Description
As a Senior Analyst, Global Corporate Accounting at WSP, you will contribute to critical accounting and reporting activities across head office and global corporate functions.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Support and perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, analysis, and reporting deliverables.
- Prepare, reconcile, and review balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of reconciling items.
- Support the preparation, review, and analysis of multi-entity journal entries and intercompany transactions.
- Analyze profit and loss statements to identify budget variances and record necessary provisions.
- Conduct monthly foreign exchange gain and loss analysis for accounting, tax, and management purposes.
- Prepare and produce financial reports essential for consolidation.
- Support the tax department with financial analyses for tax provisions and reports.
- Collaborate on special projects with key business units, including financial performance, intercompany billing, insurance, and internal audit.
- Participate in initiatives that improve accounting activities and reporting quality while enhancing controls through automation, standardization, and better use of financial systems.
- Support internal and external audit requirements by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and ensuring accounting records are complete, accurate, and well supported.
- Apply your accounting knowledge to support compliance with internal policies, controls, and applicable accounting standards.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A university degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, together with a required CPA designation.
- A minimum of five years of progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, corporate accounting, or financial analysis.
- A good understanding of financial reporting, month-end close, reconciliations, accruals, provisions, and intercompany accounting.
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, internal controls, and financial reporting processes.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills, with experience using Oracle ERP, consolidation tools, or reporting systems considered an asset.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Experience working in a global, multi-entity organization, considered an asset.
- Bilingual proficiency in English and French, which is required; additional language proficiency is an asset.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across functions and regions.
In terms of compensation, the salary range for this position is:
- AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $104,100 - $138,000
- MB & ON: $95,000 - $130,800
- NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $94,100 - $124,900