Senior Financial Analyst

Parkland Corporation•Calgary, AB

17d

About The Position

Sunoco LP is a leading energy infrastructure and fuel distribution master limited partnership. Following its acquisition of Parkland Corporation, Sunoco LP operates across 32 countries and territories in North America, the Greater Caribbean, and Europe. The Partnership’s midstream operations include an extensive network of approximately 14,000 miles of pipeline and over 160 terminals. This critical infrastructure complements the Partnership’s fuel distribution operations, which distribute over 15 billion gallons annually to approximately 11,000 Sunoco and partner-branded retail locations, as well as independent dealers and commercial customers. Sunoco LP is committed to making employment a challenging and rewarding experience for its employees, seeking the best and brightest talent. The Opportunity: Reporting to the Manager Consolidation, the Senior Financial Analyst, Consolidation & Corporate Accounting will be a key member of the Corporate Finance Team. This role involves working with a team of one other Senior Financial Analyst and one Financial Analyst, and liaising with finance teams from all of Parkland’s business segments. The Senior Financial Analyst will be involved in complex accounting transactions, integration of new acquisitions, reconciliation of certain balance sheet accounts, performing routine corporate accounting processes, and contributing to process improvement and special projects.

Requirements

Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting or Complex accounting at a mid to large cap publicly traded, high growth company with multi-currency subsidiaries or preferably those in high-growth or acquisitive environments.
Minimum of 6 years progressive experience with a preferrable 4 years of experience working in public accounting firm.
Strong knowledge and experience with public company accounting requirements, IFRS, GAAP, working with complex accounting issues.
Strong understanding of financial statement close processes and accounting matters applicable to public companies.
Strong knowledge and experience with acquisition accounting, business combinations and accounting integrations.
Experience with JD Edwards, SAP or another ERP system.
Experience with OneStream or BPC is advantageous but not required.
Experience of accounting in relevant non-financial industries (e.g., retail, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, technology, downstream oil, and gas, etc.).
Excellent accounting analysis and problem solving skills.
Ability to proactively identify, understand and grasp issues, problems and the overall "big picture".
Ability to "tell the story" behind the data as well as formulate a plan, solutions and alternatives to resolve issues with best practices and successfully execute on issues.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating an ability to make complex issues and processes clear and understandable to key stakeholders and decision makers.
Excellent Excel skills – must be comfortable working with large volumes of data using advanced excel functions.
Willingness to learn, improve existing processes, and confront new challenges.
Self-motivated problem solver with a relentless focus on high quality results and operational excellence.
Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate teams when working with all business units and operations.
Attention to detail with ability to manage time, work independently, and multi-task.
Ability and willingness to work on evenings and weekends.
Enthusiastic and committed to getting the job done in a fast paced, high-performing, dynamic environment with a willingness to "roll up the sleeves" and "get the job done" attitude.
Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the country in which they applied. Regrettably, we are unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.
Final candidates will be required to undergo a confidential pre-employment background check, including but not limited to educational, criminal, credit, drug and alcohol, and/or fitness for duty testing.

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred.
CPA, CA designation
Experience with OneStream or BPC is advantageous but not required

Responsibilities

Work closely with Manager Consolidation, to support on complex tax structures and liaise with Treasury and Financial reporting to record transactions, interest, loss consolidation, dividend accruals and payments.
Lead the on-boarding of new acquisitions and accounting for the initial purchase price allocation under IFRS 3 and assist with impact assessments and integration into consolidation and financial reporting systems.
Accounting for cash transaction for acquisitions or divestitures including purchase price allocation accounting, chart of accounts mapping for new companies and initial JEs for new companies.
Perform the month-end processes timely and accurately including the management and accounting of cash pooling accounts in accordance with IFRS where applicable.
Investigating, researching, and analyzing cash and equivalents information for the financial statements and MD&A, including coordinating with divisions to obtain information.
Assist in IT projects such as OneStream account reconciliation, RPA and other reconciliation tools in automation and streamlining consolidation process.
Identify issues and errors, investigate discrepancies, book adjustments, and develop long-term resolutions to prevent future issues and errors.
Support the financial reporting team in preparation of the financial statements and MD&A for quarterly reporting on ad-hoc basis.
Respond to and support auditor requests throughout the year. Prepare quality working papers and documentation for review.
Be a trusted and reliable resource who will work closely with the team in Corporate Finance and other Divisions.
Identify process improvement initiatives and actively participate in process improvement projects for consolidation and corporate accounting.
Work closely with the Technical Accounting (TA) Group on accounting issues and ensure complex or non-routine transactions are accounted for in accordance with IFRS.
Working closely with Financial Reporting Group and Fixed asset group to get required information for preparation of internal reporting.
Work closely with the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Group on information needed for purpose of management reporting and analysis.
Work closely with team members from Tax, Treasury, Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Integrations, Procurement, Communications etc., to support monthly/quarterly deliverables and projects as required.