Manager, Finance - Guelph, Canada - Agricorp

Agricorp

Verified Company

Guelph, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Agricorp is looking for a
Finance Manager to join our Corporate Services division.

This opportunity is for a collaborative team-oriented individual who has advanced financial and accounting knowledge and ability, critical thinking skills and a passion for leadership.

The Role:

The Finance Manager, Operations leads a team of eight individuals and is accountable for daily cash operations, budgeting and forecasting, government remittances, payroll, accounting policy, financial systems administration, and projects.

In this role, you will:

Provide leadership, coaching and development to Finance team
Plan and organize departmental workload and use management skills to effectively and efficiently prioritize and manage competing deliverables
Ensure smooth daytoday operations, resolving any issues impacting cashflow, customer accounts or system performance
Lead in the preparation and support of quarterly and annual Budget and forecast process for a $40M administrative budget across 7 divisions
Lead monthly variance analysis and follow up with divisional leads to inform senior management of root causes and future impacts
Develop accounting policies and models through researching, understanding and implementing accounting standards
Document and maintain procedures and accounting conclusions for all transactional processes in accordance with program agreements and legislation and accounting requirements
Initiate change based on experience, expertise and knowledge of industryleading practices and trends
Provide analysis to management, as required, to facilitate accurate decision making
Provide strategic advice and counsel to the Controller and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on all financerelated matters
Represent and/or lead finance efforts for adhoc initiatives and projects
Establish and maintain strong working relationships with appropriate levels of personnel across Agricorp and its partners, including the Senior Management Team (SMT), management and nonmanagement staff

Job status:
Permanent

Salary:
$99,994 - $117,640

Work status:
Full time in office and hybrid work arrangements are available

Location:
Must live in Ontario to perform this role

Qualifications:

University degree in business, accounting, or equivalent
CPA designation required
Minimum 5 years' experience in managing financial information and/or processes in a multifaceted, complex environment
Minimum 35 years' supervisory and leadership experience providing direction, coaching, performance management and development
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience with Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) and auditing standards, an asset
Experience with process and internal controls improvements, an asset
Experience using Microsoft Dynamics GP and Power BI, an asset
Advanced Microsoft Office skills

Key Competencies:

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Technical/professional knowledge - Understands and effectively applies accounting and finance concepts; researches and interprets accounting policies and legislation
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Financial Systems, Processes and Technology - Designing, implementing and maintaining financial management and reporting systems and complementary financial and administrative business processes, to support the effective and judicious use of financial resources
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Financial Budgeting, Planning & Reporting - Providing advice and services on financial planning, budgeting, reporting and coding to ensure the optimal allocation of financial resources to objectives
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Leading Teams - Leads and support the performance of a team towards achieving excellent results, monitors progress, quality of work, sets clear expectations and accountabilities
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Critical judgement, decision making and problem solving - Exercises sound judgment in new and standard situations in the absence of specific guidelines and precedents, simplifies complex information and focuses on crucial details, develops solutions to a problem
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Creativity and innovation - Demonstrates curiosity, digging for information below the surface, questions conventional methodologies and creates new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges, identifies and deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently
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Communication - Adapts content, style and medium of communication to suit the audience, culture and level of understanding; communicates with honesty and supports messages with facts and information
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Initiative - Identifies and deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise
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Networking & Relationship Building - Establishes, sustains and fosters professional contacts to build, enhance and connect networks for work progress

Background:

Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario.
Agricorp delivers government programs. These programs help protect the livelihood of over 47,000 Ontario farmers against the many risks fa