Manager, Accounting

Job title: Manager, Accounting

Job description: LEARN, DEVELOP AND GROW – WITH RELIANCE

By joining Reliance as a Accounting Manager, you become part of an organization that is committed to delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and will support you to be your best.

What will you do?

The Accounting Manager leads, motivates, and maintains clear and actionable priorities for the accounting team, with the primary objective of delivering timely and accurate consolidated trial balance, while safeguarding and camphioning the accuracy and integrity of the company’s financial information and maintain a strong controlled environment,

Priority Setting for the Accounting Department – Develops and prioritizes day-to-day individual and interdependent department activities, congruent with the monthly and quarterly financial reporting timeline; monitors, identifies and alleviates emerging information bottlenecks that impact the effectiveness of the department; monitors the day-to-day priorities of the accounting team members.

Leading, Motivating & Coaching Staff – Assists in the functional skills development and performance of the accounting department staff; interprets existing corporate policies and regulatory standards.

Champion the Accuracy & Integrity of Financial Information – Maintains processes for accurately recording transactions in the general ledger and the electronic repository of journal entries. Ensures the integrity of the balance sheet amounts by developing and maintaining excellent practices for GL account reconciliations; assigns reconciliation responsibility among staff and other functional areas; coaches’ staff and other functional areas on reconciliation procedures. Performs monthly GL reconciliation reviews with the Accounting and other teams.

Period Close Activities – Issues and updates the monthly accounting schedule and completes all tasks on time; monitors/trouble shoots monthly GL cut-offs to ensure issues related to sub systems feeds are resolved; prepares the consolidated month end trial balance and supporting schedules; implements approved accounting policy changes. Analyzes the monthly and quarterly budget to actual variances.

IFRS 16 and Capital Assets – Partners with FP&A team in managing the accounting, reconciliation and reporting of reporting for rental assets, non-rental assets, IFRS 16 leased assets (which encompass leased facilities and fleet, etc.), and other working papers and trend analysis; provides insights into the impact of changes in depreciation rates for rental assets. Assist in the annual budget process for depreciation and capital lease expenses.

Intangible Assets – Review Intangible asset entries and reconciliation, assist in the budget process for amortization of intangible assets for the whole company.

Internal Control – Fosters a strong control environment, over financial reporting, and the entire organization, by ensuring that department internal controls are designed effectively; spot checks the operating effectiveness of controls and takes corrective action as required.

Acquisition Support – Work with the Controller to perform due diligence procedures, assist with inventory counts on acquisition dates, and provide accounting & reporting requirements and support to the newly acquired company’s accounting team.

Finance Transformation, System Changes and Ad Hoc Projects – Partner with Finance and non-Finance team members across Reliance, to contribute to the successful planning, design, and execution of ad hoc projects

Organizational Support – proactively works with business partners throughout the organization to provide recommendations on effectiveness, efficiency, and controls. Ensures processes are followed and reconciliations performed throughout the business. Development and implementation of processes, procedures, and polices related to acquisitions, systems implementations, new geographies, and new products as required.

What do we offer?

A generous compensation plan consisting of base and bonuses

A comprehensive benefits package and group savings plan

Ongoing leadership, training, and support

Cross-functional career opportunities

Relocation opportunities

Constant internal promotional opportunities

Individualized career progression plan

What do you bring?

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) or equivalent

Five to eight years post qualification experience in general accounting including GL close process and consolidated trial balances

Previous experience in supervising accounting teams

General understanding of internal controls over financial reporting

Proven leadership attributes combined with abilities to coach and motivate staff

Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills

Ability to provide an excellent standard of customer service and a desire to serve internal customers promptly and courteously

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills

Ability to understand concepts beyond accounting, with a strong aptitude for finance and business

Adaptable in a fast-paced and results driven organization

Proficient in Excel and Word

Experience with SAP and Blackline an asset

Please note that this position requires a Criminal Background Check and Credit Check to be completed for potential candidates. This check must be satisfactory for an employment offer to be extended unconditionally.

Why Reliance?

Headquartered in Toronto, Reliance is the industry leader in providing home comfort solutions to over 1.9 million customers across North America. Reliance provides reliable home heating, cooling, hot water, water purification, electrical, plumbing & Smart Home products & services.

Each day, our Team Members are dedicated and focused on delivering an outstanding customer experience, developing top talent, and giving back to the communities where we live and work. Reliance is an $900 million business with over 2,400 Team Members and growing! We are proud to be recognized by Waterstone Human Capital Ltd. as Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures.

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