Accounting Supervisor

**Accounting Supervisor**:
hybrid
38 East Main Street, Welland, Ontario, Canada, L3B 3W3
full-time. May 20, 2025

Description

Billyard Insurance Group (BIG) is a leader in the insurance industry, dedicated to building a culture that reflects our core values. At BIG, we _Think BIG_ by exceeding expectations and creating lasting value for our clients, industry, and communities. We _Act with Integrity_ by upholding honesty, transparency, and respect in everything we do. Our clients are at the center of our decisions as we embrace a _Client First, Always_ mindset. We believe in the power of teamwork to _Achieve More Together_, combining strengths to deliver meaningful solutions. Finally, we _Innovate with Purpose_ by leading the digital insurance revolution, consistently driving quality, enhancing client service, and empowering brokers.

With over 80 locations across Canada and recognition as one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, BIG is shaping the future of insurance. Join us as we continue to redefine the industry with innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

**What does the Accounting Supervisor do?**
- ** Budgeting & Financial Planning**: Lead the development and maintenance of departmental budgets by collaborating with department leaders and maintaining reporting frameworks for leadership and executive use.
- ** Monthly Financial Reporting & Variance Analysis**: Oversee the preparation and first-level review of financial statements, journal entries, SG&A reconciliations, and working papers; perform monthly variance analysis to identify root causes of discrepancies and inform department leaders.
- ** Accounts Payable & Internal Invoicing**: Supervise the accounts payable process, ensure timely vendor payments, and manage the internal SG&A invoice process to reduce errors, confirm alignment with matching principles and support cash flow.
- ** Oversight of Holding Companies & Charity Financials**: Lead accounting functions for holding companies and the BIG Hearts Canada Foundation, including transaction posting, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
- ** Full-Cycle Accounting & Internal Controls**: Ensure accurate transaction processing, ledger balancing, and compliance with internal controls, accounting standards and legal requirements; continually assess and improve procedures.
- ** Client & Vendor Issue Resolution**: Manage inquiries related to invoices and payments from internal departments and external vendors, ensuring timely and professional resolution.
- ** Accounting Communication Management**: Oversee multiple accounting inboxes to ensure efficient and accurate communication and issue routing.
- ** Team Leadership & Mentorship**: Allocate daily SG&A tasks, guide junior staff development, manage escalations, and ensure deadlines are met through workflow oversight.
- ** Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Work closely with the finance and accounting teams and other departments to ensure cohesive operations and aligned financial support.
- ** Financial Advisory Support**: Provide insights and guidance to the Controller, VP of Finance, and department leaders on financial matters as needed.
- ** AP Module Enhancement**: Lead the development and enhancement of a sustainable AP module that creates time savings efficiencies, which includes improved expense transparency, vendor and invoice management, management approval processes, and real time reporting for review by management.
- **Quarterly & Board Reporting**: Lead the consolidation and submission of quarterly reporting packages for Board and Covenant reporting, including financial statements and cash flow summaries.
- ** Audit Preparation & Support**: Act as the senior audit lead for SG&A-related tasks (excluding payroll), manage audit adjustments, and liaise with external auditors during the annual audit process.
- ** Contingent Profit Reconciliation**: Oversee annual reconciliation and disbursement of Contingent Profit Commissions and support related monthly accruals.
- ** Process & Workflow Enhancements**: Lead continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and visibility across accounting functions.
- ** Trend Identification**: Identify financial trends to improve the measurement and reporting of KPIs and/or provide actionable recommendations for operational improvements, aligning with the organization's goal of achieving sustainable growth.
- ** Adhoc Tasks & Projects**: Prepare reporting on non-routine tasks & special projects and present to management, as necessary.

**Does this sound like you?**
- ** Financial Expertise (Proficient)**:Strong grasp of general ledger management, financial reporting, variance analysis, audit preparation, and internal controls, ensuring accurate financial records and the integrity of financial statements.**:

- **Accounts Payable & Receivable Systems (Proficient)**: Knowledge & understanding of accounts payable and receivable systems, ensuring accurate processing of transactions and r