Financial Accountant

About Us AGI Danmare specializes in the food and beverage industry. Over the past fifteen years, clients have enlisted our expert team to manage numerous challenging projects from start to finish, taking a flexible and collaborative approach that considers all stakeholder requirements as well as the safety of everyone involved. Our continued success in our industry has been leveraged by our inclusion in the AGI group of businesses. AGI is a global leader in the planning, engineering and manufacturing of full solutions and systems in the agriculture industry, partnering with customers on 6 continents to offer unique market solutions. The Team The Danmare Group is comprised by a team of over sixty Professional Engineers, Designers, and Technologists, comprising a diverse range of talent that allows us to offer the full spectrum of big picture process design to niche level materials handling. Duties: * Perform day-to-day activities in full aspects of accounting cycles, including AP, AR, cash flow forecasting, revenue recognition and account reconciliation, etc. * Support all month-, quarter- and year-end accounting activities, ensuring they are completed accurately and in a timely manner. * Assist with monthly expense allocations between companies (CAD/US), to ensure accuracy of inter-company settlements. * Review and obtain necessary approval from project managers on all invoices for contractors, freight, and all miscellaneous invoices, ensuring adequate accruals are in place for period * Prepare monthly invoicing, compiling contractor invoices, project hours, project expenses and other data in preparation for cut-off - Project Accounting * Prepare the project costing and hours reports, investigates and explains significant variances from expected amounts * Support Controller in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting * Assist in the preparation of year end and statutory audits, and coordinate with the auditor on their requests * Reconcile all Credit Card accounts and Expense Reimbursements to ensure all expenditures are allocated to the correct projects, ensure approvals are in place * Communicate effectively with Controller as well as vendors, contractors, project managers and employees * Respond on a timely basis to requests for data and reporting from HO and work closely with the HO finance team when required * Other duties as assigned by Controller and/or management Requirements: * 3-5+ years’ work experience in Accounting or Finance, in a food manufacturing or engineering consulting environment * Knowledge of ERP system and ERP system implementation would be considered an asset * Exposure to full aspects of accounting cycles and period end procedures. * Experience with project accounting required * Experience with multi-currency environment * Experience with and an understanding of revenue recognition * Experience with process improvement an asset * Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work independently under pressure within tight deadlines * Ability to adapt and learn quickly, strong attention to detail and accuracy * Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills Compensation: Competitive compensation, benefits, group RSP and ESP programs, gym subsidy Check us out at