Complex Accounting Specialist

Apply before: December 15, 2023, 4:00pm MST
Salary Range: $93,491 - $116,864 per annum
Additional Information: This is a temporary position for approximately 6 months (June, 2024).
We are currently looking for a Complex Accounting Specialist to support our Accounting team!
Servus Credit Union is Alberta's largest member-owned credit union, known for building strong, resilient communities by helping our members feel good about their money. One of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 20 consecutive years and ranked as one of the top banks in Canada on Forbes World's Best Banks list for two years in a row, we are a team of smart, gutsy, and driven individuals.
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Financial Reporting, you will be responsible for researching, reviewing and documenting Complex Accounting issues at the Credit Union and providing recommendations on signification transactions. The role involves diving into IFRS and other sources of accounting literature. You will create and maintain project timelines for accounting issue analysis, while ensuring streamlined communication to relevant stakeholders. You will support broader capacity requirements within the department, while staying abreast of IFRS developments.
This role works closely with team members preparing quarterly and annual financial statements for our regulators, on internal control testing, and other ad hoc requirements as they come up. You will also help the Senior Manager update technical accounting policies, position papers, and assess new and existing transactions.
More specifically, the scope of your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of IFRS and ensure standards are being appropriately applied
• Researching upcoming changes to IFRS and regulatory or legislative changes
• Creating project timelines for the completion of accounting analyses and ensure deadlines are followed and communicated
• Evaluating financial reporting impact due to changes in adopting IFRS or announced regulatory changes
• Documenting research through writing clear and easy-to-understand position papers or memos

Requirements
To qualify, you'll need at least the following:

• 2 - 5 years relevant post designation accounting experience.
• Experience in making supportable accounting recommendations and decisions in accordance with IFRS.
• Management/leadership experience.
• Experience in internal controls over financial reporting (ICOFR) and financial/regulatory reporting
• A CPA designation, or relevant applied experience interpreting and applying accounting standards (IFRS) and experience in leading teams.
• Thorough working knowledge of IFRS and has experience in researching and drafting of position papers/white papers and accounting memos.

Most importantly, we're looking for candidates who align with our values. We live our values in how we do business. We're not afraid to be different - in fact, we embrace our differences. We have a spirit that motivates us to give our best service to members every day. It's our values that attract many people to Servus - and keep them with us. We embrace our culture and heritage, and we pride ourselves on our strong commitment to the communities we serve and our efforts to build and maintain member loyalty. If this sounds like you, then we encourage you to apply!
Benefits
Why choose Servus?
Benefit packages are more than just health and dental coverage, we offer our employees flexible and practical benefits that make sense for all seasons of life.
Some of the benefits our employees love include:

• Immediate financial service benefits: No-fee bank accounts, low staff rates on loans, mortgages, and Servus Mastercards, and Interest rate increases on deposit products!
• Flexible health and dental benefits - you choose what works best for you
• 100% matched Group RSP programs and pension plan options
• Life insurance, travel insurance, and short and long-term disability
• Vacation purchase program
• Personal care days
• Flexible health and/or wellness spending account
• Employee/family assistance program

By creating a healthy and inclusive work environment and providing employees with the tools and support they need, we help our employees achieve their potential. Servus is committed to providing a great place to work, and we invest in our employees by ensuring they have:

• A supportive and engaging working environment
• A total rewards strategy that includes recognition for a job well done
• Training and learning programs to support professional and personal growth
• Opportunities to get involved and give back. If you are interested in work for a company who has a proven record of corporate social responsibility check us out!

What happens next?
Thank you for applying with Servus Credit Union! If you are shortlisted for this opportunity, you will hear from us after the posting closes. Only candidates being considered will be contacted.
We are building a culture where diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are at the center of why we work and how we work. Should you require an accommodation during the application and selection process, please contact us at strategicstaffing@servus.ca.
Servus Credit Union is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, family status, source of income, and sexual orientation.