Accounting Manager

**Newlook Vision Group**

**Accounting Manager**

**About New Look Vision Group**

**New Look Vision Group**, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is the
**leading provider** of eye care products and services across Canada and is
**rapidly expanding** in the United States. The Group has retail sales of optical products which can be grouped into four principal categories:

- Prescription and non-prescription eyewear
- Contact lenses
- Sunglasses
- Accessories
- The group’s network of stores totals 477 locations, consisting of 417 locations in Canada and 60 in the United States. Prescription lenses are manufactured at the company’s central manufacturing and distribution facility located in Montreal.

New Look Vision Group operates in a decentralized structure, empowering the various business units to make day-to-day decisions and operate in their local marketplaces as they deem fit. Business units include well-recognized brands such as New Look Eyewear, Greiche & Scaff, Iris, Vogue Optical, Edward Beiner, Morgenthal Frederics and Robert Marc. The Group’s corporate office provides back office and shared services support for accounting, finance, merchandising, IT and real estate functions.

**CULTURE AND VALUES**

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**_Our Mission: Enhancing life’s sights and sounds_**

**Forthright**

**We** are honest and to the point with each other. We face the facts, whether they are positive or negative, and remain solutions focused. We are humble and open. Nothing to hide, everything to share. We don’t conceal information from each other or play politics.

**Ambitious**
- We are shrewd operators, focused on results. We are ambitious for the company and brave in delivery. We are numbers-driven and use data to make the best decisions, dispassionately. We analyze but know when to stop, make decisions and take calculated risks. We never settle for average, rather we strive for excellence.

**Respectful**
- We respect and support each other, always. We value diversityand we don’t just write this: diversity is part of our fabric and makes us better. We never judge, never assume, and always treat each other the way we want to be treated. We have a great sense of duty towards customers (patients) and the community. But we also laugh and don’t take ourselves too seriously

**Empowering**
- Our ambitions are global, but our execution is local. We are a team of teams. A group empowering and leveraging the superior knowledge of troops on the ground. We know that the success of our business flows from the people who serve our customers every day, and everything we do is aimed at supporting them better.

**BRIEF DESCRIPTION**

Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Accounting
- **Replacement for maternity leave - 15 months**
- Under the current leadership team, The Group has achieved outstanding operating and financial success. Since 2013 The Group’s store network has increased from 70 to 477 locations, primarily by way of acquisition. As such, the Group is seeking an organized and motivated
**_Accounting Manager_** who will play an active role in the accounting department.

**FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Lead all aspects and activities in the accounting team. Set clear performance expectations and provide timely feedback including clear task lists and stringent deadlines to be followed by the team
- Ensure the complete and accurate capture and processing of financial data for all banners & the compliance with applicable standards i.e. IFRS, rules and regulations
- Work with the senior management team concerning all related aspects in financial accounting and financial aspects of the operation in order to assist the decision-making
- Evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting procedures and investment activities and implement changes to procedures, operating systems, and other financial control functions to senior managers and other departments to ensure timely deliverables
- Providing guidance and support on all financial matters to other cross functional teams including the Senior Director of Accounting and VP of Accounting in developing a culture of financial discipline and accountability
- Assist in the hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating accounting staff members
- Oversees the planning and conduct of the annual external audit
- Co-ordinates and reviews the integration of newly acquired business into our monthly reporting with accounting team, M&A and seller of business
- Overview of consolidated financial statements with the reporting manager and senior leads if necessary
- Review of the weekly cash flow forecast
- Leads the month-end closing process including the review of the financial statements and acts as a liaison to the FP&A team.
- Subject matter expert in GreatPlains (ERP system) & CFO Toolbox (reporting) & delegate system maintenance to analyst when needed ensuring internal controls are in place
- Ad hoc work on strategic initiatives as they arise such as ADP and ERP implement