Sr Corporate Accountant

VCNA•Toronto, ON

49d•CA$80,000 - CA$90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Corporate Accountant would be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with IFRS standards, and providing technical accounting guidance across the organization. This role combines deep accounting expertise with strategic financial analysis and cross-functional collaboration to support business decisions. This role will also be responsible for interacting with external auditors, C-level management and global team at VCNA’s parent company.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
Strong understanding of financial terms, economic models, market analyses and feasibility studies in the cement industry.
Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and to communicate clearly with all levels of the organization.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, financial reports, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on controversial or complex topics to employee groups, management at all levels of the company.
Ability to develop and interpret financial models and financial statements as well as to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as analysis of variance and correlation techniques.
Strong knowledge of spreadsheet software and presentation software.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual proficiency (English and Portuguese) would be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Interact with internal and external auditors, banks and consultants to comply with tax and regulatory requirements and for quarterly reviews and year-end audits, and aligned with best practices;
Oversee the accounting policies and procedures including the implementation of new accounting standards and resolution of complex accounting issues
Research technical accounting issues and prepare accounting memos in accordance with IFRS
Prepare material (presentations, support files, etc) for management
Lead the consolidation and Financial Statement elaboration process, including reviews from Global team, Audit Committee, External auditors partners, BOARD members, etc
Lead monthly accounting activities like accounting schedules, consolidated reports, etc
Assist in less experienced positions on the team to deal with complex tasks
Perform financial analysis to support business strategy decisions, including monthly, quarterly and yearly analysis of Balance Sheet and Income Statement variations vs budget, prior periods, etc
Understand management needs and structure reports accordingly
Work closely with other departments, including marketing, sales, finance, and operations, to align strategy with business capabilities and objectives.
Provide analytical support to various teams in the development of business cases, new accounting standards (IFRS), and accounting assessments
Communicate strategic insights and recommendations to executives and key stakeholders.

Benefits

Training, professional development
Tuition reimbursement/assistance
Competitive wages, vacation and holiday time
Medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
RRSP and DC (CAN) and 401K (U.S.)
Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program (EAP): confidential support for you and your family (CAN)
Educational scholarship program for dependents of regular salaried employees.
Fertility drug coverage
Paid Maternity Leave Top Up
Hybrid work model for certain positions