Finance and Accounting Outsourcing - Toronto, Canada - RSM US LLP

RSM US LLP

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential.

Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients.

You'll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There's no one like you and that's why there's nowhere like RSM.

We operate in a team-based environment and have a proven track record of delivering exceptional value to our customers.

The key attributes that will make someone successful in this role include:

Ability to manage, coach, and motivate a team
Assertive, collaborative, team player and desire to learn different industries and develop a Controller skill set

Superior ability to prioritize and focus in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment

Willingness to learn and work with emerging technology solutions such as OCR(Optical Character Recognition), AI(Artificial Intelligence) and Accounting BOTS
Professional presentation and great communication skills as contact with clients will be extensive
Interest in personal/professional development and advancement
Dedication to lifelong learning, including staying abreast of best practices in financial management
Ability to analyze and interpret not just report financial information to add value to client businesses as a trusted adviser
Solid Excel skills (create tables, use formulas, pivot tables)

Responsibilities:

This is a hands-on position that requires transaction processing and account reconciliation skills

Duties include:

Overall daytoday management of the accounting and finance functions of multiple clients in a shared services environment playing the Controller role of your clients
Participate in client design sessions to analyze requirements and redesign business processes in connection with FAO best practices in areas such as chart of account redesign, procure to pay, order to cash, month end close, record to report, etc.
Lead, manage and coach client services representatives, associates, senior associates and supervisors
Review client's monthly financial statements including month over month variance analysis and / or actual to budget analysis
Analyze and interpret financial information for client management and provide actionable insight and decision support
Continuously identify opportunities to enhance the clients monthly operations make suggestions for process improvements
Understand our technology stack and identify additional addon processes, systems, modules and integrations that can drive month end close efficiencies.
Define and document repeatable methodologies with appropriate tools and templates that can be leveraged for future projects.
Establish engagement budgets
Direct initial assessments, implementations and onboarding of new FAO clients
Write service agreements and statements of work
Participate in meetings with new client prospects and in the proposal process

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
CPA is required
Experience in a public accounting firm, consulting firm or other professional services environment preferred but not required
Progressive experience in accounting and financial management in a corporate accounting environment, in roles such as accounting manager, assistant controller, controller, director of finance CFO.
Strong technical financial accounting (GAAP) knowledge
Strong management accounting and operational finance knowledge
Experience in the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function (financial modeling, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, etc.)
Proven leadership, management and coaching skills
Strong timemanagement and organizational skills with sensitivity to timeframes, budgets, and outcomes across multiple clients/projects.

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people.

We support and inspire you to prioritize your wellbeing by delivering personalized, holistic programming for your physical, emotional, financial and community wellbeing.

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