Key Responsibilities:
PAE Support and Compliance:
- Ensure the organization’s financial reporting is compliant with relevant standards for PAEs, including IFRS, GAAP, and other regulatory requirements.
- Oversee the preparation and submission of financial statements, disclosures, and public filings, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and timeliness.
- Stay abreast of changes in accounting standards and regulations, assessing their impact on the organization and leading the implementation of necessary changes.
Financial Consolidation:
- Lead the consolidation of financial statements across multiple subsidiaries, divisions, or entities, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
- Develop and maintain processes for efficient and accurate financial consolidation, including intercompany eliminations and adjustments.
- Oversee the preparation of consolidated financial statements, providing clear and comprehensive reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A):
- Oversee the preparation of the MD&A section of financial reports, ensuring it provides a clear, insightful, and accurate overview of the company’s financial performance and outlook.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to gather relevant data, analyze trends, and articulate the company’s financial story in a compelling and compliant manner.
- Ensure that the MD&A aligns with strategic objectives and provides meaningful insights for investors, analysts, and other stakeholders.
Performance Analytics:
- Lead the development and implementation of performance analytics tools and processes to provide actionable insights into the organization’s financial health.
- Monitor key financial and operational metrics, identifying trends, variances, and areas of concern, and providing recommendations for improvement.
- Support the executive team with data-driven analysis to inform strategic decisions and optimize financial performance.
Strategic Leadership:
- Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, contributing to the overall strategy and direction of the organization.
- Provide financial leadership and guidance to other departments, ensuring alignment with financial goals and objectives.
- Mentor and develop the accounting and finance teams, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Audit and Internal Controls:
- Oversee the organization’s internal control environment, ensuring robust controls are in place to mitigate financial risk and ensure the integrity of financial reporting.
- Lead the coordination and support of internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
- Implement audit recommendations and ensure ongoing compliance with audit findings.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage with external stakeholders, including investors, analysts, regulatory bodies, and auditors, providing clear and accurate communication of financial matters.
- Prepare and deliver presentations on financial performance, compliance, and strategy to the Board of Directors and executive team.
- Act as a key spokesperson for the organization on financial matters in public forums and investor meetings.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- CPA or equivalent professional certification required.
- 15+ years of experience in accounting, with significant experience in PAEs, financial consolidation, MD&A preparation, and performance analytics.
- Extensive knowledge of IFRS, GAAP, and other relevant accounting standards.
- Proven experience in managing large teams and driving organizational change.
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in a publicly traded company or a large, complex organization is highly desirable
