| Name of the Recruitment Agencies/Department – Epicure Name of the Vacant Position – Accountant Job Location – North Sannich, British Columbia Salary – $ 58,493.00 Per Year Jobs Type – Jobs In Canada Job DescriptionAt Epicure, we’re a mission-driven company – we pride ourselves on the pursuit of clean eating, and we are dedicated to sharing delicious meal solutions that use only real, whole ingredients. Our company culture is dynamic, welcoming and collaborative, and we’re looking for an Accountant to join our growing team. We’re seeking a detail-oriented individual skilled in daily, monthly, and annual accounting department activities, including monthly close, financial reporting, and budgeting, who is adept at developing processes and procedures for Epicure’s Accounting team and rapidly growing business. Working with the Director of Finance and Sr. Accountant colleagues, your role will be to manage and perform day-to-day and monthly accounting functions and balance sheet account reconciliations, analyze business results, identify risks and trends, and proactively seek solutions by collaborating with key stakeholders in and outside Epicure. You will provide regular management reporting on business performance for your areas of responsibility and work with business stakeholders to provide insight into performance variances. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders to build solutions that address variances. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work within a team setting as well as independently. Key Responsibilities- Inventory Management: complete assigned work, coordinating with other team members, and participate in team discussions geared to improve processes, as required for effective inventory management and reporting, for both quantities on hand and product costs. Processes including tracking, analyzing, reconciling, and reporting on inventory quantities and costs by subsidiary with the aim of capturing accurate financial information and minimizing unexpected variances.
- Month-end Close: coordinate and complete assigned journal entries by synthesizing and analyzing financial information required for delivery of accurate, timely, and complete financial statements and management reports. Be back-up to other team members for their journal entry assignments.
- Manage timely and accurate reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts, including involvement of subledger data or other systems as required. Key accounts include cash, inventory, pre-paid expenses, fixed assets, accruals, and other liabilities. Be back-up to other team members responsible for other accounts.
- Monthly internal financial reporting: support preparation of monthly financial reporting packages with variance analyses as required to provide necessary information to stakeholders.
- Accounting Systems, Policies and Procedures: support implementations of new or upgraded systems, document policies and procedures of your work and provide guidance to the Accounting department and operational teams as requested, including maintaining a documented system of accounting policies and procedures, and effective communication with business stakeholders to ensure compliance.
- Consultant Compensation: prepare weekly and monthly consultant compensation runs as assigned, or function as back-up to other team members that have this assignment. Upload compensation payments to banking for electronic transfer. Answer CE / consultant questions and concerns, and address / resolve identified issues. Manage annual preparation of T4A (Canada) or 1099 (US) as required. Function as back-up for this work if primary responsibility is assigned to other team members.
- Payroll: As assigned, prepare, process, or review bi-weekly payroll, depending on assignment, coordinating with HR and IT as necessary. Work involves data input, ensuring accuracy and adherence to Provincial legislation, review for reasonableness and completeness, tracking new legislative requirements effecting payroll or taxes, preparing month, quarter, or year-end reporting, including filing of government required reporting. Respond to all internal and external information requests regarding all payroll related matters. Function as back-up to other team members with assigned responsibility as required.
- Record and reconcile various departmental events, accruals, and product sales
- Primarily use MS Excel, Sage50, NetSuite, internal developed business applications, Moneris, CMS, CATS, and online tools in completing assigned work responsibilities;
- Provide support to annual audit, preparing workpapers, reconciliations, and variance analysis as required.
- Communicate effectively across Accounting team to ensure consistency and efficiency in our operations.
- Represent Finance on various inter-departmental committees, as assigned by Director of Finance or CFO.
- This role is also required to support Special Projects, as assigned by Director of Finance.
- Such further and other tasks as may be required from time to time
Key Education and Experience- Professional accounting designation (CPA or CA) preferred with 3-5 years of relevant Accounting experience (preferably in Manufacturing and/or Consumer Goods) in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial growth environment
- Experience recording, reconciling, and analyzing inventory balances, purchasing variances, cost of goods sold, and gross profit margins
- Experience designing and implementing best practice processes for a Finance department and business operations
- Experience with preparing monthly financial statements, developing reports and presentations for the Director of Finance and the CFO.
- Experience using integrated Accounting software and knowledge of ERP systems and implementations, especially NetSuite, is highly desired
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities and good organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal), ability to deal with executives in a professional and competent manner
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Power Point, and Microsoft Outlook) is required; knowledge of Access would be beneficial
- French language skills would be an asset
- Sets high standards for own work; ensures high quality outcomes are achieved and demonstrates initiative; demonstrates solid self-review of own work, and can effectively complete peer review of other team members work
- Promotes teamwork and collaboration in the work environment; demonstrates respect and inclusiveness, provides proactive guidance to others
- Demonstrated success working with high growth, privately owned, entrepreneurial organizations
Core Competencies- Ambassador for Epicure’s Culture + Lessons Learned
- Idea developer
- Problem solver and solution oriented
- Planner
- Implementer
- Sense of urgency
- Technical skills
- Initiative
- Detail orientation
- Ability to collaborate, influence others, and bring a sense of humour
- Strong communicator, including ability to understand and be understood in verbal and written English
- Business acumen
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