Accounting Manager

Kelowna - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group who are the global leader in access solutions. Every day we reimagine how people move through a safer more open world with ease. If youve ever walked through an automatic door stayed in a hotel or gone through passport control youve probably used one of our products or services. We have operations in over 70 countries with over 52000 colleagues around the world.

Our expertise in customer journey mapping innovation and service design leads to the invention of new solutions that create value for our clients and exceptional experiences for their end users. And we have the fantastic opportunity available for an Accounting Manager in Kelowna.

About the job

The mission of this position will be to assist the team in developing best-in-class processes within a control-oriented environment. Duties involve researching analyzing verifying and reconciling transactions. Candidate needs to be confident in their knowledge base and capable of performing duties with minimal training and supervision. The successful candidate will grasp things quickly and be able to add value to our accounting close cycle. The candidate must be a quick learner extremely detail oriented with a strong knowledge of accounting principles and highly proficient in Excel. We want self-starters that understand good process have strong accounting fundamentals and are coachable and eager to be a successful contributor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Reconcile bank accounts daily and complete monthly reconciliation in timely manner.
Research and resolution of unapplied cash credit notes and customer deposits.
Assists in special projects as assigned by management. Example: Develop Unclaimed Property Processes including historical resolution.
Perform various aspects of the month-end closing process including journal entry preparation.
Reconcile balance sheet accounts related to Accounts Receivable and other GL accounts as assigned.
Assist with researching variances in key account balances and explain variances between actuals and forecast to management.
Prepare journal entries for specific transactions including bank fees and accruals.
Assists the accounts receivable team as needed.
Assumes and performs other duties and responsibilities not specifically outlined herein but which are logically and properly inherent to an accounting function.

Requirements:

Working knowledge of GAAP principles accounting transactions schedules and financial reports.
Motivated self-starter who performs assigned duties accurately efficiently and diligently.
Excellent analytical written/ oral communications and interpersonal skills and a positive approach toward customers and company employees.
Assist with designing solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting team.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills including V-lookups and Pivot Tables.
Strong aptitude and working knowledge of automated financial information systems with Quickbooks a plus.
Demonstrated ability and experience in performing duties within complex operations.
Experience with foreign currency accounting intercompany accounting inventory valuation and obsolescence accounting
Working knowledge of internal controls and experience implementing and maintaining internal control practices and procedures

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

Bachelors Degree or combination of lesser education with equivalent work experience
8 years in accounting with accounts receivable experience a plus; Proficient in Microsoft Office Outlook Power Point and Word and intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

Software and Technical Skills:

Experience with MS Office - Suite Windows Vista Window 2003 Server and Windows XP.
Network knowledge preferred.
Knowledge of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and/or OneStream is a strong plus or familiarity with other ERP systems.

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We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access return we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces physical and virtual safer more secure and easier to access.

As an employer we value results not titles or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions supporting them with regular feedback training and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact and we encourage them to grow their role locally regionally or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board its important to us to have diverse inclusive teams and we value different perspectives and experiences.

Required Experience:

Manager

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group who are the global leader in access solutions. Every day we reimagine how people move through a safer more open world with ease. If youve ever walked through an automatic door stayed in a hotel or gone through passport control youve proba...