Job Description
Accountant
Are you looking for a rewarding career? This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has strong analytical capabilities, complex problem-solving skills, sound professional judgement and diverse finance and accounting experience.
Pacific Western Transportation has a new opportunity for an experienced Accountant with a keen interest in challenging accounting functions.
Reporting to the Director of Finance, the accountant will be responsible for the day-to-day accounting processes, perform various general accounting functions in a busy finance department and will be part of a team providing financial expertise and support to multiple companies and business units and a support to the Director of Finance.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare and review financial statements for multiple companies, including preparation of month-end journal entries and working papers
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of accounting functions
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts for multiple companies
- Prepare and analyze various management reports
- Identify trends by analyzing financial results and monitoring variances
- Assist in preparation of annual budgets for multiple companies
- Assist in developing accounting policies and procedures, with a focus on internal controls
- Provide financial expertise in budgeting and accounting for management team
- Cross train in all accounting departments to ensure adequate coverage of office positions
- Other duties as required including AR functions
Knowledge and Skills Required:
- Post-Secondary education in accounting
- Close to completing CPA designation or equivalent
- Minimum 5+ years of full cycle accounting experience
- High level of proficiency in Excel, Word, and Power Point
- Ability to multi-task in a collaborative, fast paced, team environment
- Reliable and results oriented
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strong focus on variance analysis
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
- Works well under pressure with multiple concurrent deadlines
- Experience with JD Edwards, Hyperion and SAP Concur is an asset
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: $70,000.00-$90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Calgary, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Accounting-related: 5 years (required)
Work Location: In person
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