Senior Accountant & Billing Lead

Emera Inc; Halifax; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Emera Inc is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their finance team in Halifax, NS. This role involves maintaining financial records, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and supporting key decision-making processes. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in business or commerce, relevant CPA qualifications, and substantial financial accounting experience, ideally within a fast-paced environment. Emera values diverse perspectives, encouraging applications from underrepresented groups to enrich their inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of financial accounting experience, knowledge of US GAAP advantageous.
• Meticulous approach with strong quantitative and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze lease schedules and preparing journal entries.
• Prepare monthly sales tax reports and assist in financial reporting.
• Collaborate with departments to provide financial analysis as needed.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Financial Reporting

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Commerce

Accounting Designation (CPA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Job description

The Opportunity

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Department: Finance

Location: Halifax, NS

Employment Type: Regular, Full Time

At Emera, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcome and supported. Come, build a career as unique as you are, making an impact from Atlantic Canada and on our businesses across the US and the Caribbean. Your experience and values will support the Emera team to safely deliver cleaner, reliable energy to our customers.

The opportunity:

We are currently looking to hire a Senior Accountant who will be a key member of the finance team for Grand HVAC Leasing, a leasing business operating in the US and Canada which is a fully owned subsidiary of Emera Inc, a TSX listed public company.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance, and based at Emera Head office in Halifax, this is an exciting opportunity to support the broad financial operations by maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and supporting key decision-making processes. You will work closely with the Senior Manager, Financial Reporting, to oversee month-end processes, financial reporting, and analysis, and contribute to continuous improvements in our finance operations.

Key Responsibilities

Providing, financial reporting for the US and Canada, which includes, but is not limited to:

• Maintaining and analyzing lease schedules including preparing various journal entries for month end payment allocations, derecognitions, buyouts and write offs.
• Preparing monthly US Sales Tax reports for various states, maintaining files and reporting to parent company.
• Assist in preparing monthly financials reports, Journal entries for US and Canada including month end reports for parent company
• Assisting internal and external auditors during required audits including federal, state, and provincial regulators.
• Collaborating with other Emera departments to provide financial information on Tax and other matters.
• Preparing other ad hoc analysis and reports as required by Senior Manager Finance/ Operations.

Relevant Qualifications

To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration or commerce and have completed, or working toward completing, an accounting designation (CPA or equivalent)

• Minimum of 3 years of financial accounting experience, knowledge of US GAAP, would be advantageous
• Experience with financial reporting systems proficient in Excel and its various functions.
• Meticulous approach with a strong quantitative, analytical, and organizational mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven, team-focused environment, with the ability to handle multiple deliverables and work independently under tight deadlines.
• Possesses a customer focused and is innovative, with the ability to identify and implement improved processes.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we have listed above, please consider applying.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Emera: At Emera we value diversity, equity, and inclusion.We strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. Emera supports candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs.

Recruitment and Promotion Policy:When filling vacant positions, we are determined to hire the best candidates available. We are committed to providing employees with a fair and equal opportunity to compete for jobs. Hiring and promotion of employees is based on skills, capabilities, knowledge and demonstrated abilities.