ABC Technologies is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of custom, highly engineered, technical plastics, and light-weight innovations to the North American light vehicle industry. Serving more than 25 major original equipment manufacturer customers in 7 countries, the Company is Molding The Future and is strategically placed to offer vertically integrated product and process solutions through a skilled workforce of over 11,000 team members. Additional information about the Company can be found at www.abctechnologies.com.

Job Summary:

Manager of Consolidation and Corporate Accounting typically encompasses a range of responsibilities related to financial reporting, consolidation of financial statements, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations. This role is important for maintaining the financial health and transparency of the organization, supporting decision-making processes, and fostering trust among stakeholders through accurate and reliable financial reporting and compliance.

Given the sensitive nature of financial information, maintaining confidentiality is crucial. This role must adhere to strict ethical standards and ensure the security of financial data.

Job Responsibilities:

Your supervisor may from time to time ask you to perform other related duties not specifically included in this job description. This job's key responsibilities include:

Financial Consolidation: oversees the consolidation of financial statements for the entire organization. This involves gathering financial data from various subsidiaries and business units across different regions and ensuring that it is accurately consolidated into a single set of financial statements.
Financial Reporting: preparing and analyzing financial reports for both internal management and external stakeholders, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities. These reports may include balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and other financial disclosures.
Accounting Policies and Procedures: developing and implementing accounting policies and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as applicable. They would also stay abreast of changes in accounting standards and ensure that the organization adapts its practices accordingly.
Internal Controls: plays a key role in designing, implementing, and monitoring internal control processes to safeguard assets, prevent fraud, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Audit Coordination: Working closely with internal and external auditors during financial audits, this role provides necessary documentation, explanations, and support to auditors to facilitate the audit process and address any findings or recommendations.
Tax Compliance: Depending on the organization's structure and operations, the Manager Consolidation and Corporate Accounting may also be involved in tax compliance activities, including the preparation and filing of corporate tax returns, transfer pricing documentation, and tax planning strategies.
Financial Analysis: conducting financial analysis to provide insights into the company's performance, trends, and areas for improvement. This may include variance analysis, profitability analysis, and forecasting.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborating with other departments such as finance, operations, and legal to ensure alignment of financial objectives with broader business goals and initiatives.
Management: Provide strong leadership to the team. Set individual objectives, performance expectations, foster a culture of accountability, and drive continuous improvement.
Team Leadership and Development: Recruit, develop, and lead and mentor a high-performing team. Provide guidance on best practices, industry trends, and professional development.
Talent Development: Develop talent through training programs, performance management, coaching, and succession planning.

Job Qualifications:

Education: A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is usually the minimum requirement. Professional certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) would be beneficial.
Technical Experience: 3-5 years in a relevant technical field.
Leadership Experience: 1-2 years in a supervisory or team lead role.
Prior experience in accounting and financial reporting roles is essential. Candidates often need at least 5-7 years of progressive experience in accounting, financial analysis, or auditing.
Experience specifically in consolidation and corporate accounting functions is highly desirable. This includes experience with consolidating financial statements for multi-entity organizations and managing complex accounting transactions.
Experience in manufacturing or automotive industries is advantageous due to the unique challenges and requirements of these sectors.
Financial Reporting: Strong understanding of financial reporting standards (GAAP or IFRS) and experience in preparing and analyzing financial statements.
Consolidation Expertise: Proficiency in consolidating financial statements for multi-entity organizations, including knowledge of intercompany transactions, eliminations, and currency translation.
Technical Accounting Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of accounting principles and regulations, including revenue recognition, inventory accounting, lease accounting, and goodwill impairment testing.
Audit and Compliance: Experience working with internal and external auditors, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and maintaining effective internal controls.
Financial Analysis: Strong analytical skills to interpret financial data, identify trends, and provide insights into the company's performance.
ERP Systems Proficiency: Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics for financial consolidation and reporting.
Communication and Leadership: Effective communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams, present financial information to stakeholders, and provide leadership within the finance department.
Problem-Solving and Attention to Detail: Ability to identify and resolve complex accounting issues, reconcile discrepancies, and ensure accuracy in financial reporting.

Behavioural Expectations:

Safety-First - A safety-first mindset is a proactive approach to safety, where all employees keep an eye out for safety issues and avoid potentially dangerous situation which could likely cause danger, risk, or injury. This also means that everyone has responsibility for safety regardless of role, level, title, or job.
Continuous Improvements - Suggest every employee, everywhere is always looking for ways we can improve and standardize our work even when everything is going well. By doing so, it will drive consistent progress toward improved business performance and will tap into people's desire to be the best at what they do.
Compliance - Employee compliance is achieved when workers are familiar with all the laws that govern their industry or job and know how to conduct business in an ethical manner. It often requires procedural training and encouragement to learn from mistakes.
Driving Results - Everyone knows their role and is accountable for driving their work to achieve a common goal.
ONE Team - being part of a group that shares strong relationships, trust, respect, and a common vision for what "good" looks like. One team means supporting and relying on one another to achieve to drive the overall business priorities and meet our customer commitments.

Working Conditions:

Office Environment: work in an office setting within the company's headquarters or regional offices. The office environment may be fast-paced and dynamic, especially during financial reporting periods or audit cycles.
Work Schedule: often work standard office hours, typically Monday through Friday. However, longer hours may be required during peak periods such as month-end or year-end close, budgeting cycles, or when preparing for financial audits.
Travel: may be occasional travel involved, especially for managers overseeing consolidation processes across multiple subsidiaries or regional offices. Travel requirements could vary from occasional domestic trips to international travel for meetings or audits.
Deadline Pressure: Meeting tight deadlines for financial reporting, consolidation activities, and regulatory compliance is common in this role. Managers must be adept at managing their time effectively and prioritizing tasks to ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial information.
Pressure to Perform: As key stakeholders rely on accurate and timely financial information for decision-making, there may be pressure to perform and deliver results consistently. Attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability are essential attributes for success in this role.

Environmental, Health and Safety Expectations:

Employee Responsibilities:

Work in compliance with OH&S acts and regulations.
Use personal protective equipment and clothing as directed by the employer.
Report workplace hazards and dangers to a supervisor
Work in a safe manner as required by the employer and use the prescribed safety equipment.
Tell the supervisor or employer about any missing or defective equipment or protective device that may be dangerous.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

Make sure workers work in compliance with OH&S acts and regulations.
Make sure that workers use prescribed protective equipment and devices.
Advise workers of potential and actual hazards
Provide workers with written instructions as to the measures and procedures to be talent for protections of the worker.
Take every reasonable precaution in the circumstances for the protection of workers.

Why ABC?

In addition to a workplace that emphasizes respect, teamwork and personal and professional growth, ABC Technologies offers a broad range of health, wellness and financial benefits that promote the physical, mental and financial wellbeing of our employees and help them bring their best self to work, including:

Competitive compensation package
Competitive PTO Package
Employee Group Benefits
Employee and Family Assistance Program (TELUS Health)
RRSP/DPSP Company Match
Educational Assistance Program
Perkopolis Program
Vehicle Purchase Discounts
Social events throughout the year
Internal job opportunities

Background screening protocol is required for this position.

About the Company:
ABC Technologies (Canada Region)

Website:
https://abctechnologiescan.prevueaps.com

ABC Technologies (Canada Region)

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