliations, analyze variances, and ensure internal controls while assisting managers and junior staff. This on-site position offers growth within a dynamic finance team.

Responsibilities

• Adherence to deadlines around month end, cut-off issues, reconciliations, and reporting
• Lead Accountant for assigned operating companies, ensuring smooth, efficient and accurate accounting and closing processes
• Prepare and input journal entries, maintain G/L to financial statements, subledgers
• Conduct monthly and quarterly reconciliations and analysis for accurate reporting
• Review and reconcile inter-company transactions; generate invoices as necessary
• Report month end financial information using ERP systems (Dynamics 365, MTECH) and MS Excel, corporate entry to Oracle FCCS
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and variances from budget
• Provide support to managers and review work of junior staff
• Query ERP/database for reports and create ad hoc analyses
• Perform financial administration & business support (e.g., capex)
• Ensure internal controls and tax entries are adhered to; support process improvements
• Other duties within Finance as assigned

Job description

Your Role

The Senior Accountant is part of the BU Turkeys Finance Team at the Kitchener Office and will work for designated operating companies and/or entities within the North America region. This position plays a key role in ensuring that the daily, weekly and monthly time sensitive finance information is executed in a highly efficient and accurate manner. The position requires the highest possible level of efficiency, timeliness, accuracy and integrity of all finance functions. This position will take responsibility for achieving deadlines and accuracy of information presented and will work to support other finance functions as required.

Responsibilities

• Adherence to deadlines around month end, cut-off issues, reconciliations, and reporting
• As the lead Accountant for assigned operating companies, work together with other team members to ensure a smooth, efficient and accurate accounting and closing process
• Prepare and input journal entries, maintain G/L to financial statements, subledgers, and other sources of information
• Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations and analysis to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
• Review and reconcile all inter-company transactions; generate invoices as necessary
• Reporting of month end financial information using ERP systems (Dynamics 365, MTECH) and MS Excel, corporate entry to Oracle FCCS
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies, variances from budget, and other issues that should be brought to management’s attention
• Provide support to managers, supervisors and co-workers, review work of junior department members
• Query of database/ERP for various business purposes and create ad hoc reports to support business needs
• Perform financial administration & business support as required (i.e., capex)
• Ensure that all documented internal controls, approvals and procedures are adhered to, as well as tax entry compliance
• Identify and provide recommendations regarding process improvement opportunities, support implementation of improved processes and controls
• Other duties and projects within Finance department as assigned