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Senior Manager, Accounting Policy and Corporate Reporting


Head Office
Mississauga, Ontario

If you are looking to join one of Canada’s fastest growing companies, goeasy Ltd. is the place for you!

goeasy Ltd., headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, is a publicly traded company on the TSX. goeasy provides non-prime leasing and lending services through its easyhome, easyfinancial and LendCare brands. Supported by more than 2,200 employees, the Company offers a wide variety of financial products and services including lease-to-own merchandise, unsecured and secured instalment loans. Throughout the Company’s history, it has acquired and organically served over 1 million Canadians and originated over $7.2 billion in loans, with one in three easyfinancial customers graduating to prime credit and 60% increasing their credit score within 12 months of borrowing.

Accredited by the Better Business Bureau, goeasy is proud of the culture it has built over its 30-year history that celebrates success, encourages innovation and is committed to helping our customers graduate to prime credit. In recent years, we have been the proud recipient of several awards in recognition of its exceptional culture and continued business growth including Waterstone Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, Glassdoor Top CEO Award, Achievers Top 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in North America, the Digital Finance Institute’s Canada’s Top 50 FinTech Companies, ranking on the TSX30, placing on the Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, being included on the 2020 Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Top Employer list, and certified as a Great Place to Work®.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Reporting, the Senior Manager, Accounting Policy and Corporate Reporting will support goeasy’s consolidated financial close and disclosure process. In this role, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in monthly, quarterly and year-end reporting requirements, will be involved in ad-hoc special projects as they emerge, and will deliver in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis every time they are called to action.

The candidate will also assess the accounting impact of new accounting standards or provide accounting operational guidance on new business strategic initiatives and perform analytical review on accounting matters as assigned.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Lead the month-end global financial statement process and ensure reporting deadlines are met and potential issues that could affect the results are resolved prior to closing the books
  • Ensure timely delivery of the quarterly and annual financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis and other regulatory disclosures
  • Manage periodic reports to regulatory bodies including TSX, OSC, SEDAR and SEDI
  • Manage share-based compensation calculations and reporting
  • Manage investment accounting
  • Perform balance sheet and income statement analysis
  • Support the CEO / CFO certification processes including supporting the internal audit team in their control testing and identifying opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of controls
  • Provide accounting policy advise to other departments
  • Research and provide guidance on the accounting treatment of new business strategic initiatives
  • Draft internal accounting guidance on certain accounting issues and liaise with internal groups and external auditors
  • Keep abreast of new accounting pronouncements and analyze their impact
  • Support special projects, including, debt and equity finance deals, and financial analysis of strategic initiatives
  • Play a key role in business acquisition projects and coordinate with various cross-functional and external teams during the post-acquisition integration process
  • Identify and implement best practices across finance functions
  • Prepare ad-hoc reports and analyses, as required

Qualifications and Attributes:

  • CPA, CA designation or equivalent is required
  • Experience in public accounting is an advantage
  • Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance
  • 8+ years of experience in finance role including recent experiences in accounting policies and consolidation, with a minimum of 3 years of post-designation experience in management capacity
  • Strong understanding of IFRS
  • Solid experience in consolidations and regulatory filings and reporting
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel with a propensity to create and automate manual processes
  • Self-starter with a high level of initiative and organization skills
  • Fast learner, able to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Able to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and work on and prioritize various deliverables
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to partner with various functions, as needed
  • Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinker
  • Highly collaborative and enjoys being part of a team

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

goeasy is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, goeasy is committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada.   Please let us know if you require an accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:

All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  

We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.

Why should you work for goeasy?

To learn more about our great company please click the links below:

  

http://goeasy.com/careers/ 

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