Supervisor, Accounting - Mississauga, Canada - Morguard

Morguard

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Description

PURPOSE

The Supervisor, Accounting i s a cc o u n t a b l e t o the M a n a g er, A cc o u nt i n g f or the t i m e l y a nd a cc urate co m p l et i on of v ar i o u s ac c o u nt i ng ac t i v i t i e s f or an a ss i g n e d p ort f o li o a n d f or en s ur i ng f i n a n c i a l r e p ort i ng i s t i m e l y, a cc urat e, i s c o m p l et e d i n co m p l i a n c e w i t h co m p a n y ' s a cc o u n t i n g p o li ci es a n d pro c e d ure s.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. General Accounting**Responsible for maintenance/oversight of the day-to-day general ledger transactions, including drafting and input of journal entries, liaising with other departments, accountants, managers, controllers in order to maintain an accurate and transparent accounting process. Where outside managers are contracted, assists/manages the upload of accounting files received from the outside into Morguard's accounting system.

2. Financial Reporting**Prepares and reviews a variety of financial reports/statements including but not limited to the monthly/quarterly financial statements and related reporting packages, exception reports, annual budget and forecast, to ensure completeness and accuracy of head office transactions as well as the completeness, accuracy & integrity of statements/reports.

3. Reconciliations and Compliance Processes**Prepares and when assigned, reviews monthly/quarterly accounting, compliance and vendor/tenant reconciliations and in addition to identifying any discrepancies, works with the appropriate individuals to resolve, ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and integrity of statements. As assigned, prepares and/or reviews calculations for recovery of operating costs from tenants, including interpreting the financial aspects of lease clauses relating to recovery of costs. Participates in the filing of regulatory documents.

4. Cash Management**Analyzes and monitors cash requirements for mortgages, development projects, capital expenditures, distributions, acquisitions, dispositions, and any other capital cash requirements, in addition to liaising with management staff and, as directed, with external banking partners to resolve any other cash requirements. Assists with the mortgage refinancing program as required, including the preparation of mortgage/bank line covenant requirements to external parties in adherence with relevant due dates.

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6. Support to Quarterly/Annual Audit Process**Assists with and helps coordinate the audit process through the preparation and compilation of the working papers and financial statements in addition to helping resolve external audit queries.

7. Policies, Procedures and Regulations**Assists with the research, development and implementation of emerging technical accounting requirements, to ensure the company is compliance with current standards and is prepared for any changes to such standards going forward.

8. Management and Development of Staff**Is responsible for on-the-job training and coaching of accounting personnel to increase departmental knowledge and verifies work of more junior accounting personnel and provides feedback to ensure accuracy of accounting information and development of accounting staff.

9. Other Accounting Duties**Assists or completes ad hoc projects assigned by Manager or Comptroller (ex. assisting with the research, development and implementation of emerging technical accounting requirements or processes) to ensure that the finance group is complying with current standards and is prepared for any changes to such standards in the future.

Any other job related duties and/or projects that may be assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Education

Co l l e g e D i p l o m a i n A cc o u n t i ng or B u s i n e s s A d m i n i s tr a t i on or e q u i v a l e nt
M i n i m u m of 2 y e ars of re l e v a n t a cc o u n t i n g e x p eri e n c e
E nr o ll m e n t i n an a cc o u n t i n g d e si g n a t i o n co u rs e
In t er m e di ate to a d v a n c e d wor k i ng k n o w l e d g e o f M S O f f i c e a p p l i c a t i o n s

Core Competencies

G o o d co m m u ni c at i on s k ill s (b o th w r i tt e n a n d v erb a l )
G o o d a n al y t i c al s k ill s
G o o d o r g a ni z at i o n a l s k ill s
A tt e nt i on t o d e ta i l

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

G e n eral u n d e rs ta n d i ng of Can a d i a n G A A P a n d I F R S i s an a ss et
Care e r p l an to o b t a i n an A c c o u nt i ng D e s i g n a t i on i s a n a ss e t