Financial Analyst - Mississauga, Canada - Lafarge Canada Inc

Lafarge Canada Inc

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Why work for Lafarge?:
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we're committed to shaping a

greener,

smarter and

healthier world. At Lafarge Canada Inc.,

safety comes first,

collaboration matters and

diversity is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually

make our materials better.
Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

Overview:
The Consolidation analyst role is part of the North America regional finance team.

This role will be responsible for consolidation and reporting, preparation of statutory financial statements, and various financial analysis at the North American level.

This is a 1-year contract position.

Responsibilities:

Health & Safety:

Communicating, improving and adhering to health & safety policies in all work environments.

Financial consolidation and reporting:

Performing monthly and quarterly consolidation and preparing group reporting packages; preparing relevant analysis reports and reconciling financial statements. Supporting business, country and regional FP&A team with the ad hoc reporting or KPIs requirements

Master data maintenance of Finical accounting:

Performing daily master data maintenance of CoA, Cost center, profit center and relevant group or hierarchy

System relevant UAT testing or other special projects:

Performing new plants UAT, developing a detailed user testing scrip, coordinating or performing perform Mid-Year Disaster Recovery Testing, performing mid-year and annual HR support package testing; participating validation and testing of SAP Financial Consolidation system upgrade project, communicating and identify testing issue

Internal or externa audit:

Performing monthly and quarterly internal control tasks (i.e. keep evidence of master data or financial statement approval, perform accounts reconciliation), delivering audit derivable (i.e. financial reporting packages, analysis and analytical review templates etc.)

Ad Hoc Requirements:

Working on special projects like acquisition accounting, new IFRS or HARP (Holcim Account and Reporting principles) implementations, etc.

Relationship with Others

Working closely with Business Units, Country FP&A teams, ABS (shared business services) and with other members of the consolidation team.
Working closely with other functional and regional departments

Specific Accountabilities:

Develop a detailed understanding of the business including financial statements and other reporting entities.
Develop strong working knowledge of Accounting and Reporting Standards and IFRS.
Perform consolidation tasks associated with the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements for reporting entities; coordinate the reporting comments, and recognize problems/issues and propose the resolution
Participate in the preparation of group financial reporting requirements including the General Management Report, Taxes and the Treasury Information Packages.
Participate in the preparation of quarterly and annual financial compliance materials for lender and other relevant 3rd party requirements (TSE/OSC, Statistics Canada, EPA, etc.)
Work closely with North America regional finance team members and business, perform standard and ad hoc financial analyses for North America region
Perform Master Data, Hierarchies, Common Chart of Accounts, Consolidation and relevant Reporting Structures maintenance
Reconcile key consolidation accounts (Foreign currency valuation, Business Equity accounts, etc.)
Coordinator with technical resources and Team Lead to improve transactional system design in the area of data integrity and process automation. Perform relevant UAT and participate validation and testing of SAP Financial Consolidation system, communicate and identify testing issue
Prepare schedules for external audit, and perform quarterly analytical review of the financial statements.
Timely delivery of consolidation deliverable on schedule with mínimal of errors detected on review or subsequent audit
Delivery of financial statements and relevant reconciliation on schedule with a minimum of errors detected on review.
Preparation of accurate and concise written responses to audit or internal enquiries
Enhance the safety culture of LafargeHolcim by adhering to safety policies, taking ownership for ensuring a safe workplace, appropriately escalating safety issues to management, and participating in safety initiatives when required
Internal controls providing reasonable assurance of effective and efficient operations, including actions to prevent and detect fraud and protect Company resources