Finance Manager - Vancouver, Canada - BC Pavco

BC Pavco

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Our vision is to be the global leader in outstanding venues and events with a mandate to generate economic and community benefit for the people of British Columbia through prudent management of public facilities.

At the BC Place, a division of BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), we work to create unforgettable moments, world-class experiences and stronger connections to community, industry and culture.

As Western Canada's leading venue for live events, we host a year-round schedule of sporting events, concerts, consumer shows and more each year while also supporting the community through an array of ongoing partnerships and initiatives.

We are hiring a collaborative and highly motivated Finance Manager to join our team.

ROLE SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance, the Finance Manager will leverage their understanding of the operations to provide guidance and consult to a venue or business unit.

As a trusted business partner, the Finance Manager works with multi-disciplinary teams to help them create strategic financial plans, establish and administrate revenue targets and manage cost efficiency through in-depth analysis.

The position is well versed in revenue collections, accounting standards, financial policies, performance measurement, operational reporting, workflow management, income statement analysis, financial data management.

This position oversees a key finance function and may have a small team reporting into them.

The Finance Manager is expected to positively collaborate with leadership and operational teams across PavCo to support strategic outcomes, streamline processes and procedures, ensure compliance to financial and organizational policies, report and highlight key financial results and generally support a culture of excellence.

This position will require the Finance Manager to work at events on evenings and weekends.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Oversees the daytoday operations of the finance department at BC Place Stadium, including receivables, collections, compliance, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and provide financial analysis support.
Plan and conducts preliminary to final settlement of large event transactions with international clients and partners representing PavCo's community and financial best interests at all times.
Accounting duties include delivering, reconciling event billing, collections, review and posting G/L and subledger entries.
Account reconciliation, maintaining working papers to accommodate dynamic business models.
Ensures managers and other senior leaders' complete revenue related service orders, margin expectations and risks are identified, streamlining event requisitions to align with account payable timelines, training and other support.
Oversees annual audit to ensure timely and efficient completion.
Manages and builds relationships with service providers including shared services teams, insurance, auditors, clients, partners, and other advisors.
Recommends and directs action of staff on financial matters with respect to client issues, landlord/tenant issues, partners, and contracts with suppliers.
Gives guidance on leases, building recoveries, official supplier agreements, client contracts and sponsorship agreements.
Provides business and financial scenario analysis support to event and sales management teams.

Forecasting/Budgeting

Works with site finance leads to develop projections using forecasting tools and prepares monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts and budgets.
Month End Reporting responsible for coordinating and reviewing monthly PNL, event statements, KPI's, executive financial information, and conducts variance analysis against budget to identify spending trends to operational leads.
Manages current financial collection processes and adapts to improving workflow efficiencies to ensure dynamic revenues and expenses are complete under sensitive deadlines.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or equivalent is preferred.
Completion of a 4year University program in Finance or Accounting or a combination of education and experience will be considered.
5+ years of relevant accounting experience in eventbased environment and 1+ year of managerial experience, ideally within convention/hotel industry.
Solid knowledge of PSA and GAAP standards.
High level of accountability and business sense driven.
Detail oriented strategic thinker with exceptional analytical abilities and sound judgment.
Proven ability to effectively lead, coach and mentor staff to reach their full potential.
Strong organizational and problemsolving skills; demonstrated ability to prioritize conflicting requirements in a timely manner.
Ability to synthesize large sets of data to develop financial settlement models, reconciliation working papers and other ad hoc projects.
General business experience in a corporate environment in the event management, sporting, entertainm