Senior Corporate Accounting Analyst Job Vancouver area,BC Canada,Accounting

Job Summary:

The Senior Corporate Accounting Analyst is responsible for monthly entries and reconciliations, allocation of costs, monthly accounting close, variance reporting, financial reporting, maintaining internal controls and procedures, as well as assisting with the department’s accounting tasks, and other duties as required.

Responsibilities:

Primary and/or backup for department’s other accounting tasks, this may include journal entries, reconciliations, commissions, tax, treasury functions, intercompany entries.
Assist with annual financial audit, including compilation of supporting schedules and organizing audit items.
Financial reporting, monthly & year end, internally and externally
Other reporting, as requested.
To support in other areas (where and if necessary) to ensure that Accounting & Reporting can report accurate numbers within set deadlines by working proactively and cooperatively with other team members and/or departments.
Analyze and prepare monthly journal entries for all payroll accounting functions. This includes reclass entries, accruals/deferrals, GL mapping, and other adjusting entries, including benefits.
Benefit accounting includes liaising with other departments on outstanding items, reviewing payments, and other tasks related to the accounts.
Analyze and prepare monthly payroll & benefit reconciliations, this includes bonus, accruals, tax, other.
Payroll & payroll tax reporting: internal reporting for audits / year end reports / ad hoc, and external reporting for government, workers compensation, audits.
Improve and develop standard operating procedures for the accounting department with a focus on best practices and internal controls.
Compliance liaison for monitoring procedures and documentation.
Prepare variance analysis of balance sheet and income statement for assigned accounts/divisions.
Active involvement in accounting for new initiatives and ad hoc projects.
Additional duties, as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or 2+ years' experience working within a corporate accounting team.
Strong knowledge of General Ledger & account reconciliations.
Experience in the Construction industry.
Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, and willingness to learn new software.
Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with a focus on customer service.
Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy with high volume data.
Thrives in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
Experience with improving processes to ensure the team is working efficiently.
Adaptable and a willingness to learn new tasks and skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters Education in accounting or finance or CPA candidate stream
3+ Years experience in an Auditing Firm or with Auditing
5+ Years with Accounting ERP systems, Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, vlookups, summit formulas, and Macros)
3+ Years experience working with heavy-volume workloads with deadlines
3+ Years experience with accruals, revenue recognition, fixed assets and prepaids
3+ Years experience as a corporate accounting analyst

Physical Demands:

In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Must be able to effectively communicate, (iesee, hear,speakand write clearly) in order to communicate with colleagues and/or customers; manual dexterityrequiredfor occasional reaching, lifting of light office objects, and operating office equipment

Working Conditions:

In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employeeencounterswhile performing the essential functions of this job.

The office is clean, orderly,…