Are you a senior finance and accounting professional with experience supporting corporate finance operations activities within a large organization? Do you have experience managing a team? Do you have strong technical skills, including experience with Oracle, Essbase, and advanced MS Excel? Are you looking for a new opportunity to further develo
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p your skills within a corporate environment? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you! We are currently looking for a Senior Finance Manager to support our client, a leading Insurance company, in their Markham, ON office. In this role you will work full time hours on a 8 month assignment, and earn a rate competitive within the industry.
Advantages
• Gain experience working for a multi-national organization
• Start Date: April 11, 2022
• Full time hours on a 8 month assignment
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry
• Markham, ON location (Hybrid Position)
Responsibilities
The Senior Finance Manager will manage a team of 7 including Accounting Supervisor, Financial Analysts and GL Accountants to ensure month end assignments are completed in high quality. The position addresses tight financial deadlines and a multitude of accounting operations including the Oracle General Ledger close, Essbase reporting, MI Reporting, KPIs reporting, Financial Results package preparation, 5+1 close, Balance Sheets financial review, FRCF / Internal Audit walkthrough and testing preparation, and clearing operational and external audit issues..
Responsibilities will include:
• Manage the Accounting Operation team to ensure month end close assignments being executed in accurate and timely fashion.
• Responsible for delivering financial results package prepared in UKIFRS and CIFRS basis.
• Responsible for closing Oracle General Ledger, directing operational workflow of month end activities, approving journal entries and account reconciliation, managing transaction cutoff from various finance departments, reviewing and approving control report of source system feeds, managing the execution of Mass Allocations (elimination, IBNR reserving, Management Fees, and IP and PA).
• Act as the owner of the functional configuration of general ledger structure, cross validation rules and security rules in Oracle.
• Authorize the GL user responsibilities and access profile in SRS system; act as the gatekeeper of Oracle GL and Essbase user sanctioning.
• Monitor and ensure key financial control measures exist as per FRCF documentation in Finance Operational Close procedures, Manual Commission, Warranty accounting and Broker accounting; responsible for completing FRCF procedural walkthroughs, implementing remediating actions to clear operational and design deficiencies.
• Complete annual performance reviews for the Supervisor and the Senior Accountants; ensure staffs` job profiles are current; give direction to the accounting team to handle day to day accounting activities.
• Involved in development and implementation of best practice solutions on various pan-regional and business unit project initiatives that impact expense processing, budgeting, reporting and analysis, fixed asset accounting and reporting.
• Recommend and implement business process improvements for GI COE Team leveraging best practices.
• Liaise with the Group to establish and implement harmonized processes related to expenses
• Provides subject matter and technical expertise on expense related business and system issues to areas in Finance, outside of Finance (shared services).
• People management responsibilities to coach and support project teams and other resources as required.
• Special assignments and projects as required.
Qualifications
• An accounting designation (CGA or CA) with an university degree in Business Administration or Commerce.
• 7+ years experience in a leadership role with proven experience leading a team of finance and IT professionals on finance related projects
• Strong working knowledge of financial services industry (general insurance and/or life insurance)
• Has initiated, led and successfully implemented major changes in teams and processes.
• Excellent relationship builder and communicator with proven leadership and motivation ability
• Sound understanding of financial, strategic and expense management processes
• Strong technical experience with Oracle Financials (R12 version) including Fixed Asset and Accounts Payable Sub-ledger systems
• Experience with Hyperion Essbase and Hyperion Expense Planning systems
Summary
Are you a senior finance and accounting professional with experience supporting corporate finance operations activities within a large organization? Do you have experience managing a team? Do you have strong technical skills, including experience with Oracle, Essbase, and advanced MS Excel? Are you looking for a new opportunity to further develop your skills within a corporate environment? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you! We are currently looking for a Senior Finance Manager to support our client, a leading Insurance company, in their Markham, ON office. In this role you will work full time hours on a 8 month assignment, and earn a rate competitive within the industry.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Are you a senior finance and accounting professional with experience supporting corporate finance operations activities within a large organization? Do you have experience managing a team? Do you have strong technical skills, including experience with Oracle, Essbase, and advanced MS Excel? Are you looking for a new opportunity to further develop your skills within a corporate environment? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you! We are currently looking for a Senior Finance Manager to support our client, a leading Insurance company, in their Markham, ON office. In this role you will work full time hours on a 8 month assignment, and earn a rate competitive within the industry.
