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Manager, Accounting & Finance

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City Toronto

Type Direct Hire

Salary $112,000

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About the Company
Our client is a dynamic charitable organization committed to helping all children reach their full potential and thrive. Knowing that the best way to help a child succeed is to also support the child’s family and community, we offer programs and services for children and those closest to them. The client was founded in 1932 by a group of women, to provide care for pre-school children from low-income families. With services spanning childcare to parent advocacy to community services, they now serves over 12,000 children and parents a year. Built on an established history of more than 80 years of supporting children and families in Toronto, they prides itself as providing the highest quality of care with experts in the fields of early childhood education and child development.

Why Work Here

• Relaxed culture, open door policy, friendly, long-tenured employees
• Join a growing organization and help make an impact on the lives of families and children in need
• Excellent work-life-balance

About the Opportunity
Daily/Ongoing:

• Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger functions.
• Assist with Accounts Payable cheque signing duties and EFT approvals
• Enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows.
• Resolve escalated issues with customers/vendors
• Support improvements to the client’s accounting practices and procedures, implementing processes and internal controls, assist with ensuring efficient use of the client’s financial resources, and comply with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Monthly And Or Quarterly

• Assist with multiple (internal and external) stakeholder’s reports.
• Preparation of monthly closings, payroll, and departmental reports for consistency, accuracy and timelines, including analyzing and reconciling general ledgers.
• Prepare reports to Supervisors, Managers, Directors and Board of Directors - i.e. monthly and quarterly budget vs. actuals; general ledger details, salary and benefit YTD analysis, proforma forecast to end of the fiscal year, and investments.
• Support Program Supervisors and Managers in forecast preparation as required.
• Prepare quarterly general ledger output
• Report on financial performance (actual costs vs. budgeted) on a project-level as requested.

Annual

• Supervise preparation of:
• year-end reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, and journal entries.
• accrual and general ledger entries (e.g. vacation/sick/overtime balances).
• financial statements for purpose of year-end audit.
• annual financial statements and supporting working paper file.
• all records for fixed assets
• Prepare all annual tax returns (ex. EHT, HST, property tax rebate, etc.)
• Oversee the audit process.

Leadership/Supervision

• Monitor the daily performance of the accounting department staff.
• Supervise staff including recruitment, orientation, training, attendance management, performance evaluation, and disciplinary action (if required)
• Foster an environment of teamwork, quality outcomes and continuous quality improvement within and across programs and departments.
• Work with the team on various projects such as system implementations and operational improvement
• Provide back-up coverage during department staff absences

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business or related field
• Member in good standing with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (i.e. CPA. CGA, CMA, CA)
• Candidates who are currently working towards CPA designation will also be considered
• Minimum five years’ accounting and finance experience (not-for-profit expertise an asset).
• Experience managing/supervising a staff team
• Extensive experience with Sage 300 (Accpac) or equivalent accounting software
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• In-depth knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, concepts and best practices.
• Experience working in a unionized environment is an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, problem solving, decision making and critical thinking skills with keen attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to compile, analyze, interpret, and present complex financial reports, statements, and/or projections to a variety of stakeholders
• Demonstrates an ability to build and maintain effective work partnerships with colleagues, clients and stakeholders of diverse backgrounds, abilities and identities.
• Strong organizational capabilities to manage multiple projects with excellent time management skills and the ability to multi task and prioritize effectively.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, initiative and a high degree of confidentiality.
• Highly motivated to continually strive for excellent results including on-going improvements to work processes.
• Acceptable Vulnerable Police Record Check

Salary Range
$104,000/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.
When referencing this job, quote #408380.

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto 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.