Analyst, Accounting - Brampton, Canada - Indigo

Indigo

Verified Company

Brampton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Description

Dedicated to telling stories and creating experiences, Indigo is always looking for bright, energetic and customer-focused people who can help bring our exciting mission to life in one of our more than 170 Indigo, Indigospirit, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada.

We offer a variety of exciting opportunities at our retail stores, distribution centres, and home office for people who share our passions and want to be part of a dynamic and enriching culture.

WHO WE ARE
We love books and all things beautiful
We are Canada's Cultural Department Store
Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning

We play by the following rules:
We exist to add joy to our customers' lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
We treat each other the way we'd treat a valued friend
We inspire each other to do our best work
We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
We give back to the communities in which we operate

Job Description:

The Analyst, Accounting & Treasury will report directly to Senior Manager, Accounting / Controller and be closely supported by the Treasury Team Lead.

The Analyst will be responsible for completing several period close accounting related functions, treasury related functions and special projects. The Analyst will work in various areas requiring cross functional collaboration across the organization.

KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS
Meet all period deadlines within the department necessary to facilitate accurate period end close
Provide timely response and feedback to internal queries for information and/or assistance
Policy and practice adherence while also ensuring IFRS compliance
Satisfaction of all business partners in team outputs (finance, procurement, receiving, etc.)
Strong communication skills to finance management discussing challenges, opportunities, risks, and milestones

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Functional

Evaluating historical and current financial data to understand a company's financial conditions, with a primary focus on the balance sheet, while supporting the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team on the Profit & Loss (P&L) analysis
Prepare journal entries with sufficient supporting documentation and rationale for period close
In-depth completion of account reconciliations, understanding the balances and investigating unreconciled items for timely resolution
Streamlining internal procedures, identify and implement automation where possible
Collaborating with business partners to assess and enhance business processes
Studying industry-specific business trends and research data.
Provide reporting, backup and ad hoc requests for external and internal auditors
Financing reporting requirements to be completed monthly and quarterly
Guiding businesses and individuals in making informed investment decisions.
Assessing financial data, identifying economic trends, and exploring potential investments.
Support the Treasury lead to regularly update the cash flow forecast and manage weekly payments cash flow
Concur Expense administrator for the organization. This includes managing out of pocket expenses, reviewing for policy compliance, and determine required accrual for period close.
Work closely with the AP team to process weekly payments both electronically and by manual cheque
Administer all bank transactions and oversee data recording, including clearing cheques, addressing exceptions, coordinating discrepancies with stores, etc.
Maintain relationship with bank and service providers
Opportunity to be involved in supporting transactions, processes and preparation of financial statements for the Love Of Reading charitable foundation under Indigo
Support treasury initiatives to evaluate and optimize banking structure, functionality and payment methods set up in ERP to streamline the process
Review and support the improve of policies related to Treasury such as Corporate Cards and Travel & Expense working directly with the Procurement, Legal and HR teams
Generate financial analysis and insights to support business cases or post evaluations of initiatives
Assist in developing and implementing opportunities to improve and streamline business processes
Ad-hoc requests and projects as assigned
Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all design and decision-making processes
Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs
Embrace and seek out technology that creates automated solutions to improve efficiency and data integrity
Challenge the status quo by consistently identifying areas for improvement, diagnosing issues, and working to resolve them

People

Collaborate with others to drive flexible and iterative solutions, quickly and easily
Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage o