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Lead Finance Technician, Toronto - Full-time/Permanent

BEworks is a global behavioral science consulting firm that specializes in applying behavioral insights to drive positive change and enhance outcomes for individuals, organizations, and communities. We work with clients across various industries to develop evidence-based strategies that help achieve measurable outcomes. It is our mission to leverage the power of behavioral science and apply it to the biggest challenges facing humanity today.

Details

  • Employer: BEworks Inc.

  • Position: Lead Finance Technician

  • Terms of Employment: Full-time / Permanent

  • Location: Toronto, Ontario

  • Employment Address: 946 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1G8

  • Hours of Work: 37.5 hours/week

  • Language: English

  • Benefits: Eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or salary increases in accordance with company policy. Benefits include life insurance, LTD, AD&D, extended health coverage, and Health & Lifestyle spending accounts.

  • Salary: $80,000-$90,000 CAD per annum, depending on experience.

  • Contact: Please send resumes to careers@beworks.com and include “Finance Manager” in the email subject line.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Finance Manager to join our Finance team at BEworks! Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations, the Finance Manager will support the Finance department by managing the day-to-day finance and accounting activities, ensuring the timely delivery of financial data and reporting, and ensuring processes are continually operating with best practices.

Duties

Financial Forecasting and Planning

  • Lead the annual budget process, forecasting and projections.

  • Work with other team members to understand and define appropriate actions to achieve the company goals and growth objectives.

  • Lead and provide financial decision support, including key trends, metrics and business drivers to inform decision-making in support of achieving operational and strategic objectives.

  • Act as a key partner to assigned business leaders and executives to develop financial analysis to support the strategic and operational planning process

  • Analyze financial information to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision-making purposes;

Accounting and Internal Control

  • Manage the preparation of financial reporting under ASPE and IFRS.

  • Stay abreast of accounting changes and provide consistent compliance with generally accepted accounting principles as well as KYU group policies and procedures

  • Provide any ad-hoc reporting or analyses

  • Ensure timeliness, accuracy and usefulness of financial and management reporting and timely issuance of financial statements in accordance with corporate calendar;

  • Maintain and improve internal Controls to ensure that they are in compliance with ASPE. IFRS, KYU group standards and applicable local regulatory laws and rules;

  • Manage the issuance of financial information

  • Manage the company's relationship with its outside accounting firms (KPMG and Fuller Landlau}

  • Ensure that record keeping and financial and tax information meets all legal and regulatory requirements;

Treasury

  • Provide regular cash flow feedback and reporting to the CEO and shareholders (KYU)

  • Optimize cashflow to maintain healthy Cash position

  • Provide reporting requirements to the bank per the loan facility agreement (notice to readers, AR aging and AP Aging as requested)

Strategy-External

  • Ensure that the company runs with legality and conformity to established regulations on an ongoing basis

  • Conduct research for business requirements relating to geographic expansion to include macro conditions. locality considerations, growth opportunities and barriers, compliance requirements (with Finance), cost/benefit analysis, labor factors, operational requirements, oversight and management requirements

Operations

  • Identify, assess, and forecast strategic risks, opportunities, and weaknesses for the firm and departments at the micro and macro level

  • Oversight and communication of firm departmental operations

Requirements:

  • Post secondary education in Finance or accounting

  • 7+ years of experience in managing day to day accounting and finance activities

  • Experience with international financial accounting is a strong asset

  • Strong knowledge of account standards and best practices

  • Experience with intercompany account reconciliation

  • Experience with Airtable and working with a Project Manager team to forecast pipeline revenue

  • Demonstrated proficiency with financial and accounting software; experience with Sage and Maconomy is required

  • Experience with board software for intergroup consolidation

  • Experienced with payroll software implementation and payroll management

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Effective oral and written communication skills

  • Ability to translate financial information and present to senior management

Life at BEworks

We have a very close-knit and collaborative culture at BEworks and when you join BEworks you can take advantage of the following perks:

  • We have an in-office policy ranging from 2-3 days per week, though we are flexible depending on individual employee needs and dependents

  • We give time off during the winter holidays and half-days before every long weekend to support our team’s work-life balance

  • We have a dog friendly office

  • We host monthly events and seek to keep our staff engaged within the local community, cultural events, and intellectual pursuits of interest to the group

  • We provide in-office snacks and a selection of drinks

  • We support local retailers and are conscious about our environmental impact

  • We create an environment of learning, growth, and laughter

How to apply

We recognize we are looking for a uniquely qualified individual and as such we encourage all those who meet aspects of our requirements to apply. To apply for this opportunity, please submit your resume to careers@beworks.com and include “Finance Manager” in the email subject line. As we are committed to finding the right fit for this position, this posting will remain active until this role has been filled. We thank you in advance for submitting your application, however, only selected qualified candidates will be contacted. 

BEworks is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of the communities we serve. We are proud to be in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), 2005 and the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment and assessment (if applicable) process as required under BEworks' policies and procedures. Applicants must make their accommodation needs known when first contacted by the recruitment team.