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SalaryOverview:
What do we offer?
Fountain Tire is immediately looking for an Accountant l with strong analytical and problem solving skills to join our Corporate Accounting team in our South Edmonton Head Office on a temporary term until April 26, 2025.
What do we offer?
- Competitive Compensation
- A Hybrid Work Environment (3 days/week in office)
- Policies and programs that support a balanced lifestyle, including flex days and an easy commute to our office located close to the Calgary Trail and Southside Anthony Henday
- Discounts for you and your family on tires, parts and services at all Fountain Tire locations
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Prior to monthly financial statement close:
- Resolve any follow-up items from prior month.
- Complete assigned items on month-end checklist by specified deadline; coordinate non-assigned items with individuals responsible for completion and sign-off.
- Perform variance analysis on revenue and expenses in accordance to policy.
- Complete sign-off document, update and review all supporting working papers and schedules, including financial statements, and compile sign-off package for Manager and Director review
- Prior to monthly consolidation financial statement close:
- Resolve any follow-up items from prior month.
- Record assigned consolidating journal entries, per checklist.
- Update and review assigned supporting consolidation working papers, tie to consolidated financial statements and include in consolidated roll-up package.
- Assist with analysis of financial results in explaining comparative results, as required.
- Complete sign-off documents.
- Manage all property leasing payments for the Fountain Tire group. This includes:
- Monthly reconciliation and processing of rent in accordance with the lease agreement records to ensure proper payment and recording by Accounting Assistant;
- Monthly processing of other property costs in accordance with lease agreement records or rental summaries to ensure property payment recording by Accounting Assistant;
- Annual tracking and processing of property tax and insurance invoices across all segments;
- Performing property leasing reconciliations as required.
- For quarterly forecast of results:
- Identify and evaluate any process changes and perform necessary steps to implement where appropriate.
- Maintain timeline, ensuring alignment with overall timeline, revising when necessary.
- Execute communication to appropriate parties in relation to timeline and process.
- Populate, review and release templates.
- Ensure data is accurately reflected in consolidated roll-up.
- On a quarterly basis, prepare assigned supporting schedules for the management discussion and analysis of financial results in accordance to checklist.
- For Corporate annual budget process:
- Identify and evaluate any process changes and perform necessary steps to implement where appropriate.
- Prepare, and obtain approval, on timeline.
- Execute communication to appropriate parties in relation to timeline and process;
- Source, upload & verify data.
- Monitor and maintain timeline as milestones are completed, communicating when there is risk of not meeting deadlines.
- Prepare and issue reporting.
- Ensure data is accurately reflected in consolidated roll-up and in Accounting system.
- Maintain relationships with team leads through regular interactions, delivery of customer service and continuous assessment of transactional and reporting needs.
- Identify and track projects and issue accurate and up-to-date monthly reporting to project leads.
- Complete assigned year-end tasks, including audit requirements, by specified deadlines.
- Continuously evaluate and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of accounting processes and controls.
- Participate in all safety initiatives, as required or assigned, to guarantee safety at Fountain Tire.
- Participate in special projects and perform other related duties as assigned.
The necessary experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required in the role:
- College Diploma with a major in Accounting and 3 to 5 years of related experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Enrolment in an Accounting designation (CPA).
- Working knowledge of financial statement preparation and reporting.
- Demonstrated professionalism when dealing with financial information.
- Communication skills, verbal and written, with the ability to work with a variety of people in a team environment.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external associates.
- Proven organizational and time management skills in order to effectively manage multiple priorities and competing demands within tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated analytical skills with an attention to detail in order to research and escalate issues.
- Demonstrated initiative in recognizing opportunities for improvement and efficiency.
- A willingness to learn.
- Working knowledge of tax return preparation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and other Financial Reporting software (FRX, Target, Anaplan, TaxPrep).
Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply on-line. In office resumes will be accepted by reception only.
