Finance Business Partner

Overview

Sedgman is currently seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join our Vancouver, B.C. office location. The Finance Business Partner (or Finance BP) is the key finance contact within the North American business units (BU) to ensure accurate and timely month end budgeting and forecast reporting. They will play a key role in developing, implementing and analysing the reporting activities of the BU. This is a hands-on, stand-alone role that provides the required financial and systems support to the Business Units in North America. The incumbent will be able to identify new opportunities through their financial leadership, and provide leading and innovative solutions focused on value. Sedgman is positioned for rapid growth; come join a team of forward-thinking, enthusiastic, results-driven and collaborative professionals.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for accuracy and timely reporting of business unit results;
• Coordinate and assist in the analysis of monthly performance providing meaningful explanations of variances to budget and forecast for projects and overheads;
• Assist with weekly chargeability and utilisation calculations;
• Review and provide assistance with timesheets and cost rate calculations and queries;
• Identify and assist in streamlining processes, e.g., month end accruals, budgeting and forecasting process, billings and cash collections;
• Liaise with auditors for interim and full year reporting to provide analysis and evidence of related balances;
• Utilize full-cycle AR and AP knowledge to support the team, including preparing necessary journals and accruals to ensure an accurate and timely month-end close;
• Conduct financial analysis on prospective customers;
• Provide required training to the business unit on relevant matters;
• Support ad-hoc report requests;
• Prepare weekly and monthly cashflow forecasts;
• Prepare GL reconciliations;
• In-country liaison for insurance improvement;
• Provide assistance to the corporate tax team on GST, PST, and QST matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance and/or Commerce;
• Professional designation - CA/CPA qualified or studying towards a qualification;
• Must have 5+ years of relevant work experience in financial / management accounting roles within a large corporate environment (preferably in Professional Services).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Advanced Excel modelling skills;
• Problem solving and analytical skills;
• Ability to prioritise and control workload arising from a broad user base;
• Experience working with large ERP systems;
• MS Office suite, MS Project skills required;
• Eligibility to work in Canada without sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to work on Global projects, be connected to other Sedgman companies;
• Support Sedgman’s cutting edge innovation & technology development;
• Collaborate with other Sedgman offices globally and other Sedgman and CIMIC owned companies, benefiting from the depth of technical knowledge available in Subject Matter Experts around the world;
• Focus on your professional development; opportunities to grow your career within Sedgman;
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve work-life balance;
• Health and benefits package;
• RRSP Matching;
• Discretionary bonus;
• A friendly and social work environment.

The salary offered to the successful person for this position will consider education, experience, relevant skills and capability, geographic location and market conditions at the time of hire. Salary Range: $90K - $120K

Company information and values

Sedgman Canada Limited is part of the CIMIC Group’s mineral processing company and is a leading provider of mineral processing and associated infrastructure solutions to the global resources industry. Our Mission is to generate sustainable returns for our shareholders by delivering projects for our clients while providing safe, rewarding and fulfilling careers for our people. We are a full project life cycle delivery company incorporating the development, project execution and ongoing operations phases of each project. Sedgman has offices in Australia, the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Our Values, The Sedgman Way: Integrity, Accountability, Innovation, Delivery. We can rely on each other for: integrity, accountability, innovation, delivery.

Sedgman is a proud equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace that allows all our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success, and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates. We strongly support and encourage candidates with Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) to self-identify and apply. Choose Sedgman as your employer of choice – we look forward to receiving your application!

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