Senior Staff Accountant Job Burnaby BC Canada,Accounting

Hybrid Work Schedule!

Monday & Friday, work from home. Tuesday-Thursday onsite.

Ener Sys® is an industrial technology leader serving the global community with mission critical stored energy solutions that meet the growing demand for energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability. We are driven by a passion to provide people everywhere with accessible power to help them work and live better. Our people are our strength, an endless resource for innovation, insight and enthusiasm.

This position will report to our Ener Sys Energy Systems business, which serves the telecom, cable broadband, industrial, renewable, and data center markets. Our portfolio combines our stored energy expertise with power systems, enclosures, and renewable energy products to deliver world-class solutions for diverse applications such as 5G, broadband, Internet of Things (IoT), data center, and solar power. Our cutting-edge technology includes Lithium batteries, Fault Managed Power Systems, and Extended Run Time battery backup systems that improve the reliability and resiliency of broadband networks.

Ener Sys has over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. Some of our brands include Power Safe, Data Safe, and Genesis batteries;
Cordex power; and Outback Power renewable energy products. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, Ener Sys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.

What We’re Offering

Paid holidays, plus sick time and vacation time

Full benefit plan including, extended medical, vision and dental

Life Insurance, long term disability and a salary continuance plan

Tuition reimbursement plan

6% RRSP employer matching program

Compensation Range:

Compensation may vary based on applicant's work experience, education level, skill set, and/or location.

This is a current vacant position.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a highly motivated senior accountant to perform and support accounting duties within our organization. The senior accountant's responsibilities include performing account reconciliations, maintaining the general ledger, assisting with audit preparations, preparing financial reports, and performing other accounting duties as assigned. The work involved is related to the overall operations of both the Ener Sys Delaware and Regional Accounting functions.

To be successful as a senior accountant, you must have the ability to assume ownership of various processes and reports, have a solid working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and strong financial analysis skills. An outstanding senior accountant should also possess excellent Excel skills, embrace new challenges, be detail-oriented, highly organized, able to work with little to no supervision, and perform under pressure.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Accurately prepare and record complex monthly journal entries in relation to month end close.

Prepare Balance Sheet account reconciliations, and assist with forecasting expenses in assigned accounts, where applicable.

Communicate, escalate, and coordinate with plant accountants, segment leads, functional department heads and third-party service providers to obtain and/or transmit information needed for analysis, forecast, journals and reconciliations.

Enter, revise, sort, calculate and create tables for analysis on high priority accounts, and quarter/year-end packages.

Acquire an understanding of transactional flows within the business process related to assigned general ledger accounts.

Maintain internal control compliance, identify control weaknesses, and support internal and external audit requests.

Suggest process improvements to ensure that effective controls are maintained over the financial accounting and reporting for the region.

Create and/or update detailed process documentation, ensuring accounting implications of processes are clearly understood.

Monitor compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.

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