Manager, Financial Accounting

About the Company
Our client is a Manufacturing Company. They are looking for a Manager, Financial Reporting to join their team!

Why Work Here

• Great experience working with a dynamic finance team.
• Great work life balance: 40 hour weeks and with occasional OT.
• Valuable mentorship and career development opportunities.

About the Opportunity

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules in accordance with applicable accounting standards and corporate policies.
• Review and approve journal entries, complex accounting transactions, and adjustments while ensuring all financial data is accurately recorded and properly supported.
• Analyze financial results, investigate significant variances, and provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Oversee fixed asset accounting, depreciation, capital project accounting, and intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Maintain strong internal controls, ensure monthly balance sheet reconciliations, and support compliance with accounting standards, tax requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Coordinate internal and external audit activities, including documentation requests, audit findings, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow forecasting, working capital management, treasury activities, and financial performance monitoring.
• Develop financial models, reporting tools, and analytical insights to support strategic initiatives, operational decision-making, and business performance improvement.
• Drive continuous improvement of accounting processes, ERP systems, financial reporting, automation, and data integrity while providing technical accounting guidance and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

About You

• Chartered Professional Accountant designation (CPA or CA).
• 5-7 years minimum of progressive accounting experience.
• Supervisory experience is highly preferred.
• Manufacturing industry experience is highly preferred.

Salary Range
$130,000 - $145,000/year

How to Apply
Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats.
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You must currently reside within the Greater Edmonton Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

EEO Notice

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Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com.

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For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.