Accounting Manager

**Who We Are**

**SUMMARY**

The Accounting Manager is accountable for process adherence and improvement, planning and forecasting, reporting and analysis, and audit support for single, high volume or multiple low volume portfolios.

**KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**

**People Management**
- Manages a team of individual contributors
- Develops, trains and coaches team member
- Creates development and coaching plans
- Conducts performance reviews
- Makes hire, disciplinary and fire decisions

**Process Adherence /Implementation**
- Identifies and implements new ways to improve quality and efficiency of financial processes
- Conducts root cause analysis on process gaps. Recommends and implements major process improvements within assigned
- portfolio
- Prepares policies, policies and procedures.

**Planning/Forecasting**
- Prepares annual plans and quarterly reforecast for CBG and LOB’s

**Analysis**
- Conducts in-depth financial analysis and makes recommendations to Senior Finance and Operations Management
- Responds to internal and external client requests for ad hoc analysis
- Conducts analysis

**Reporting**
- Reviews routine transactions to determine accuracy of results
- Prepares complex accounting entries
- Prepares consolidated financial results - monthly, quarterly - for CBG’s and LOB’s
- Prepares external and internal consolidated financial reports
- Responsible for the accuracy of the financial information.
- Prepares basic business cases and provides input to complex business cases.

**Audit Support**
- Liaises with auditors to review audit support
- Accountable for compliance with internal and external audit requirements

**Operational / Strategic Decisions**
- Accountable for operational decisions made by direct reports
- Makes operational decisions (i.e. process changes)
- Supports strategic decisions by participating in steering committees, special projects, etc.

**Other**
- Prepares basic business cases. Provides input to complex business cases.
- Other duties as assigned.

**FINANCE SPECIFIC-JOB SCOPE/DEFINITION**

**Portfolio Scope/Complexity**
- Single, high volume or multiple, low volume portfolios

**Complexity of Accounting**
- Ability to manage and resolve complex account reconciliation which sees the highest transaction volume or deal with multiple portfolios or business units.
- Resolving complex accounting issues escalated from support team. Makes recommendations to Controllers.
- Full understanding of accounting regulations specific to area of expertise.

**Involvement in Full Cycle Accounting**
- Full cycle completion of CBG, LOB accounting cycles.

**Preparation of Financial Information**
- Reviews, consolidates, reports and communicates routine data.
- Accountable for accurate and timely financial reporting.

**Reporting Audience/User of Financial Information**
- Internal and external linear and vertical reporting.

**Audit Support**
- Liaises with auditors to review audit support.
- Accountable for compliance with internal and external audit requirements.

**Operations vs. Strategic Decisions**
- Accountable for operational decisions made by direct reports.
- Makes operational decisions (i.e. process changes).
- Supports strategic decisions by participating in steering committees, special projects, etc.
- Operational impact on financial reporting and processes.
- Ability to impact financial results based on fact-based decisions - i.e. increasing accruals after manager review.

**Problem Solving**
- Problems - typically non-recurring problems.
- Identifies and resolves complex problems within assigned portfolios.
- Conducts root cause analysis on process gaps. Recommends and implements **major**process improvements within assigned portfolio.
- Works requires judgment and initiative.
- Resolves escalated problems.

**Interaction with Client/Management**
- First point of client contact regarding problem resolution.

**KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS**
- 5-10 years’ relevant experience with University graduation or professional certification (e.g. P. Eng, CMA, CGA or equivalent courses).
- Possesses full scope understanding of accounting modules within accounting systems for specific portfolio scope.
- Advanced level knowledge of MS Office suite of software.
- Ability to manage and resolve complex account reconciliation which sees the highest transaction volume or deal with multiple portfolios or business units.
- Ability to resolve complex accounting issues escalated from support team and to make recommendations to Controllers.
- Strong operational finance experience in a technical services / work order environment.
- Full understanding of accounting regulations specific to area of expertise.
- Ability to prepare basic business cases and provide input for complex business cases.
- Ability to prepare written policies, processes and procedures.
- Ability to communicate goals and employee performance feedback.
- Ability to make operational decisions and support strategic decisions.
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