Director of Management Accounting

Northland Properties is recognized throughout Canada as one of the most trusted names in hotels, restaurants, sports, and construction. Northland Properties Corporation is the force behind such brands as Sandman Hotel Group, The Sutton Place Hotels, Moxie's Grill & Bar, Chop Steakhouse & Bar, Denny's Restaurants, Shark Club Sports Bar, Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, the Dallas Stars, Grouse Mountain, Northland Asset Management Company and more to come
The vision for the Northland Finance team is to develop a high functioning, effective and efficient finance function with scalable capabilities and processes to support finance operations, business growth, and compliance. The Director of Management Accounting will be responsible for the accounting functions for the Northland group of companies with respect to primarily income-based business units and operations, such as the Hotels, Restaurants and the Mountains business units as well the Head Office departments. In leading these parts of the accounting team, and partnering with the Director of Corporate Accounting in leading the full accounting team, the Director will provide leadership that emphasizes continuous learning and improvement in optimizing the design and execution of the company’s financial records and accounting processes; balancing resource allocation and process design to achieve both highly efficient outcomes that leverage the organization’s size and scale, while maintaining an appropriate level of internal controls.

**Responsibilities**:
People & Team Leadership
- As a senior leader on the Finance team, you will provide leadership, guidance and mentorship to all members of the Accounting and broader Finance team members, working with the CFO to cultivate a supportive, collaborative and service oriented mindset across the Finance team
- Leadership and oversight of the Management Accounting team, and close partnership and collaboration with Director of Corporate Accounting and other functional areas as assigned by the CFO

**Functional Responsibilities include**:

- Accounting practices and processes for all Income-based operations, including Hotels, Restaurants and Resorts business units, as well as Head Office departments.
- Supporting the CFO in managing and administering the Northland group shared services teams and reporting of Northland group operational results.
- Collaborate with the FP&A team in the preparation and distribution of relevant period end financial reports (P&Ls) for supported functional and business unit leadership and stakeholders, from location specific management to brand and business unit Presidents, to provide all stakeholders with the necessary financial information for informed decision-making
- This includes providing accounting service, financial reporting and support for all applicable brand units, franchise partners, location specific management, and senior business leadership
- Maintaining and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations as applicable to the Management Accounting team’s responsibilities

Other
- Collaboration with the Director of Corporate Accounting to ensure all Northland accounting processes and transactions are executed in a timely and efficient manner, with an appropriate level of safeguards and internal controls to ensure financial reporting is issued without material misstatement.
- Collaboration with the Director of Corporate Accounting to jointly oversee period-end, quarter-end and year-end closings effectively and efficiently, producing accurate financial reports in a timely manner, for both internal and external stakeholder requirements (auditors, financial partners, etc).
- Collaboration with the Director of Corporate Accounting, provide Leadership and support for all external audits among the Northland group of companies
- Collaboration with the Director of Corporate Accounting for investigating and resolving audit findings, account discrepancies, and issues of non-compliance, as well as:

- Contributing to the development of new or amended accounting systems, programs, policies and procedures.
- Reviewing current processes and identifying opportunities for change.
- Develop, implement and monitor financial controls.
- Performing other accounting duties and supervising and mentoring junior staff
- Assist the CFO and Northland senior leadership with special projects as needed
- Have a continuous improvement and customer-service mindset, looking for opportunities to drive improved levels of service, speed, automation and reduce duplication to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all finance functions in support of Northland’s overall business success

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or Business Administration, CPA. Designation preferred.
- 10+ years in progressively more senior Finance or Accounting roles with experience managing teams.
- Expertise in Canadian private company GAAP (ASPE).
- Experience working with Microso