Cost Accountant/Senior Accountant Job at Altis Recruitment

Altis Recruitment Toronto, ON

Our client in the Environmental Waste industry is looking for a financial candidate to join their team. This individual would produce and analyze financials to ensure consistency with assumptions and strategies and develop and maintain the financial systems and controls. Perform general accounting activities and ensure administrative approvals for the trust/bank account and the corporate credit card account are approved appropriately. Liaise with audit personnel on procedural changes, schedule of accounting information, and prepare letters of representation. Review existing general ledger, financial modules and financial control procedures and provide advice, guidance, recommendations and assistance to line management on costs. Provide advice, guidance and assistance to line management in assessing the business aspects of programs and projects, cost benefit analysis and cost allocation.

  • Produce financial data such as: project costs, business expense reports, staff costs, cost trend studies, financial evaluations, performance reports, etc., utilizing financial systems and related controls. Analyze data to ensure consistency with assumptions and strategies. Develop and maintain the financial systems and controls, assess their impact and recommend changes or improvements as necessary.
  • Perform general accounting activities such as journal entries, ledgers, accruals and reconciliations. Ensure administrative approvals for the trust/bank account and the corporate credit card account are aligned with the limits in the Organizational Authority Register for payment of invoices, expense reports and the like.
  • Liaise with audit personnel on procedural changes, schedule of accounting information, and prepare letters of representation. Provide advice and guidance to clerical staff on general accounting activities.
  • Review existing general ledger, financial modules and financial control procedures to ensure effectiveness and recommend improvements as required. Prepare and/or revise procedures and assist in their implementation. Provide advice, guidance, recommendations and assistance to line management on costs and in the evaluation and explanation of significant variations between budgeted and actual expenditures. Prepare and deliver orientation presentations as necessary.
  • Supervise staff periodically when assigned on a temporary basis to assist with the production of financial statements, business expenses, staff costs, etc., and to verify the accuracy of financial packages and the like. Prepare written instructions for Finance staff in the application of financial and accounting principles and procedures as directed by the Supervisor. Provide advice and guidance to clerical staff on general accounting activities.
  • Manage the corporate credit card procedure (e.g. issuance, cancellation, credit card limit, dispute of transaction, and payment).
  • Provide advice, guidance and assistance to line management in assessing the business aspects of programs and projects, cost benefit analysis and cost allocation. Assist in the preparation of projects/programs cost data according to established financial procedures for submission to management. Maintain a financial evaluation model and assist line management in its use. Review all documentation related to program/project approvals, material and contract services and external purchases to ensure compliance with financial and accounting procedures.
  • Review, interpret and apply the Organizational Authority Register within financial controls and procedures to promote efficiency and expediency in approval of company documents.
  • Develop and maintain department performance measures and a reporting system for monitoring such measures.
  • Conduct special studies, cost/benefit evaluations and analyze current costs and trends to meet line needs.
  • Ensure the reliability of the company’s internal financial controls. Participate in the design, development and implementation of various accounting and administrative control procedures. Conduct financial reviews and the follow up of operational and financial audits to ensure identified deficiencies are corrected.
  • Liaise with stakeholders to provide accounting information as requested.

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Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: $50.00-$58.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

  • French not required

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

  • Are you readily available?

Experience:

  • Cost Analysis: 3 years (required)



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