Senior Manager, External Reporting

Description

• Assist in the training and development of CPA students
• Monitor and manage the team’s compliance with SOX controls, maintain the necessary documentation to support compliance, and work with other financial reporting teams and internal controls to ensure controls are designed properly
• Complete and provide guidance over complex accounting transactions, such as hedge accounting, derivative financial instruments, contingent liabilities, joint venture accounting, etc. This will also include engaging with external auditors to resolve technical issues on a timely basis
• Manage and prepare interim and yearend Financial Statements that comply with IFRS disclosure requirements
• Analyze the impact and implementation of new IFRSs and provide adoption recommendations
• Support the senior management team in monitoring our progress towards our strategic goals
• Develop and participate in providing IFRS training to other teams such as financial services, risk management, etc.
• Work closely with operational finance teams to understand the regional activities and results
• Manage the external audit process in ensuring deliverables are met and requests are appropriate
• Manage and prepare regulatory filing documents. This includes preparing and reviewing the Management Discussion and Analysis, coordination of the Annual Report with the Investor Relations team, and working with the Risk Management team to support the information included in the Annual Information Form and Management Information Circular
• Participate in special projects related to financial reporting, regulatory filings, etc., that may arise from time to time
• Prepare various information (including memos) for the chief financial officer and audit committee
• Partner with other teams, including our sustainability and risk management team, to participate in monitoring and assessing the regulatory and accounting developments related to issues such as Environmental, Social and Governance requirements across the globe, local statutory reporting issues, etc.
• Collaborate and work intimately with Investor Relations to ensure presentation materials, news releases, etc., meet regulatory requirements and the financial information included are fair and consistent with our results
• Provide financial accounting support to other statutory reporting teams

Requirements

• A working knowledge and experience with a public company and Canadian and US regulatory filings is an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to clearly present qualitative and quantitative information externally and internally
• Ability to work either as part of a team or independently with a full range of staff.
• Credibility, professional integrity, with a strong business acumen and ability to respectively challenge and ask tough questions is required.
• Strong IFRS technical accounting knowledge
• A Public Accounting professional experience is preferred, and a CPA designation is required.
• Bachelor’s degree with a professional accounting designation
• Intermediate to advance proficiency in Excel.
• Strong research, analytical, and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Enjoy working in a fastpaced, collaborative team environment
• A minimum of ten years’ related work experience with a solid knowledge of IFRS
• Strong organization and management ability to manage and mentor supporting staff, company deadlines, and multiple competing priorities.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance