26-68 Senior Accountant (Temporary, 18 months Contract)

The Opportunity

The Senior Accountant is accountable to the Controller for providing the Leadership team with timely financial reporting, expert advice and assistance with monitoring, forecasting, and providing full financial assistance, as needed, to ensure that business decisions are well informed.

Status: Casual, Full-Time, Union

Number of Positions: 1

Pay Grade: 16 (starting at 49.09/hr)

Location: Vancouver, BC

Reports to: Controller

As a Senior Accountant, you will:

Financial Accounting:

• Produces the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with Accounting Standards for Not-for-Profit Organizations (ASNPO) and on a timely basis to assist the Assistant Controller with financial monitoring and decision making.
• Assists with the maintenance and makes recommendations with respect to the Chart of Accounts, ensuring that it allows for the provision of changes in the organizational structure for meaningful reporting to assist with decision making.
• Contributes to the preparation of all financial statements and working papers to assist in external audits (ie. year-end financial statement, CRA, WCB, internal, etc.) to ensure accordance to ASNPO and in compliance with CRA regulation and company policy.
• Prepares monthly GST & PST remittances.
• Maintains a continuity schedule of selected General Ledger accounts.
• Prepares ad hoc and regular working papers and journal entries accurately and in a timely basis
• Supports and provides guidance to accounting assistant and AP Specialists to ensure that service is timely, professional, and meets standards and guidelines.
• Supports and provides guidance to budget holders and other departments over coding into the GL on a day-to-day basis.
• Continually seeks improvement opportunities over procedures and processes to strengthen internal controls and implement efficiencies.
• Act as system administrator and subject matter expert with Great Plains Dynamics, the accounting software, including maintaining records, managing user permissions, providing user training, designing reports and troubleshooting issues.
• Responding to finance-related questions within the finance team and across the organization.

Payroll Accounting:

• Reconciles payroll accounts within the accounting system.
• Maintains a continuity schedule of employee vacation leave balance information.
• Prepares the journal entry for the bi-weekly payroll transactions.
• Prepares all remittance and reporting of selected third-party payments to external vendors and regulatory bodies.
• Performs regular self-assessment audits on payroll data to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience you have:

• University degree in Business, Accounting or equivalent
• CPA designation or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in corporate financial full-cycle accounting, in a financial reporting role, preferably in a medium to large-sized company.
• Sound knowledge of internal controls and Accounting Standards for Not-for-Profit Organizations
• Strong proficiency in MS Office and accounting software including Great Plains Dynamics
• Previous experience with systems implementation is considered an asset.
• Advanced knowledge of power query, power BI and power pivot considered an asset
• An ability to learn new systems and to provide trouble-shooting support.
• Ability to communicate effectively to groups, at all levels in the organization, with varied levels of financial knowledge.
• Experience training, coaching and mentoring junior team members.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

About Technical Safety BC

Technical Safety BC is an independent, self-funded organization that oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across the province. In addition to issuing permits, licenses and certificates, we work with industry to reduce safety risks through assessment, education and outreach, enforcement, and research. Through simplification of our initiatives, we promote understanding and engagement, making safety accessible to everyone. As society changes, we create and adopt new ideas, skills, and tools that will enable us to meet the safety challenges of a highly-connected world.

We're always looking for exceptional people to bring new ideas, fresh thinking and the motivation to help shape the safety system in B.C. We are strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community. Technical Safety BC welcomes those who would contribute to further diversifying our organization, as we are an equal opportunity employer.

Our values guide our work.

• We See Genius in Diversity
• We Foster Confidence
• We Make the Complex Simple
• We Adapt

If you are interested in this position, please apply online. This opportunity will remain posted until filled; however, priority consideration will be given to those who apply by the deadline of Nov 2nd by 4pm PST. To see a full list of our current opportunities or to learn more about Technical Safety BC, please visit our website at technicalsafetybc.ca/careers.