Asset Accountant - 6 Month Contract

Boyd Group Services•Winnipeg, MB

10d•$58,000 - $62,000

About The Position

The Asset Accountant performs fixed, leased and capital assets accounting relating to creating manual journal entries, reviewing/approving assets, calculating depreciations, posting journal entries, and creating standardized reporting. This is a 6-month contract role based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Business (preferably Accounting or Finance)
2+ years of experience in accounting & financial functions
Relevant Certifications: CPA or others and/or working towards completion
Finance & Accounting principles and core functional knowledge
Ability to multi-task and manage a workload with competing deadlines and priorities
Critical thinking skills
Accurate, organized and attention to details
Confidence and assertiveness to enforce the financial guidelines while still maintain rapport
Strong professional communication and interpersonal skills to work with all types and levels of people inside and external to the organization
Advance computer skills (Excel, Word) in order to create all spreadsheets, formulas and linking; create own confidential correspondence
Ability to deal with confidential information that may not be shared inside and outside the organization.
Passion to provide excellent customer service

Responsibilities

Review and approve additions, journal entries, disposal and transfers (Fixed Assets Accounting)
Manage the physical asset verification process and reconcile to FA ledger (Fixed Assets Accounting)
Calculate depreciation and post relevant journal entries (Fixed Assets Accounting)
Analyze and verify fixed asset movement reporting (Fixed Assets Accounting)
Review and approve additions, journal entries, disposal and transfers (Intangible Assets Accounting)
Manage creation of project in system, track and approve expenses against the project budget (Capital Assets Accounting)
Oversight of invoice posting and tagging of employee expenses to the appropriate project number (Capital Assets Accounting)
Create manual journal entries for adjustments and expenses (non- employee or missing invoices) (Capital Assets Accounting)
Process and post relevant manual journal entries for adjustment (Capital Assets Accounting)
Develop plans to improve accounting processes and minimize future exceptions (Capital Assets Accounting)
Work with external lease contractor (Cushman) to oversee the lease renewal process, monitor treatment, and transactional posting (Leased Assets Accounting)
Set-up manual lease and payment schedule for manual leases (Leased Assets Accounting)
Record monthly lease accounting journal entries (payment, interest, depreciation and expenses) (Leased Assets Accounting)
Create standardized reporting based on stakeholder requirements & resolve inquiries (Leased Assets Accounting)
Develop reporting for fixed, capital and lease assets for input into financial statements and note disclosures (Reporting)
Provide general close support / accruals (Additional)
General ledger reconciliations (Additional)