General Accounting Specialist

2 weeks 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 standardised 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 drives financial information and reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. This role includes but not limited to Onshore treasury operational activities and cash flow reporting.

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

- Complete month-end, quarter-end and year-end close activities to ensure timely financial reporting
- Perform more complex journal entries and reconciliations including consolidation activities.
- Effectively collaborate with Global Business Area Finance Teams, Global Accounting teams and other cross-functional teams to ensure completeness and accuracy in transactions and close process.preparing monthly financial statements, including balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, and other financial reports
- Assist with the Audits.
- Reviewing weekly cash forecasts and monitoring the cash position of the company alerting management of any significant variances
- Managing the Foreign Exchange impact and converting as appropriate
- Manage the intercompany accounting and reporting process, including intercompany invoicing, reconciliations, journal entries, and quarterly intercompany balance matching.
- Preparing statutory returns including VAT or equivalent
- Provide technical support on current accounting standards (such as IFRS 16) and local statutory requirements that have an impact on accounting operation
- Maintaining and monitoring schedules capital assets, IFRS 16 lease schedule, FX reports.
- Ensuring compliance with local legislation and other regulatory requirements
- Managing internal and external audit requirements and engaging with key stakeholders as appropriate
- Engaging in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your manager and Arcadis.
- Key player in the ERP Oracle migration project.

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Degree in Accounting/Finance with recognized professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or ACMA or equivalent)
- Excellent knowledge of accounting standards and tax regulations
- Audit experience is an advantage
- Experience in financial accounting, statutory reporting, General Ledger and/or in a Shared Service environment preferable
- Knowledge and experience in an international and multi-currency environment
- Oracle, BST, OneStream ERP systems and Excel high proficiency experience an advantage
- Strong analytical and investigative skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Recruitment agencies need not respond. Details from this vacancy are not to be used for marketing purposes. _

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

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