Financial Analyst - Springwater, Canada - Bradford Greenhouses Limited

Bradford Greenhouses Limited

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Springwater, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Bradford Greenhouses, awarded Canada's Best Managed Companies since 2018, is a long-established family owned and operated business dating back to 1961, carrying with us for sixty plus years traditional values of integrity and commitment to customer service engrained by the founder Francis Ferragine.

We are well renowned as a retail/wholesale leader and a good responsible corporate citizen in Central Ontario.

Environmentally friendly; Bradford Greenhouses capture rainwater in cisterns for plant watering, heat glass houses with natural solar heat, engage in plastic product recycling, retailer's plastic collection/recycle program, heat recovery systems on boilers, and composting organic materials for garden soils.

Community aware, Bradford Greenhouses is fortunate to provide community support through such items as the Poinsettia Program (school fundraiser), and golf tournament (Roots for Youth Foundation).

Believing that diversity brings in creativity and teamwork, we annually hire a great mix of students, retirees, regular full time, seniors, and seasonal staff who better serve our diverse community.

Bradford Greenhouses offers health/dental benefits, employee discounts, job advancement opportunities, supplemental training, wrapped in a culture of learning and empowering people to be motivated toward company goals.

In today's modern world, it is an exciting time of change.

We are blending core values to create a culture that enhances and enriches a work/life balance with the growing needs of the company.

Collectively in this common ground, we can continuously improve to reap the rewards from the "Seeds of Change".

Bradford Greenhouses is _GROWING_
We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join our corporate finance team. If you have a background in accounting, are inquisitive, love solving mysteries, and are looking for an amazing new career, this is the opportunity for you

Summary

Reporting to the Controller, the Financial Analyst is responsible for ensuring adherence to financial plans /policies and accounting practices, the maintenance of fiscal records, and the preparation of financial reports and analysis including daily bank reconciliations.

Job Duties

Prepare and report WSIB and HST Remittance calculations
Complete daily bank reconciliations
Complete daily cash reconciliations
Complete monthly reconciliation for all bank accounts (bank and brokerage accounts)
Completing month end journal entries including amortization, accruals, prepaid expenses, inventory valuations, shareholder accounting, etc.
Ensure adherence to month end procedures in a timely manner
Maintain an accurate and complete trail of supporting documentation for all financial and bookkeeping activities
Maintain uptodate, complete and systematic filing system to support bookkeeping and financial records
Ad hoc financial analysis (i.e., Jet reporting)
Assist with financial audit
Inventory reconciliations
Knowledge in developing tools for optimizing analysis for financial documents
Weekly operations reporting
Variance analysis
Assistant with budget and forcasts
Liase with key operational personnel to provide support as needed
Key user for developing Point of Sale (POS) systems

Requirements:

Minimum accounting certificate or diploma
Working towards designation is preferred
5+ years of experience as a Financial Analyst/Accountant is preferred
Excellent computer skills
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Strong understanding of computerized accounting systems (ERP, Microsoft Navision an asset)
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (intermediate level Excel)
Accuracy and attention to detail while working under tight deadlines
Comfortable communicating with various types of individuals
Good team player
Ability to follow through and complete overlapping projects
Good organizational, time management and prioritizing skills
Ability to multitask and work well under pressure
Knowledge of Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE)
Technical accounting skills