Manager, Capital Assets

**Highlights of the job**

We are hiring one (1) Full Time, Permanent
**Manager, Capital Assets** to work with the Finance & Planning team in Edmonton.

The Manager, Capital Assets is accountable for the development of the Drainage business unit’s long term plan, budget, forecasts relating to capital investment, including the reporting and analysis of capital expenditures and additions for both internal and external financial and regulatory reporting. This also includes the determination of appropriate IFRS treatment and financial support to operational project management.

**What you’d be responsible for**
- Providing input to the Drainage Services Capital plans and directions. Developing and implementing appropriate deliverables within the context of the Drainage Services Capital business plan.
- Creating and managing a team of employees, including determination of optimal numbers, recruitment, retention, and development.
- Ensuring that reporting deadlines are met and the appropriate treatments are implemented with respect to internal and external financial reporting and planning requirements of EPCOR and the regulatory reporting requirements.
- Developing, implementing, and reviewing Capital Assets processes ensuring compliance to policies, standards, regulatory requirements and ensuring mitigation of risks. Assessing internal controls ensuring adequacy and compliance with Canadian Sarbanes-Oxley processes.
- Providing:

- Customer-focused financial support and analysis related to capital projects by working closely with the Drainage Services Project Management Office, senior managers, and project managers.
- Support towards development and testing of system upgrades, including Oracle Fixed Assets, Oracle Projects, Adaptive, and other related systems, including review and development of appropriate test scripts.
- Support and liaison with Regulatory, Planning, and Asset Management to ensure processes exist to capture and track data to support depreciation and cost of service studies in support of future filing requirements.
- Monitoring:

- Changes and developments in the Drainage business, identifying accounting issues, performing research and considering impacts of issues on Drainage accounting practices and internal controls (both IFRS and Regulatory), including recommending solutions, and communicating operational and accounting impacts to key personnel.
- Key differences in accounting treatment of capital-related items under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Regulatory filings and develop processes to ensure tracking of differences over time.
- Liaising with operational areas to encourage and develop financial literacy relating to Capital Assets for both IFRS, Regulatory and Planning and Forecasting purposes.
- Coordinating internal CSOX, external audit, and related party reporting, ensuring adequate working papers are developed, and manage audit queries when required.
- Demonstrating a high performance, high discipline, safe, accountable, focused, innovative and achievement-oriented, easy to do business with manner of working.

**What’s required to be successful**
- An accredited accounting designation (CPA);
- Degree (or equivalent) in Business Finance or Accounting from a recognized post-secondary institution
- 5+ years of supervisory or leadership experience;
- A minimum of 6 years of directly related and progressively responsible professional accounting experience;
- Demonstrable sound understanding of current IFRS accounting guidance and policies, with a focus on capital assets;
- Financial modeling experience for budgets, forecast and long-term plans;
- Ability to work and manage a team remotely.
- Understanding of:

- EPCOR Financial Processes;
- Regulatory capital accounting;
- Oracle financial system and related support systems, including Adaptive Insights;
- Microsoft Power BI;

**Other important facts about this job**

Jurisdiction: MGMT

Hours of work: 80 hours bi-weekly, Monday to Friday

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Please note the following information:

- A requirement of working for EPCOR is that you are at least 18 years of age, successfully attained a high school diploma (GED, or equivalent level of secondary education) and legally entitled to work in Canada. (A copy of a valid work permit may be required.)
- If you are considered for the position, clearance on all applicable background checks (which may include criminal, identity, educational, and/or credit) and professional reference checks is required. Some EPCOR positions require an enhanced level of background assessment, which is dictated by law. These positions require advanced criminal record checks that must also be conducted from time to time after commencement of employment.
- A technical/practical assessment may be administered during the selection process and this exercise will be used as a part of the selection crite