Financial Reporting & Sox Analyst

Description:

Accounting

• Coordinate month-end close process with internal business owners, parent and affiliate companies to ensure monthly deliverables submitted by deadlines and questions addressed
• Produce solo and consolidated Canadian Financial Statements
• Develop an understanding of business activities to determine reasonability and provide explanations for variances to plan
• Review and analyze various line items on the financial statements and/or operational results
• Receive, review and process monthly accruals and other journal entries from business owners and distribute operating expense reports to business owners and coordinate responses
• Maintain records in lease accounting system, and analyze lease related balances per IFRS16
• Prepare and submit financial data to Statistics Canada and other organizations
• Coordinate account reconciliation process as well as prepare reconciliations for various GL accounts
• Stay current on new and proposed accounting standards and assess impact to the company
• Develop IFRS/US GAAP position papers, policy implementation and compliance for new accounting standards and/or new business activities
• Cross-functional work with other groups and business operation owners to identify potential accounting issues and recommend solutions
• Respond to inquiries from internal and external auditors
• Operate within a SOX environment and maintain operational controls and documentation
• Point of contact for inquiries regarding period end close, financial statements and accounting standards
• Maintain IFRS and US GAAP ledgers; reconcile the two ledgers and prepare US GAAP financial reporting to US affiliate company
• Participate in accounting and system projects as assigned and undertake other tasks as needs arise