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About the Company

Our client is an electricity transmission and distribution service provider. They are looking for a Senior Financial Advisor who will be responsible for external reporting.

REQUIRED: Public Accounting Firm experience, whether it is currently in public assurance or if you were in assurance prior to your previous role.

Why Work Here

• Opportunities to progress within this role
• Pension plan
• Stable company

About the Opportunity

• Demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding of US GAAP principles, guidelines, and developments.
• Interface with actuaries to prepare actuarial valuation requirements for external reporting purposes, including sensitivity analyses for management's discussion and analysis, for impacts of USGAAP and IFRS.
• Keep abreast of developments in financial reporting as it relates to disclosure and financial policy, and where necessary, develop and communicate new accounting policies and guidelines to business units. Provide guidance on the application of generally accepted accounting principles on complex transactions, considering merits of US GAAP, and IFRS. Assess the impact of the movement to US GAAP on the Company and IFRS on certain subsidiaries.
• Perform analysis of significant differences (both reporting and disclosure) and their impact on the Company, between US, international and, up to 2011, Canadian GAAP.
• Perform studies and provide guidance within scope of assigned business area, including accounting, external financial reporting, regulatory, financial evaluations and related budgeting and planning, as relates to prospective change in accounting policy.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly and consolidated financial statements in US GAAP, annual regulatory subsidiary financial statements in US GAAP or IFRS as appropriate, and pension financial statements in accordance with IFRS and related securities legislation, as required, and determine impacts of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Provide guidance and direction on continuous disclosure requirements, including that necessary to sustain compliance with securities regulations pertaining to certification requirements.
• Prepare submissions to the Audit and Finance Committee and Board of Directors as required, including annual submission on accounting and reporting issues and impacts of US GAAP.
• Ensure preparation and relevant review processes support certification requirements and result in sufficiently accurate reporting to meet current and evolving requirements of securities regulators and accounting bodies.
• Analyze external consolidated annual and quarterly financial statements and management's discussion and analysis and support, as required, and determine impacts of conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

About You

• Senior Accountant from firm or industry with 1-2 years of external reporting experience
• Experience in preparing external financial statements/managing audit
• CPA/CA

Salary Range

$100,000 - $105,000/year

How to Apply

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• You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.