Manager, Canadian Operations Accounting

• Lead, mentor, and develop two Supervisors, ensuring effective oversight of the broader operational accounting team.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations across all levels of the team.
• Act as a key point of contact with divisional management to address operational accounting and financial issues, providing accounting insight and leadership to support decision-making and resolve complex matters.
• Contributes to a culture that reflects the Kal Tire AIMS and supports team member development, engagement, and a positive work environment.
• Supports continuous improvement and growth initiatives through the Reporting remit.
• Assesses staffing requirements and makes recommendations to the Assistant Controller, if required.

• Ensure all accounting activities comply with IFRS and internal accounting policies.
• Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end operational accounting close processes.
• Oversee the preparation of working papers for the annual external audit.
• Review higher risk journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Review branch level, divisional, and legal entity financial statements for entities domiciled in Canada, working with the tax department as required.
• Undertake analysis and resolution of more complex/non-routine accounting issues, which may include acquisition accounting and documentation of key accounting positions.
• Identify internal control gaps and make recommendations to the Assistant Controller.

• Seeks opportunities to automate or streamline business processes and collaborates with other business units to improve business processes.

• Works with Information Systems stakeholders, researches and analyses potential solutions to business needs and performs fit-gap assessment of solutions to business needs.
• Maps “as is” and “to be” business processes using industry standard tools such as process maps, flow charts, use cases, etc.

• Understands Kal Tire’s business and processes from a Finance perspective.
• Collaborates with all levels of Management to understand what information is needed for business decision-making.
• Analyzes data and summarizes findings in a manner that clearly identifies key business performance issues, facilitating efficient and effective management decision making.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in public practice working on large public company audit engagements.
• Minimum 5 years supervising or leading teams.

• Strong technical IFRS knowledge with a history of pragmatic application in-line with the needs of financial information users.
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts.
• Ability to evaluate complex business and accounting issues.
• Ability to interpret and implement company policies and procedures.
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel.
• Experience with full-feature accounting systems.
• Experience with developing Power BI dashboards would be a plus.

• CPA designation is required.

• The target compensation for this role is $110,000 to $130,000 per year based on experience.
• Extended group health, dental, and vision benefits are available to all eligible full-time and part-time permanent employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• A group RRSP/DPSP matching program
• Discount on tires and mechanical services
• Positive work culture, opportunities for growth and development, and work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional development, such as training programs, mentorship, and tuition reimbursement.

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