Senior Manager, Accounting and Finance (Maternity Leave Contract)

Reporting to the Vice President, Finance and Administration, the Senior Manager, Accounting and Finance will lead the finance and accounting services for the CLHIA. This is a full-time, contract role to cover a maternity leave for a period of 18 to 22 months.

What you will be working on:

Lead preparation of monthly and year-end financial reports and statements and manage the full scope of the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and G/L functions: AR function includes production and/or review of invoicing. Oversee daily cash receipts, bank deposits. AP functions include supervision of all activities: review and approval of GL coding, payment registers, and bank payments via online banking. Financial reporting functions includes the monthly review of the financial statements and investigating any significant variances, the detailed quarterly review of key Balance Sheet and Income Statement balances (including review of reconciliations performed by the accounting team).

Manage cash flow and investments, including the investment activity with external advisors to ensure the investment portfolio meets cash flow needs.

Lead annual budget and forecast process including preparation and provision of forecast/budget templates, reviewing and verifying cost centre submissions, compilation, analysis, preparation of the final document for the Board briefing material and ongoing monitoring of subsequent risks/opportunities. Partner with VP, Finance & Administration and Human Resources for compensation, benefits and pension planning assumptions.

Oversee and assist with the development of conference budgets/forecast by partnering with internal conference organizers and external providers to determine and align on key assumptions. Responsible for the review of the reconciliation of actual against budget/forecast and the provision of final reporting and analysis.

Support VP, Finance & Administration on all financial activities for defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. This includes invoice coding, expense tracking, preparation of journal vouchers and the annual pension audit.

Manage, coach and develop staff.

Propose improvements across the function resulting in reduced cycle time, improved internal client experience, enhanced standardization and process documentation.

Provide all financial services to affiliated organizations as per the management service agreements.

Lead planning, preparation of working papers and financial statements for annual year-end financial audit; Assist external auditors with various requests and support composition of content for Board committee review.

Oversee and file timely information for tax returns (including T2 Corporate Tax Return, and Federal and Revenue Quebec NPO T1044 information returns) and sales tax recoveries.

Perform other special projects, ad-hoc analysis and reports as required.

What you will bring:

Finance or Accounting related University degree.

5-7 years of relevant experience, including 1-2 years of supervisory experience.

Actively pursuing the Chartered Professional Association (CPA) designation.

Knowledge of computerized accounting software systems – SAGE300; advanced excel (VLOOKUP’s, XLOOKUP’s, Power Query, Index match).

Knowledge of accounting and financial reporting practices and principles.

Ability to maintain confidentiality and show vigilance to identify any breaches in financial controls/detect fraud.

Proactive self-starter who takes initiative and demonstrates the ability to independently research electronic files to comprehend past content to assist in meeting current deliverables.

Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational and planning skills.

How to apply:

Please submit your resume to clhiacareers@clhia.ca