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SalaryCentral 1 cooperatively empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians. Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system. We do this by collaborating with our clients, developing strategies, products and services to support the financial well-being of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada. For more information, visit
www.central1.com
. What we offer:
- Work-life flexibility
- Hybrid work environment
- One time allowance to set up your office for remote first employees
- Variable annual incentive plan
- Generous annual vacation allotment
- Top-notch flexible benefits plan
- Retirement Plan, matched contributions at 6%
- Access to a learning platform and educational assistance support
- Career development opportunities
- Wellness Flex Fund to support personal interest and activities
- Day off to volunteer in your community and other paid time off options
- Corporate discounts
- subject to employment agreement
Job Summary:
Are you passionate about finance and accounting? Join our dynamic Accounting team at Central 1, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial data. Your role will involve processing and reconciling financial data, managing project accounting, and contributing to the month-end close process. Additionally, you'll play a key role in designing and maintaining internal controls for data integrity.
What you'll be doing:
Leadership and Managerial Skills
- Oversee and supervise the successful execution of the Accounting team’s operations.
- Build strong relations within Finance and with internal and external stakeholders.
- Work in a dynamic environment, ensuring agility to meet the growing and changing needs of stakeholders.
- Develop talent through coaching leadership, identifying strengths within the team and encouraging professional growth.
- Provide conflict resolution and team-building skills, serving as a role model and imparting knowledge to junior team members.
Financial Statements
- Manage month, quarter, and year-end close activities, ensuring the accuracy of financial statements.
- Prepare the Accounting department’s annual budget in collaboration with the FP&A team.
- Approve reconciliations and investigate unusual balances or variances.
- Maintain ledger accounts and related work tags.
- Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and communicating with auditors.
Operational Accounting
- Supervise accounts payable and receivable functions, ensuring efficiency and effective controls.
- Centralize accounts payable through automation technology.
- Administer the billing process and oversee corporate credit card administration.
- Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and thresholds.
- Oversight of A/R collections and drive continuous improvement in accounting processes.
Process Improvement and Other
- Creativity in designing and delivering process improvements to improve team efficiency
- Consider right sizing financial controls, ensure key controls are effective and any controls that are made redundant because of automation or process changes are removed
- Other projects and duties as assigned
What you'll have:
- A professional accounting designation (CPA) and a university degree in Accounting and/or related field
- 5+ years of progressive experience in a finance team
- In-depth working knowledge of core financial systems and understanding of process automation capabilities
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational and time-management skills
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Ability to act as a business partner to internal and external stakeholders
- Display an agile mindset to accommodate a dynamic environment
- In-depth knowledge of indirect tax
Salary: $90,00 - 105,900
The salary represents the job rate determined for the successful candidate who is fully competent in the role. The actual salary will vary depending on market conditions and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training.
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Central 1 is an equal opportunity employer and committed to building an inclusive workforce by creating an environment where everyone feels like they belong and has the opportunity to be successful. We welcome of all applicants to join our diverse workforce and we will provide an accessible candidate experience including, but not limited to accommodations to interview sites and alternate formats upon request to our Recruitment team.
