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Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated bilingual Accounting Supervisor to join their finance team in Montreal. The ideal candidate has a strong background in accounting principles, exceptional leadership abilities and a keen attention to detail. Reporting to the area Director of Finance, you will play a crucial role in overseeing daily accounting operations, guiding a small team of 2-3 professional and clerical accounting personnel performing specialized or general accounting functions. In this role you will perform complex accounting tasks such as preparing balance sheet reconciliations, month end closing entries and approvals and ensuring compliance with financial regulations and contributing to the accuracy and integrity of our financial records. This role is entitled to a competitive base salary, an attractive bonus package and excellent options for self-directed benefits coverage. As an employee, you are eligible for the employee-discounted stock purchase price, participation in contribution/matching RRSP program and lots of online training via their online University! Competitive Salary & Bonus. This organization offers 4 weeks vacation time + 80 hours personal time (sick days) and a hybrid work environment. Hours : 8:30am- 5:00pm Mon-Fri.
Responsibilities
- Process improvement. You love identifying areas for process optimization and automation within the accounting function, striving for increased efficiency and accuracy.
- Communicating clearly, both written and verbally.
- You have strong interpersonal skills and collaborate with other departments, within finance, operations, and corporate head office to ensure accurate financial information exchange and alignment of goals.
- Excel. This is definitely a must have! We use other computer systems too – so you’ll need to be a quick learner and open to changing tools and processes.
- Manipulating data files to produce reports and analyzing results accordingly.
- Controls and compliance. You like to develop and enforce internal control procedures to safeguard company assets and maintain compliance with relevant regulations and accounting standards.
- Motivating yourself. You’re a self-starter and take pride in achieving goals.
- You are driven and want to become a subject-matter-expert.
- Supervises monthly close activities. Prepares or oversees preparation of income and balance sheet statements, consolidated statements and various other accounting statements and reports.
- Organizes and schedules all necessary resources required to accomplish activities.
- Analyzes and reconciles financial information and general ledger accounts and other reports.
- Provides financial support to district managers and maintenance managers.
- Trains, conducts evaluations, and manages productivity of employees.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree & 5+ years in progressively responsible accounting roles, with at least 2 years of supervisory capacity.
- CPA designation required.
- Bilingual in French and English (both written and spoken) a requirement.
- Strong Excel skills
- Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills; highly organized and politically savvy.