Finance Manager - Canada - Fujitsu

Fujitsu

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Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Finance Manager

Objectives and Purpose of Position

As a member of the Fujitsu North American Finance team, provide accurate financial reporting and successful financial management to optimize project contract performance and profitability.

Position Summary

This position will work as a finance team member within a delivery governance work structure responsible for managing all financial forecasting and accounting, analysis, profit optimization, risk reporting and mitigation for but not limited to the Eastern Canada consulting services practices (East, GIS, Federal, and Microsoft Dynamics).

The position will report to the Business Unit's Finance Manager who is based in New Jersey.

Success Criteria and Measures _
Finance management receives required communication, accurate reporting and analysis within required timeframes to optimize financial performance and contract profitability.
Work closely with various Delivery teams and the Finance accounting group to complete accurate and timely weekly/monthly financial forecasting and reporting deliverables in accordance with IFRS and company guidelines.
Track project completion efforts to ensure revenue recognition follows IFRS rules, and provide sufficient reporting backup to pass Internal and External, including Statutory, Audit reviews.
Ability to work effectively with local and remote management and crossfunctional teams.
Key Responsibilities _
Ensure accurate project set up in companies systems including revenue and cost budgets, transactional controls, and client contracts and/or change orders and company policies.
Review and produce accurate monthly forecasting based on multiple project contract terms and maintaining a successful working relationship with Practice leader(s).
Ensure accurate reporting and financials controls of high volume contract revenue from professional services.
Provide annual budgeting and weekly/monthly forecasting, analysis including:
Detailed revenue and margin forecast
Clear explanations of variances to forecast and budget
Key performance metrics including Headcount, AR, WIP, Backlog, Held Revenue
Risk Factors and actions to Mitigate
Complete month end financial close in SAP including:
revenue recognition in accordance IFRS guidelines and contract's pricing features

- client contracts profitability
- journal entries for accruals and corrections
- balance sheet analysis
- intercompany cross charges and allocations
- review accuracy of detail general ledger including payroll, payables, accrued expenses, AR and WIP analysis

Review day to day accounting issues to ensure compliance with company's accounting policies and procedures. Areas of oversight include AR, AP, vendor contracts, purchase orders, intercompany cross charges, facility charges, and subcontractors.
Assist in special projects and provide Controller's Accounting group with information as requested to assist them in consolidated reporting and financial audits.
Proactively communicate to management relevant business issues, highlighting any risk, in the areas of financial reporting, accounting procedures and controls, and other operational procedures.
Key Competencies/Knowledge _
Must have a professional accounting / finance designation from a 4 year degree from an accredited University
Must have at least 10 years of experience as a financial analyst, including 5 years in a project based accounting industry
Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; IFRS experience a plus
French/English bilingual required
SAP experience desired
Audit (external or internal) a plus
Be able to work independently without supervision
Skills _
Excellent oral and written communications skills with ability to explain complex financial terms clearly and easily to internal and external customers.
Detail oriented and very well organized.
Advanced analytical Excel spreadsheet skills (Vlookup, Pivots, and If Statements). Must have the ability to work with large of amounts of data from multiple systems, develop ad hoc reporting and analysis, understand project accounting system and provide timely, concise analytics.
Ability to lead the delivery teams on accounting information, policies, and/or procedures in a manner easily understood and drive targeted financial outcomes.
Ability to plan, organize and execute tasks in an efficient and dependable manner according to business need.
Respond appropriately and be able to prioritize information requests from various customers and multitask effectively.
Flexible team player with a positive attitude.
Demonstrate proactive attitude to business issues and keep management informed of business issues to ensure accurate and timely financial operations.
Requires mínimal direct supervision