Senior Accountant - Fiscal Management Services

The Surrey School District respectfully acknowledges that our schools reside on the traditional, unceded, and shared territories of Coast Salish peoples:
The q̓íc̓əy̓ - Katzie, the q̓ʷa:n̓ƛ̓ən̓- Kwantlen and the SEMYOME - Semiahmoo First Nations, who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Surrey Schools is the largest BC school district and the second-largest employer in Surrey. Surrey Schools provides quality education to over 82,000 students with 124 school sites and a variety of other learning facilities, offering a broad range of innovative programs and services to support the learning of our students. The Surrey School District team of approximately 13,000 employees works tirelessly every day to ensure that children are getting the best start they can, preparing them to be the leaders of tomorrow.

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Join us in our mission to provide the best start for children, preparing them to be the leaders of tomorrow. If you are passionate about education, diversity, and making a positive impact, we invite you to explore opportunities with Surrey Schools.

Reporting to the Manager, Fiscal Management Services, the Senior Accountant supports the development, implementation, maintenance, evaluation, and improvement of financial reporting, accounting operations, performance management, financial systems, and treasury functions in accordance with Surrey Schools policies, collective agreements, and statutory requirements. The Senior Accountant will support and coordinate the timely and accurate preparation and analysis of all facets of the financial operations, including financial statement preparation, cash management, accounts receivables, accounts payables, various analytics, projections, and all other fiscally related duties in support of Surrey Schools’ strategic initiatives.

This is a term assignment for 2 years*

• Assist in the preparation and coordination of the District’s monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and year‑end financial audit.
• Supervises and reviews financial reporting systems and processes to ensure the District’s reporting meets government requirements.
• Prepares, provides, and reviews information related to the District’s banking, investment portfolio, and treasury functions, including cash flow projections, investment accounting/reporting, and review/authorization of payments.
• Provides analysis and interpretation of a variety of information, making financial‑related recommendations as required.
• Designs, develops, and manages, in consultation with Management and other District departments/schools, information processes and databases to support financial planning, and accountability.
• Designs and manages the creation of new and ad hoc financial information to Surrey Schools, the Provincial government, and other external bodies, some of which may be sensitive or extremely confidential in nature.
• Investigates and resolves anomalies regarding process, transactions, and internal controls.
• Implements and maintains financial procedures and processes.
• Provides analysis, information, and direction to the Surrey Schools community on the interpretation of internal and external policies, procedures, and regulations, some of which may be sensitive or confidential in nature.
• Responds to specific internal and external financial requests as they arise, some of which may be sensitive or extremely confidential in nature.
• Performs financial analysis to support operational and value‑for‑money reviews…