Henderson - Senior Accountant Financial Reporting and Consolidations

Position Description

The Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting and Consolidations, is a key member of the corporate Finance function, responsible for supporting the monthly, quarterly and year-end consolidation and reporting processes that underpin the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of the company’s internal management reporting and external financial reporting. Reporting to the Manager, Financial Reporting and Consolidations, the role prepares consolidation journal entries, intercompany matching and eliminations, currency translation schedules, account reconciliations, reporting packages and supporting working papers under both U.S. GAAP and IFRS Accounting Standards.

The Senior Accountant works closely with Controllership, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, regional Finance teams and mine site controllers to gather, validate and analyze financial information, executes assigned SOX internal controls over financial reporting within the close and consolidation cycle, and supports internal and external auditors through interim reviews and the year-end audit. The role also contributes to continuous improvement in close cycle time, analytical content and reporting standardization across the group, and provides guidance to junior staff as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute the monthly, quarterly and year-end consolidation process, including preparation of legal-entity consolidation entries, intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, minority interest calculations, top-side adjustments and consolidation journal entries, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of consolidated results.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements, supporting schedules and reporting packages for internal management reporting and external financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS Accounting Standards, ensuring accuracy, completeness and consistency with group accounting policies.
• Support the financial close calendar by completing assigned close tasks on schedule, tracking dependencies with regional and mine site Finance teams, and escalating issues that could put close milestones at risk to the Manager, Financial Reporting and Consolidations.
• Prepare financial reporting deliverables for the Company’s Nevada joint venture under U.S. GAAP, including schedules provided to joint venture partners and support for quarterly reviews and annual audits with external auditors, recognizing the joint venture’s status as a public business entity.
• Prepare annual IFRS financial reporting deliverables and supporting documentation for the Company’s U.S. operations in connection with the IRS Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) program.
• Assist in the preparation of accounting memos and position papers for complex, non-routine or judgmental accounting matters under the direction of the Manager, Financial Reporting and Consolidations.
• Perform intercompany matching and reconciliations, investigate and resolve differences with counter party Finance teams, and prepare eliminations of intercompany revenue, costs, profit-in-inventory, receivables and payables on consolidation.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages for the Controller, CFO office, Audit Committee and other stakeholders, including consolidated income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, segment information, variance and flux analysis, and key performance metrics.
• Perform variance and flux analysis on consolidated and entity-level financial statement accounts, ensuring period-over-period and budget-to-actual movements are well understood, documented and clearly communicated to the Manager and Finance leadership.
• Prepare and post consolidation and top-side journal entries, including reclassifications, accruals, equity pickups, currency…