Supervisor, Financial Operations and Internal Audits; NU

Basic Function:

To undertake a wide variety of accounting and financial reporting tasks to manage the accounting stream; including developing, overseeing, directing and coordinating the preparation and consolidation of Norfolk County’s Financial Statements.

To assist the Deputy Treasurer in liaising with Norfolk County’s audit firm and to ensure all working papers, schedules, and documents are prepared for the annual audit.

To be a dynamic and strategic leader in moving the financial reporting functions forward into streamlined and more efficient processes.

To set up implement and maintain specific financial reporting, including providing Council, Senior Management and departments with consistent, accurate, secure, reliable data so the information required can be produced on demand.

To provide high level financial/accounting and technical assistance to County Departments/Divisions including extensive user training related to external reporting requirements and internal business processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management and administration of the County’s Accounting controls.

• Prepare the County’s year-end Financial Statements and Financial Information Returns in Case Ware by gathering all relevant information and ensuring that the data is balanced and cross-referenced with reports from the County’s financial systems.

• Provides assistance to the Deputy Treasurer, Manager of Accounting Services for completion of year-end reporting requirements by ensuring that all year-end working papers are complete and accurate.

• Aid the Deputy Treasurer in liaising with the County’s appointed external auditors for all audit related functions.

• Serve as the key contact and liaison with the County’s appointed actuary and be responsible for ensuring that annual updates are completed as required

• Coordinate annual year end audit requirements to ensure that timelines are met all necessary information is gathered efficiently and effectively

• Gather all relevant information for the completion of the County’s annual Financial Information Return, ensuring that the data is balanced and cross-referenced with reports from the County’s financial systems.

• To provide high level internal/external audit assistance to County Departments/Divisions.

• Manages the policies and procedures for data collection and financial information processing including review and updating of Internal Control systems.

• Develops and maintains financial reports for Departments / Divisions to meet their internal management reporting and external financial reporting requirements.

• On an ongoing basis, reviews Department / Division business processes providing recommendations on re-engineering processes to provide operational efficiencies.

• Responsible for monitoring major financial information processes, ensuring the information is accounted for accurately and on a timely basis – for example salaries and benefits, transfers, HST, trust accounting, accounts receivable

• Develop and process extraction routines and scripts to create customized analyses to meet audit requirements of County’s external auditors, CRA auditors and Federal / Provincial audits, etc.

• Oversee the County’s bank reconciliation, debt accounting, HST filing

• Responsible for managing accounts receivable invoicing processes in a timely manner and in accordance with applicable corporate policies.

• Act as a team leader by providing day-to-day supervision and direction to direct reports in order to maintain the delivery of timely and effective service.

• To manage staff and oversee staffing requirements including recruitment, training, and performance evaluations.

• To perform other related duties to assist in all functional areas of the Finance Department.

Requirements

Knowledge and

Experience:

• Degree in business administration, accounting, commerce, or related discipline

• A professional accounting designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants Association

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience in a large, complex organization

• Experience in working with complex financial systems, preferably with the systems in…