Accounting Standards & Policy Manager

Requisition ID: 177188

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Finance Accounting Standards & Policies

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario

City: Mississauga

Location: Tahoe Office

Postal Code: L4W 0C7

Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are looking for top talent to join our team! We have a full-time opportunity for a Accounting Standards & Policies Manager on our Finance Team.

The Accounting Standards & Policies Manager will be responsible for overseeing and analyzing complex accounting issues, providing accounting advisory support to various areas of finance, lead and contribute to adhoc projects, overseeing the preparation of audit committee material and ensuring compliance with IFRS requirements.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

• Ensure completeness, accuracy and integrity of financial information
• Be a subject matter expert in your area of responsibility, provide cross functional training, coaching and development of other team members within the finance team
• Respond to inquiries in a timely fashion and escalate issues as required
• Actively identify and recommend areas for accounting and corporate finance policy development
• Ensure compliance with CEO/CFO Certification requirements
• Participate in ad hoc projects and assignments as required
• Oversight and preparation of quarterly audit committee material
• Provide timely interpretation and direction on complex accounting issues in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and corporate finance policies
• Develop corporate accounting policies

What You Have To Offer

• Professional accounting designation such as CPA, CA, CMA, CGA and/or MBA
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant area of study (Accounting, Finance, Business, etc.)
• A minimum of 8 years relevant accounting/finance experience in progressively responsible positions
• Solid understanding of GAAP, IFRS, corporate policies and other emerging standards
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience working for a large national organization with significant/high volume transactions
• Ability to present financial data in a form that is meaningful and useful to the senior decision makers
• General understanding of corporate tax
• Strong knowledge of accounting and controls

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a leading Canadian company with a clear vision and focus. If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do, and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then we look forward to reviewing your application. Please ensure that you take the time to ensure your profile shows us why you’re the most qualified applicant for the role.

Sobeys Offers Our Employees Many Valuable Benefits Such As

Growing organization

Competitive salary

Profit sharing plan

Flexible working arrangements

Ongoing Training & Development

Opportunity for internal mobility to other departments and/or promotions

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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