Senior General Accountant

Location: Port Colborne

The Asahi Kasei Group operates with a commitment of creating for tomorrow. Our business sectors,Materials, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment.
Asahi Kasei is a long-trusted supplier of lithium-ion battery separators – polymer-based microporous membranes that are a key component of the lithium batteries used to power electric vehicles, renewable energy storage systems, and more. We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening at Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Canada, where we are in the process of constructing a new lithium battery separator manufacturing facility to support increasing North American demand.
Company:
Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Canada Corporation

Job Description:

About the Role
We are seeking a  Senior   General Accountant  to be a part of a new plant start-up based in Port Colborne, Ontario. This position will be responsible for a broad range of general accounting functions, including month-end and year-end close processes, account reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, variance analysis, and support for accounts payable and accounts receivable. The role also heavily involves capital projects management, fixed assets tracking and support tasks related to grants or government incentive programs.

The General Accountant ensures financial transactions and records are accurate, timely, and compliant with Company policies and applicable accounting and regulatory requirements. This position is to fill an existing vacancy.
Reporting Relationships   This position directly reports to the Director of Finance.
Asahi Kasei Values      Sincerity  – Being sincere with everyone.
Challenge  – Boldly taking challenges, continuously seeking change.
Creativity  – Creating new value through unity and synergy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities     Manage capital expenditure accounting for construction and operational projects, including review of project costs, capitalization assessments, asset-in-service transfers, and compliance with Company capitalization policies.
Maintain the fixed asset subledger, ensuring additions, disposals, transfers, depreciation calculations, and asset records are complete and accurate.
Track and reconcile construction-in-progress (CIP) projects, coordinating with Project Managers to ensure timely capitalization and project closeout.
Support the accounting, reporting, and compliance requirements related to government grants, tax incentives, and other funding programs, including preparation of supporting schedules and documentation.
Prepare financial statements and support schedules according to the monthly closing schedule, ensuring all close procedures are completed accurately and on time.
Analyze revenues, commissions, and expenses to ensure accurate monthly recording, and investigate and explain financial statement variances.
Contribute to tax return preparation and corporate reporting requirements and support tax audits by providing documentation and explanations.
Prepare monthly account and bank reconciliations, investigating and resolving reconciling items within established deadlines.
Ensure financial transactions and related records are processed efficiently and maintained accurately.
Collaborate with Project Managers and operational stakeholders to monitor capital project spending, validate asset commissioning dates, support project closeout activities, and ensure timely capitalization of completed assets
Process intercompany billing and transactions, including related foreign exchange calculations.
Support accounts receivable reporting and collections and provide general accounting support for payables and receivables as needed.
Comply with applicable regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures and assist in documenting and monitoring internal controls.
Maintain policies, procedures, and workflows for assigned areas of responsibility, and identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes.
Contribute to departmental and organizational projects and initiatives.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Key

Skills and Abilities

Demonstrates strong knowledge of capital expenditure accounting, fixed asset management, depreciation methodologies, and construction-in-progress accounting, with the ability to ensure compliance with ASPE and Company…