Solutions Specialist Job at Day & Ross

Day & Ross Hartland, NB

At Day & Ross, you’ll go far.
Day & Ross is one of Canada’s largest transportation companies, serving top brands across North America. We got our start hauling potatoes in 1950, and now we have a team of more than 8,000 employees, drivers and owner operators.

We believe our people are our greatest strength – and we treat them like family. For over a decade, we’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, and we have been named a Top Company for Women to Work for in Transportation every year since 2018. Our industry recognition is a testament to the family values we share with our parent company, McCain Foods Limited.

About the Role

Solutions Specialist
Fixed Term (12 month)
Fredericton, NB or Remote in NB

The Solutions Specialist – Record to Report will be responsible for working with the Accounting and Finance leaders to develop a business process automation and supporting IT solutions roadmap. They will also support the business to develop maintain standard company-wide processes in Accounting and Finance. It is critical that the incumbent have an understanding of best practices in the assigned business areas. The incumbent must have a bias towards continuous improvement, an ability to understand process, as well as possess strong leadership and influencing skills. Most critical is the ability to develop a clear and communicable vision of how this critical area should operate in a new more effective and efficient world.

How You’ll Help

  • Ability to identify and articulate the level of business transformation and value captured as a result of process improvements to bring industry best practices to Day & Ross
  • Understand the business strategy and direction in order to develop solutions to support their objectives
  • Contribute to our Continuous Improvement culture by fostering relationships with key business stakeholders to implement recommended solutions which meet or exceed their departmental objectives
  • Manage a governed list of priorities through concept to execution.
  • Lead discovery exercises to solution operational problem statements for system/processes within the AP and Procurement area
  • Collate business requirements to identify and document requirements for priorities.
  • Create process flow diagrams for processes in the assigned business area.
  • Review and test configured system solution for assigned business area.
  • Contribute to the content of training materials.
  • Ability to deliver train-the-trainer courses.
  • Participate in change impact assessment.
  • Contribute to Go Live cut over planning and execution for changes.
  • Facilitate platform upgrade activities with stakeholder audiences

Your Skills & Experience:

  • Minimum of post-secondary education in Finance, Business (general stream), or a combination of education and experience.
  • Possession of or working towards Accounting Certification or Designation is a significant asset
  • Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting is required
  • Previous experience with Continuous Improvement initiatives will be considered an asset.
  • Understand and articulate the company's, Accounting and Finance strategy.
  • Understanding / experience with Oracle Finance Cloud.
  • Ability to develop, communicate and support a vision that is clear and inspiring.
  • Aptitude towards translating visions and strategy into actionable short, medium and long term plans.
  • Drives change as the key to the success of the company’s future and growth and understands how to engage the organization to ensure commitment to change.
  • Has a bias towards openness and transparency of information. Effectively shares ideas, opinions and thoughts and most importantly solicits and builds on the ideas of others.
  • Utilizes influencing skills to build internal and external relationships.
  • A proven ability to use rational thinking and sound judgment to analyze and resolve issues.
  • English, other languages are an asset.
  • Able to work with little supervision.

Please note that the successful candidate will be asked to provide reference and criminal background checks prior to employment. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As a federally regulated employer, Day & Ross fully supports the principles of employment equity and encourages all qualified members of the designated groups to apply.

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

Benefits:

  • Casual dress

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Every Weekend
  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hartland, NB




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