Advantages
• Gain experience working for a multi-national organization
• Start Date: April 11, 2022
• Full time hours on a 8 month assignment
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry
• Markham, ON location (Hybrid Position)
Responsibilities
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The Senior Finance Manager will manage a team of 7 including Accounting Supervisor, Financial Analysts and GL Accountants to ensure month end assignments are completed in high quality. The position addresses tight financial deadlines and a multitude of accounting operations including the Oracle General Ledger close, Essbase reporting, MI Reporting, KPIs reporting, Financial Results package preparation, 5+1 close, Balance Sheets financial review, FRCF / Internal Audit walkthrough and testing preparation, and clearing operational and external audit issues..
Responsibilities will include:
• Manage the Accounting Operation team to ensure month end close assignments being executed in accurate and timely fashion.
• Responsible for delivering financial results package prepared in UKIFRS and CIFRS basis.
• Responsible for closing Oracle General Ledger, directing operational workflow of month end activities, approving journal entries and account reconciliation, managing transaction cutoff from various finance departments, reviewing and approving control report of source system feeds, managing the execution of Mass Allocations (elimination, IBNR reserving, Management Fees, and IP and PA).
• Act as the owner of the functional configuration of general ledger structure, cross validation rules and security rules in Oracle.
• Authorize the GL user responsibilities and access profile in SRS system; act as the gatekeeper of Oracle GL and Essbase user sanctioning.
• Monitor and ensure key financial control measures exist as per FRCF documentation in Finance Operational Close procedures, Manual Commission, Warranty accounting and Broker accounting; responsible for completing FRCF procedural walkthroughs, implementing remediating actions to clear operational and design deficiencies.
• Complete annual performance reviews for the Supervisor and the Senior Accountants; ensure staffs` job profiles are current; give direction to the accounting team to handle day to day accounting activities.
• Involved in development and implementation of best practice solutions on various pan-regional and business unit project initiatives that impact expense processing, budgeting, reporting and analysis, fixed asset accounting and reporting.
• Recommend and implement business process improvements for GI COE Team leveraging best practices.
• Liaise with the Group to establish and implement harmonized processes related to expenses
• Provides subject matter and technical expertise on expense related business and system issues to areas in Finance, outside of Finance (shared services).
• People management responsibilities to coach and support project teams and other resources as required.
• Special assignments and projects as required.
Qualifications
• An accounting designation (CGA or CA) with an university degree in Business Administration or Commerce.
• 7+ years experience in a leadership role with proven experience leading a team of finance and IT professionals on finance related projects
• Strong working knowledge of financial services industry (general insurance and/or life insurance)
• Has initiated, led and successfully implemented major changes in teams and processes.
• Excellent relationship builder and communicator with proven leadership and motivation ability
• Sound understanding of financial, strategic and expense management processes
• Strong technical experience with Oracle Financials (R12 version) including Fixed Asset and Accounts Payable Sub-ledger systems
• Experience with Hyperion Essbase and Hyperion Expense Planning systems
Summary
Are you a senior finance and accounting professional with experience supporting corporate finance operations activities within a large organization? Do you have experience managing a team? Do you have strong technical skills, including experience with Oracle, Essbase, and advanced MS Excel? Are you looking for a new opportunity to further develop your skills within a corporate environment? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you! We are currently looking for a Senior Finance Manager to support our client, a leading Insurance company, in their Markham, ON office. In this role you will work full time hours on a 8 month assignment, and earn a rate competitive within the industry.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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