Manager, Corporate Finance (12-month contract)

POSITION SUMMARYThe Manager, Corporate Finance oversees the daily operations of both the regulated and unregulated entities and ensures that they are financially compliant. This position is a 12-month contract role with the opportunity for an extension up to 18-months.

As a member of the Corporate Finance Team, the incumbent focuses on maintaining the corporate books and records for Milton Hydro's Group of Companies. The incumbent supports a 'whole of organization' approach by putting sufficient focus on: predicting & responding to customer needs; building an engaged employee culture; and, continually seeking better solutions through productivity, technology & innovation.

The incumbent acts as a business partner to functional business units and supports financial operations to ensure a sound understanding of financial performance and ensure appropriate fiscal responsibility of business leaders. The incumbent ensures compliance with corporate and financial policies, procedures, standards and regulations. The incumbent should have a strong understanding of multi-entity organization structures, understand financial reporting principles, financial planning and analysis, corporate tax, and treasury.

KEY DUTIES

• Manage day-to-day operations of the Accounting department and ensure all activities are completed accurately and consistent with timelines.
• Manage the budget process and create templates and reports to ensure appropriate consolidation and review of budgets.
• Review monthly financials for all corporate entities and manage the finance team to deliver variance analyses to budget and provide rationale for variances.
• Manager the process to develop and consolidate budgets provided by business units and complete required forecasting for financial reporting.
• Manager the accounting processes within the Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") system.
• Maintain the general ledger, complete reconciliations, and ensure accounts are set up in accordance with OEB requirements.
• Manage and approve all accounts payable and accounts receivable and post monthly journal entries.
• Manage and post daily cash receipts, monthly accruals and inventory transactions.
• Communicate and collaborate with department leaders to stay abreast of spending, budgeting and reports.
• Liaise with third-party auditors and provide required documentation to ensure the swift closure of auding activities.
• Provide people leadership and direction through coaching, development, performance management and resource planning.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates flexibility and strong teamwork as well as professional and positive attitude
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prepare and administer budgets and prepare detailed analyses and reports
• Demonstrates the ability to problem-solve and solution issues with both systems and processes
• Demonstrates skills in developing and managing financial models, databases and SQL queries
• Is comfortable working in a highly fast-paced environment and can manage multiple competing deadlines
• Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel

KNOWLEDGE

• Strong knowledge of rules and regulations within the distribution and retailing of electricity
• Strong knowledge of full cycle accounting including consolidations, setting up controls and procedures
• Managing finance modules within enterprise systems as well as the maintenance of basic data requirements to ensure financial stability
• Intermediate knowledge of IFRS and regulatory accounting
• Intermediate knowledge of OH&SA requirements as it relates to employees/public, the organization and operational requirements

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION POSITIONS SUPERVISED

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or related discipline
• Certified Professional Accountant (CPA)
• 6+ years' experience in a management position within a Regulatory or Corporate Finance department

POSITIONS SUPERVISED

• Financial Specialists

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