Senior Financial Analyst - Reporting Lead

Scarborough, Ontario (Hybrid)

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.

What Sets Us Apart?

A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.

Job Summary:

Toyota Canada Inc. currently has an exciting opportunity in our Finance & Accounting (F&A) department. This is a permanent full-time opportunity and will report to the Manager, Financial Reporting & Accounting. The selected candidate will support the F&A team in the achievement of departmental and organizational goals, support accurate internal and external reporting of financial data in accordance with GAAP/IFRS and offer other accounting guidance to internal and external team members and stakeholders.

What We’ll Bring:

• A hybrid work environment
• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
• Competitive compensation package including health and dental benefits, and bonus
• Health and dental benefits effective immediately
• Company pension plan with matched contribution
• Associate vehicle discount program
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Fitness reimbursement
• Great company culture – Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
• Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits
• Summer Hours – condensed work week during the summer
• Sabbatical Leave Program

What You’ll Be Doing:

Month End/Year End Financial Close Activities

• Plan and coordinate the period end activities
• Ensure team stays on schedule and flag any risks
• Monitor the month end progress and resolve accounting/system issues with F&A/IT
• Follow up on pre-close and post-close items
• Ownership of balance sheet accuracy and presentation of consolidated results at financial close meetings
• Key contact and support for external auditors, for interim and annual audit
• Support to prepare leadsheet, notes, supporting schedules and audit financial statements

Preparation and Coordination of Financial Reports

• Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual financial reports and check for data integrity
• Prepare & upload shareholder reports
• Coordinate with F&A teams to complete shareholder reporting and other required reports in adherence with deadlines
• Maintain the report distribution list of Executives for monthly financial package and distribution
• Review and prepare various Statistic Canada reporting

Manage Day to Day Operations and Support Team

Balance Sheet Reconciliation:

• Review balance sheet accounts with F&A members, provide guidance, and identify follow up items to ensure accounts are reconciled on monthly basis, flag any risks to management

Chart of Account Maintenance:

• Maintain GL chart of accounts: Review account change requests and advise the best approach of chart of account set up to accommodate IFRS, costing, reporting, budgeting and business requirements to user requests.

Support Team:

• Provide backup support to Treasury Analyst
• Provide guidance and ad hoc support to accounts receivable, accounts payable, treasury and fixed asset functions
• Work with team(s) to confirm the accuracy of data to support reporting deliverables and requirements; recommend & suggest reporting efficiency opportunities

Special Ad Hoc Projects and Other Supports

Ad hoc projects to study and kaizen accounting processes:

• Initiate and implement appropriate 'kaizen' efforts towards work efficiencies relating to cost reduction, improved time and process efficiencies
• Identify and proactively act on opportunities to continuously improve internal processes such as developing and refining working templates/models, reports and developing SOPs
• Serve as lead in discussions and partnership with IT towards process improvements

Other Supports:

• Provide tax audit support in relation to accounting
• Other special projects as required

What You’ll Bring:

• University/college degree in accounting
• 1-2 years designated (CPA, CMA, CGA)
• 4 + years of work experience (1-2 years of audit firm experience, an asset)
• Experience partnering with business units
• Current IFRS accounting knowledge
• Knowledgeable in accounting processes and internal controls over financial information
• Experience with account reconciliations and analysis
• ERP system experience coupled with Financial Reporting tools (SAP experience preferred)
• Experience in Corporate Reporting, Treasury, Fixed Asset and Accounts Receivable
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Competencies

• Highly motivated individual who is a self-starter, quick learner, organized, logical thinker, customer focused and enjoys new challenges
• Excellent analytical, problem solving & organizational skills
• Demonstrated successes in achieving goals in a timely manner
• Proven ability to initiate & improve work processes to increase efficiencies
• Good oral and written communication, clear and concise
• High level of business acumen, demonstrated ability to link processes to the larger business context
• Demonstrated good partnership skills, able to work in a team environment with all levels, and ability to influence

What You Should Know:

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON

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