Senior General Accountant

The individual selected for this role assesses credit exposure, accounting, and financial analysis activities, driving accurate reporting, budgeting, and FP&A support, and ensuring compliance and effective cross-functional coordination.

Primary Responsibilities

• Credit & Risk Management
  • Assist the Credit Manager with customer credit assessments and reviews.
  • Manage payment term setup, collections, cash receipt application, and other credit and collections-related activities.
  • Support customer-based credit risk assessment and ongoing monitoring, while maintaining strong customer relationships.
• Production Cost Management
  • Support Project costing and cost estimate variance analysis
  • Perform blended product line gross margin analysis on a monthly / YTD basis
  • Assist with gross margin estimates for Commercial opportunities
• General Accounting
  • Prepare monthly month-end close journal entries as assigned.
  • Perform balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with the month-end binder.
  • Prepare monthly payroll journals and monthly GST/HST/PST filings.
  • Manage fixed assets, Inter-company transactions, tax installment
• Reporting
  • Prepare and analyze regular and ad-hoc reports including Capital Expenditure, Cash Management and Cash Receipt Forecasts, Outstanding Accounts Receivable, A/R analysis, intercompany charges, and
  • ccounts payable unvouchered reconciliations.
  • Support additional standard and non-standard reporting requirements for month-end and year-end close.
• FP&A Support
  • Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support operating expense reporting and forecast/budget variance analysis.
  • Support annual budget preparation, including depreciation estimates for demo and fixed assets.
• Cross-Training & Team Support
  • Cross-train with other accounting team members to support continuous improvement and team coverage.
  • Provide guidance and support to junior staff members.
• Audit & Compliance
  • Support SOX compliance and internal and external audit activities.
• Administration
  • Maintain banking wire instructions and coordinates.
  • Administer the Fixed Asset System (FAS), including setup and maintenance.

Education / Experience:

• Degree or diploma in accounting
• Progress toward professional designation (CPA) is an asset
• 3 - 5 years of accounting experience
• Manufacturing industry experience is an asset

Skills / Competencies:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other financial applications
• Experience with Microsoft Navision or SAP is an asset
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work effectively under deadlines