Accounting Lead
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AffirmFinancial Services
Remote CanadaFull-TimeLead
Salary89,000 - 139,000 CAD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementSQLMicrosoft ExcelAccountingCross-functional collaborationProcess improvement
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant professional experience (public accounting experience preferred).
- Solid understanding of US GAAP.
- Ability to partner with the Technical Accounting team on accounting policy implementation and adherence.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (such as VLOOKUPS & conditional statements, pivot tables, data analysis, what-if-analysis).
- SQL experience or strong interest in developing SQL skills preferred.
- Excellent project management skills and ability to foster cross-functional collaboration.
- Desire to improve processes and take ownership of functional areas.
Responsibilities
- Lead targeted cross-functional initiatives in the area of Core Business to remediate existing control deficiencies and/or implement operational efficiencies into the month-end close process.
- Develop a project plan, and clearly communicate project goals, updates, resource needs and business outcomes.
- Act as the point of contact between the Operational close teams and partners in Product, Engineering, Financial Platforms, Financial Systems, and Technical Accounting to incorporate new products and/or processes into the GL.
- Proactively review current procedures and seek ways to improve processes to ensure timely monthly close, accuracy of accounting entries and operational efficiency.
- Develop deep expertise in existing accounting processes and recommend a path forward that balances scalability, level of effort, time to deliver, financial risk and cost.
- Work with the Record-to-Report team to understand problem areas and translate requirements into report requests with our Financial Systems team.
- As assigned by the Director of Core Business, resolve one-off business topics and/or complex cross-functional issues.
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