Team Lead - Accounting | Insurance | 35hr week | Remote-first

This role requires a combination of strong technical accounting expertise, business partnership, and operational leadership to drive process excellence and ensure the integrity of financial reporting.

Advantages
- 35-hour work week
- Bonus, RRSP matching, and full benefits
- Remote first model - 1 day per week on site
- Flexible schedule
- Strong potential for career growth

Responsibilities
- Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams within Dealer Services.

- Represent accounting in partnership and product development meetings, driving the creation of effective accounting models and processes.

- Maintain and continuously improve your understanding of accounting treatments across various products and partnerships.

- Identify operational pain points and collaborate with the team to implement creative and scalable solutions.

- Enhance and document accounting and internal control procedures; ensure process documentation is accurate and up to date.

- Lead or support process improvement projects focused on increasing efficiency, automation, and quality.

- Assist the Director in setting priorities, coordinating accounting workflows, and supporting team planning.

- Review and approve accounting entries and payments in a timely and accurate manner.

- Oversee account reconciliations, identify variances, and ensure timely resolution of discrepancies.

- Collaborate with legal, tax, and other specialized teams to implement changes resulting from regulatory updates.

- Provide financial analysis and reporting as needed by leadership.

- Support external audits and internal inquiries; lead the implementation of recommended actions.

- Promote knowledge sharing and cross-training to strengthen team collaboration and agility.


Qualifications
- CPA designation

- Prior experience in insurance and reinsurance is a strong asset.

- Proven ability to lead teams or manage key relationships with internal/external stakeholders.

- Strong analytical mindset with excellent communication, curiosity, and problem-solving skills.

- Comfortable working independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

- Experience with Oracle ERP and Hyperion is an asset.

Summary
If you’d like to learn more about this role, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasgraham/

You can also reach me via email at nicolas.graham@randstad.ca

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.

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