Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant – Delta, BC

Join our team of talented, passionate, and dedicated professionals in a fast-paced, growing, environmentally conscious company. Located on beautiful farmland in Delta, BC, our head “office” is an amazing, renovated farmhouse with scenic views of our lush gardens and fields. We care about each other and what we do and are looking for an experienced individual who shares our Values of supporting community, diversity, nature, organic principles and inspiring joy.

The successful candidate will be a positive, confident individual with strong interpersonal skills. Your strengths will lie in your ability to genuinely engage with our team while demonstrating a high degree of professional competency and contributing positively to the organizational culture.

Our Company

West Coast Seeds believes, first and foremost, in the principles of organic growing and sustainable agriculture. Namely, we feel that food and all plants can be grown without the use of synthetic chemicals and that the seeds we supply are an important component within the broader approach to organic gardening. We support growers as custodians of the land they grow on — however large or small — and through adopting organic gardening techniques such as composting, companion planting and planting pollinator friendly plants, we help repair the world by nourishing the soil and ourselves.

Founded in 1983, West Coast Seeds’ purpose was to source and supply higher-quality seeds than had been available to home gardeners. Following the traditions of organic farming and gardening, the focus was on offering untreated seeds suitable for organic growing. Today, we offer over 1,000 varieties of untreated, non-GMO, open-pollinated and hybrid vegetable, herb, and flower seeds, as well as a wide range of unique bird feeders and quality gardening supplies.

The Role

The role will be focused on managing the monthly and annual reporting process for West Coast Seeds and its sister companies. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Timely and accurate preparation of month-end and annual audited financial statements and supporting working papers.
• Maintaining and enhancing accounting and inventory integrations between systems by working with vendors.
• Reviewing and improving on existing month-end working papers to allow for quicker turnaround.
• Mentoring and coaching staff members.
• Assisting in budget preparation and analysis of variances.
• Assist in preparation of board and month end reporting packages.
• Maintaining up to date financial information in SAP and implementing enhancements to enable up to date department KPI reports and special management reports as requested.
• Processing and reviewing journal entries and transaction postings.
• Establishing & monitoring accuracy of inventory costing processes both for landed cost and production/packaging.
• Analyzing inventory for both purchasing and asset management purposes;
• Supporting Director of Finance and management team with management reporting and other ad hoc needs.
• Support the companies by performing trend analysis, forecasting, and planning to guide strategic decisions.
• Utilize data analytic tools to extract relevant insights from the ERP system, helping stakeholders make informed decisions.
• Implement dashboards to monitor KPl’s, providing real-time visibility into the overall performance.
• Performs detailed analyses of business areas to identify, understand, model and define data, business data flows and processes in conjunction with the business and WCS stakeholders.
• Identifies data anomalies, patterns, overlaps and duplications and recommendations.
• Building strong working relationships with vendors, customers and colleagues.
• Contribute to cross-company operations improvements and shared best practices.

Attributes and Skills:

• A minimum of 3-4 years of direct experience in a similar role and environment.
• Near completion of CPA designation or just completed.
• University degree in business, information technology, or finance.
• Excellent with Excel and Microsoft suite of apps; reporting/dashboarding tools including SQL, Power Query, Power BI, Tableau.
• General IT knowledge in a server/shared environment.
• Good working knowledge of ERPs. SAP an asset.
• US reporting experience an asset.
• Strong communication skills.
• Operations oriented with a strong business sense and an analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Results-orientated, self-starting, team player willing to work collaboratively toward achieving the strategic goals of the company.

The Perks:

• Competitive compensation, benefits, RRSP contribution and vacation time
• Company discount on seeds and gardening supplies
• A flexible working environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance
• The chance to be part of a purpose-driven company supporting sustainable growing.