Director of Accounting

Director of Accounting

In this full-time, hybrid role based out of North York, ON, the Director of Accounting will be responsible for overseeing and managing the day-to-day activities of the accounting department, including financial reporting and tax filing functions with a direct reporting line to the CFO.

Advantages

Join a growing, global banking organization which is a Federally Regulated Financial Institution in Canada.

The bank operates in twenty countries including Canada and is committed to helping clients prosper through its expertise while also enriching communities.

Take the reigns, a let your experience and know how within the banking industry shine as you embark on achieving lofty growth strategies.

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting

• Manage the delivery of financials on a timely basis to management while ensuring data accuracy and completeness
• Manage the delivery of timely and relevant financial performance analysis for Senior Management
• Manage financial and managerial reporting to Parent Bank
• Supervise financial reporting and analysis to regulatory institutions (Office of Superintendent Financial Institutions, OSFI), Bank of Canada, and Statistics Canada
• Take a leading role to report and prepare the semi-annual payment to CDIC, Trust account disclosure by-law
• Review the calculation and report the monthly Expected Credit Loss balance to Senior management
• Review withholding taxes remittances and settlement with CRA
• Review and take a leading role for corporate income tax : prepare the monthly installment, calculate the monthly income tax, calculate the year-end tax due including thin capitalization impacts, and work closely with external reviewer for final filing (T2)
• Review and take a leading role for Indirect tax : prepare the quarterly installment or remittance for provincial taxes, prepare the GST returns, and work closely with CRA for final return (GST111 and GTS494),
• Report the client tax slip returns to CRA and follow-up any errors with CRA
• Review CRA account balance or Notice of Assessment for tax returns and communicate with CRA for any discrepancies
• Report and reconcile the non-resident taxes account (NR4)
• Reconciliation
• Supervise reconciliation work and support the follow-up for pending items

Audit

• Take a leading role in the annual external Financial Audit process
• Prepare the audited financial statements with all disclosures
• Take a leading role in CRA audit for various tax matters
• Review monthly self-audit related to Accounting Department prepared by Associate

Other Accounting related work

• Amend and update accounting and fair value policies and accounting guidelines on a regular basis
• Support CFO for the implementation of new accounting standards such as IFRS9, IFRS15 and IFRS16. Assess related financial reporting impacts and disclosure.
• Participate in ad-hoc projects to support CFO
• Respond to other stakeholders’ request such as Corporate Tax Information requested from Parent Bank or its auditors.
• Train and guide the team members
• Take an advisory role to other departments or branches for any accounting or tax matters

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Work Experience Requirements
• 10-15 years of experience in accounting
• Experience with industry best practices and professional standards
• Proven ability to implement strategies for effecting change, enterprise thinking and the ability to effectively gain buy in to large scale enterprise implementation of programs
• Superior interpersonal and leadership skills, oral and written communication and ability to anticipate and guide the impact of legislative / regulatory changes on the Bank
• Strong analytical, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Summary

Leverage your extensive banking and financial services experience, leadership and process improvement mindset to build a grow a brand in a fast paced, ever changing environment.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees.

In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary / gender non-conforming;

Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle.

We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.

ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.