Corporate Accountant

Posted on: Jan 7, 2025

Posted by: Strathcona County

Summary

Do you enjoy full cycle accounting and serving as a trusted source of financial information for managers and directors? Are you skilled at effectively communicating financial details to non-accountants? This role might be for you! The Corporate Accountant in Financial and Strategic Services supports a portfolio of various departments and is responsible for financial planning and reporting functions while ensuring conformity to corporate policies and procedures. This position provides information and advice of a financial nature to department directors and managers, assisting in their respective departmental financial planning and reporting activities. This role also supports the Strategic Finance Coordinators in the delivery of financial information as required by Executive Leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Coordinates the development and submission of each department’s annual 4-year operating budget and 5/10-year capital budgets in accordance with corporate policies and procedures
Develops and maintains systems for forecasting, monitoring, reporting, and analyzing department capital and operating costs
Provides recommendations to management for financial planning in accordance with department and corporate policies
Collects, reconciles, summarizes and analyzes all ongoing financial information relating to the budget, contracts, projects, and work-in-progress accounts
Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for department management and the Strategic Finance Coordinator
Coordinates department activities associated with accounting, purchasing, payables, receivables, and cash receipting
Provides assistance to project managers in maintaining appropriate project cost records
Supports various projects within Financial and Strategic Services

Requirements

Qualifications and Skills:

An Accounting degree with a minimum of 3 years experience, or a diploma in Accounting with a minimum of 5 years experience
Chartered Professional Accounting (CPA) designation in progress or obtained is an asset
Knowledge of Oracle and Questica Budget is an asset
Ability to apply advanced accounting principles with the knowledge and skills to maintain a complex set of accounting and budgeting records
Ability to perform financial and budgetary analyses, prepare financial reports and complex account reconciliation
Ability to demonstrate and apply excellent listening, speaking and writing skills
Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills and applies them towards leadership in a team environment
Ability to use Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, to produce reports, manage data and complete analysis

Conditions of Employment

Submission of a Satisfactory Criminal Record Check

Job Type

Full Time

Employer Contact

No employer contact listed.

Salary Range

$86,577.40 - $108,180.80

Closing Date

January 19, 2025

Posting ID: 29370

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