Junior Accountant

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with and reporting to the CFO, you will assume responsibility over the financial administration, including running the month-end and year-end closing processes
• Oversee and continuously improve financial processes
• Responsible for reliable and accurate financial management reporting including fulfilling group reporting requirements
• Identify and investigate monthly and quarterly variances to budget and forecast
• Partner with the CFO to lead the planning, budgeting, and forecasting
• Ownership of the treasury process, including cash forecasting
• Coordinate the provision of information for the annual review
• Monitor the financial and administrative status of existing and new projects
• Identify and implement innovative solutions, through the use of technology, to improve the productivity, accuracy and better decision making
• Act as the point of contact in the financial area for colleagues, external relations and suppliers
• Tackle ad hoc financial matters, improvement projects and system implementations
• Lead, manage and be a career mentor to the accounting team

Experience & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of accounting experience, including proven experience as a Junior Accountant, or other similar accounting leadership position
• Pursuing CPA, ACCA or other recognized Professional Accounting Designation
• Experience implementing financial systems, and a proven record to build controlled processes and grow an accounting team
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and financial reporting (ASPE and IFRS)
• Confidence, and exceptional communication abilities
• Strategic mindset, and solid knowledge of financial planning, forecasting and analysis
• Ability to operate broadly and to add value beyond traditional accounting
• Strong ability to manage a wide range of priorities and determine what is most important.