FINANCE MANAGER

EPC Industries Limited•Amherst, NS

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Manager leads strategic financial planning, reporting, and analysis to support executive decision-making and long-term value creation. You’ll champion modernization and transformation across our financial systems, processes, and controls — and provide leadership and mentorship to a talented finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Successful completion of pre-employment assessments
Accounting designation (CPA)
Experience in a leadership role with supervisory responsibilities
Experience identifying opportunities for improvement within a production environment
Experience preparing cost-benefit justification for capital investment

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP
Minimum three (3) years’ accounting experience in a manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

Business Process Owner (“BPO”) for the department-specific SAP module
Develops analytics to improve department efficiencies and monitor internal workload
Accountable for the preparation of the year-end audit working paper file and manages the relationship with external auditors
Ensures that accounting records are prepared and maintained in accordance with the company’s accounting policies, principles, and practices, and that subordinate ledgers reconcile with the general ledger
Prescribes methods of providing accounting data for various reports and statements
Interprets the company’s general accounting systems and procedures for all components of the accounting function, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll
Directs maintenance of fixed asset records and related depreciation accounts; provides interpretive guidance on the proper capitalization and recognition of expenditures, grouping of fixed assets by class, and depreciation methodology
Leads the budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis process
Partners with operations teams to provide financial insight and analysis that supports business decision-making
Collaborates with management to develop schedules, procedures, and systems that enable the timely and informative accumulation, adjustment, and reporting of financial data
Develops, implements, and maintains operational accounting procedures and controls for production and inventory management
Coordinates, controls, audits, and reconciles annual physical inventories
In conjunction with other relevant personnel, develops Return on Investment (“ROI”), Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”), and payback analysis for capital projects and expansion programs
Assists with the preparation of detailed operating budgets, capital plans, and other forecasts
Accountable for administration of CRA remittances, including GST/HST, corporate income tax instalments, non-resident withholding, and related filings
Periodically reviews and adjusts various costing assumption schedules
Provides the senior management team with inventory, costing, and product profitability reports
Supervises the financial analysis of manufacturing operations, including preparation of manufacturing statements that identify variances incurred, reporting to management on the nature of variances and any appropriate corrective action
Tracks cost-saving initiatives for the manufacturing process and ensures they are appropriately maintained in the Cost Accounting system
Provides product line and customer profitability reporting, development of key operating metrics, and variance reporting and analysis
Determines cost of raw materials in calculating standards
Provides direction to departmental managers as required, and to operating and senior management, on matters involving cost determination — such as inventory valuation, distribution of overhead, and production performance reporting
Provides guidelines for standard cost approaches used in business decisions; establishes and monitors cost reduction programs