Sr. Manager, Corporate Accounting

OPENTEXT
OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

The Opportunity:

The Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting will work with the Corporate Accounting function to lead various Corporate Accounting, consolidation, internal reporting and analysis functions. The Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting will be an integral part of the accounting cycle, providing support and guidance to the Global Finance team, driving financial reporting activities, and be a primary contact for key accounting matters. The Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting will lead various cross functional projects supporting the function as a whole.

What You're Great At:

• Assist with the monthly close process:
  • Taking a leadership role in the preparation of monthly and quarterly internal reporting packages including analysis of significant balance sheet and income statement fluctuations and trends to ensure the accuracy of consolidated results.
  • Perform analytical review of period end financial results and provided detailed narratives that help support business decisions.
  • Review account reconciliations and promote best practices with Accounting Services to ensure proper accounting and controls are in place.
  • Research and outline accounting standard changes and provide reports on findings for future accounting pronouncements as applicable including recommended next steps.
  • Own complex accounting areas and articulating the impact of significant events to senior finance leaders.
  • Provide support and guidance to other finance teams and the business as required to address financial matters and questions as applicable. This includes but is not limited to External Reporting, Tax, Corporate Finance, Legal Entity Controllership, Treasury, and Internal Audit.
  • Liaison with external auditors during the annual audit and quarterly reviews as required.
  • Support the legal entity rationalization process
  • Develop custom reports and provide internal reporting to the finance leadership team using various internal system and automated tools, including SAP, BPC BW, Netsuite and Onestream.

• Lead global finance projects
  • Projects include but are not limited to system automation, process improvements around efficiency and effectiveness of current processes, acquisition integration activities, and internal reporting development
  • Development of project plans
  • Leadership role in managing project milestones and providing project leaders with timely status reports

What It Takes:

• Strong collaboration and organizational skills
• Must be detail oriented
• Capable of working with minimal supervision, multi-tasking to establish priorities, and completing objectives without supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Understanding of accounting ERP systems is an asset
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Self-motivated with a strong desire to take initiative and learn
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment
• An analytical mindset

Academic and Prior Experience

• University Degree in finance/accounting
• CPA designation is required
• 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience
• Prior "Big 4" firm experience
• US GAAP experience is preferred
• Experience with Blackline, SAP, Netsuite and OneStream is preferred

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