North America Accounting Manager

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About The Role
Our North American Finance team is growing and we are in need of an Accounting Manager to join us. This position will be hybrid at our Markham, ON office 3 days per week. You will be responsible for ongoing financial reporting, reconciliation and entry to our system and the management of a small team.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting Governance Oversight:

• Strengthen governance across all aspects of financial reporting in North America.

• Review deliverables from the outsourced shared services team with robust governance frameworks, in collaboration with the RTR team, to ensure compliance, accuracy, and quality.
• Identify reporting risks from reconciliations, entry reviews, and fluctuation analysis, and drive remediation actions.

• Conduct quarterly financial review sessions with business and finance leaders to reinforce accountability.

• Accounting Operations Support:

• Support monthly close activities as needed, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

• Review and approve manual journal entries prepared by the outsourced shared services team, and post entries when required.
• Validate booking details in SAP to confirm transactions are properly recorded.

• Partner with RTR teams to resolve late entries, exceptions, and other closing issues.

• Policy Compliance:

• Ensure alignment with IFRS/US GAAP, corporate accounting policies, and local statutory requirements.

• Provide accounting guidance, with support from the Accounting Policy Guidance team, on complex transactions and operations.

• Maintain oversight of internal controls to minimize compliance gaps.

• Risk Management:

• Review reconciliations, entries, and analysis prepared by the outsourced shared services team to assess reporting risks.

• Monitor recurring issues and track remediation progress.

• Escalate significant control or compliance concerns to senior stakeholders.

• Audit Support:

• Partner with RTR and outsourced shared services teams to ensure deliverables are audit-ready.

• Coordinate with external auditors to provide timely responses and address findings.

• Support internal audit reviews related to accounting and reporting governance.

• Analytics Insight:

• Review financial fluctuations and variances, providing oversight commentary and identifying risks.

• Support decision-making by highlighting accounting impacts and control considerations.

• Continuous Improvement Projects:

• Lead initiatives to improve the quality, efficiency, and governance of financial reporting.

• Provide accounting support on new business models, process enhancements, and system implementations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance; CPA/CA or equivalent certification preferred.
• 7 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, ideally within a multinational company (MNC).
• 2 years of people management experience.
• Experience with SAP ECC OR S4 HANA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of IFRS/US GAAP and accounting/reporting standards.
• Experience reviewing reconciliations, journal entries, and reporting analysis for risks and compliance.
• Exposure to outsourced shared services teams or shared service centers preferred.
• Experience in people management, both locally and remotely with ability to work effectively in a multinational, multicultural, and BPO environments
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to partner effectively with RTR, business, finance, and audit stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to balance governance oversight with hands-on accounting operations support.

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