General Accounting Specialist Canada

6 months ago


Toronto, Canada Arcadis Full time

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

**Role description**:
The General Accounting Specialist role is within the General Ledger Accounting team based in Toronto Canada and is part of the wider Arcadis Global Onshore and Accounting Finance community. This role will be part of the team responsible for standardized financial reporting, implementing, and maintaining an effective and efficient framework of operational general ledger accounting and statutory compliance with established company policies, generally accepted accounting principles, and local regulations. Working in the General Accounting team, the role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely completion of accounting close activities for all Canadian entities that ultimately drive financial information and reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. This role includes but is not limited to Onshore treasury operational activities and cash flow reporting.

Reports to the General Accounting Specialist reports directly to the General Accounting Manager

**Role accountabilities**:
The main responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

- Completion of daily accounting transactions and ensuring the accuracy of input of accounting data into the financial systems
- Preparing weekly cash flow forecasts in conjunction with AP and AR positions.
- Treasury operations and reporting.
- The key player in ERP migration activities and projects.
- Performing standard journal entries and accounting for accruals, prepayments, and depreciation accounting
- Maintaining adherence to company accounting procedures
- Assistance in the preparation of statutory returns including Sale tax/VAT or equivalent where required.
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts and ensuring all discrepancies are addressed.
- Processing and reconciling intercompany transactions.
- Assisting in the preparation of statutory financial statements and other lodgements
- Maintenance of the fixed assets register (accounting and tax)
- Posting all payroll-related journals
- Ensuring all accounting documentation is accurately reported locally and to the group.
- Engaging in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your manager or Arcadis.
- Support the wider Accounting team as required.

**Qualifications & Experience**:
**Required qualifications**:

- Degree or Post-Grad in Accounting/Finance with recognized professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or ACMA or equivalent)
- Oracle accounting module experience.
- Strong ERP Oracle migration experience
- Experience and knowledge of accounting standards and tax regulations
- Treasury/Cash management - multiple countries (Include Cash flow forecast + Exchange rate Hedging experience)
- Knowledge and experience in an international and multi-currency environment
- Oracle, BST, OneStream ERP systems and Excel high proficiency experience

**Preferred qualifications**
- Experience in financial accounting, statutory reporting, General Ledger and/or in a Shared Service environment
- Knowledge of General Accounting requirements for European countries
- Good interpersonal and communication skills

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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