Senior Accountant

Job title: Senior Accountant

Job description: About Us

We are AMS. We are a talent solutions business.

Working with clients across the globe, we have learned what it takes to be a high performing employer. It starts with talent; sourcing, selecting and keeping the right people in the right jobs. To do this well, you need unmatched expertise in digital innovation, and a deep understanding of the complex needs of the talent you are seeking to engage – whether that talent is external to your business or already inside it.

Taking a holistic approach to the HR value chain and to attracting and retaining a world class workforce enables business success. 10,000+ experts, across 120+ countries, speaking more than 50 languages, delivering projects for the world’s most admired companies.

We are AMS. This is what we do. Talent is our world.

The Role

Please Note: This is a hybrid opportunity. 2 days per week on-site in our downtown Toronto office located conveniently by Union Station (University & King St. West).

The role of Management Accountant (equivalent to a Senior Accountant position) is a critical role in ensuring that we have the right data and insight into our business performance in a timely fashion, in order to run the business successfully.

The essence of the function is to close our month end accurately and as quickly as possible, produce the resulting P&L’s and for the remainder of the time be a data analysis centre of excellence for providing key information to stakeholders in the business.

The Management Accountants are a key supplier of financial information both through regular reporting and ad hoc analysis. The team are also responsible for ensuring key financial processes are completed appropriately such as month end close, budgeting and forecasting.

The role works in a matrix environment reporting into Finance Business Partners and MA Manager.

Key Accountabilities

Accountabilities in this key role at AMS will include:

Financial & Operational Excellence

• Manage the closure of month end for the parts of the business you support in line with company deadlines
• Preparation of account P&L’s and provide them to finance business partners and P&L owners

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Work with the finance business partner to develop the timeline, framework and templates for monthly forecasting and annual budgeting
• Work with P&L owners to ensure forecast and budget are recorded accurately in AMS’ finance systems

Ad Hoc Analysis

• Provide analysis and information to the finance business partners around areas such as:

– Cost analysis to support decisions around cost restructuring

– Analysis to support central commercial team on new deals/extensions

– Trend analysis and commentary when required to provide further insight to management information

Skills & Experience

• Finance professional, ideally qualified from a member of a recognized accountancy body (consideration possible for part qualified/qualified by experience)
• 6 plus years of working experience in a management accounting environment
• Demonstrable examples of managing a good month end process, being able to say how you individually contributed to its success
• Quick at picking up new systems knowledge and processes
• Ability to present financial numbers succinctly
• Ability and experience of working with finance colleagues in a separate location
• Some Microsoft Dynamics analysis skills would be an advantage

Other

At AMS, different is not just good, it’s valuable. As a global organization, we recognize the value of different perspectives and experiences in prompting innovation, sparking creativity, and solving problems. As an equal employment opportunity organization, we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, persons with disabilities and all other categories protected by law.

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