Accounting Manager

Job Description

As a SA, you will play a crucial role in leading financial controls, SOX compliance, and performance reporting for a growing division shaping the future of automation and life sciences. You will gain exposure to global operations, work directly with cross-functional leaders, and drive initiatives that ensure integrity, transparency, and continuous improvement across the business.

Responsibilities

• Improve finance processes in line with the Code of Business Conduct.
• Handle monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure financial reporting complies with IFRS standards.
• Prepare quarterly audit working papers and reconcile accounts.
• Manage intercompany reconciliations and corporate reporting.
• Assist with cash forecasting and foreign cash flow hedging.
• Collaborate with internal/external auditors to strengthen financial controls.
• Implement compliance processes across the team.
• Identify and report business/financial risks and opportunities early to support decision-making.
• Analyze profit streams and highlight key opportunities.
• Investigate monthly cost variances and flag risks/opportunities.
• Review project scope changes for justification, budget, and schedule impacts.
• Work with Project Managers to forecast project completion needs.
• Report project cost/schedule status, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support bid approvals with account managers and leadership.
• Mitigate financial risks such as credit, FX, transfer pricing, and taxes.
• Incorporate financing and EDC costs into bids.
• Contribute to financial planning and budgeting processes.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of accounting / financial analysis experience.
• Proficiency in month-end closing, intercompany transactions and reconciliation, balance sheet reconciliation, AP reconciliation, variance analysis, cost accounting, and inventory reconciliation.
• Advanced Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, Pivot tables, macros, and consolidation of large data sets.
• Experience with larger ERP systems, JDE preferred.
• College diploma or Bachelor's degree in business or accounting.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with financial analysis, reconciliation, journal entry, accruals, accounting, and financial statement preparation.
• Familiarity with SOX review, IFRS, and inventory reconciliations.
• Strong skills in Excel, general ledger management, and variance analysis.

Work Environment

The position requires working 40 hours a week from 8:30 AM to 5 PM, 5 days in-office. The role is based in Cambridge, ON, Canada.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Kitchener, ON.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $ $45.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Kitchener,ON.

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, l'acquisition de talents, la chaîne d'approvisionnement et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de l'industrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre réseau expansif pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie-Pacifique et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service d'un grand nombre d'entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers d'avoir remporté le double diamant ClearlyRated Best of Staffing pour notre service aux clients et aux talents.

Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l'égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l'âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d'ancien combattant, d'un handicap, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

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Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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