Okane Consultants is an integrated engineering and geoscience consulting company with team members in Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. We help mining companies plan for the future and embed sustainable social and environmental practices into their Life of Mine plans.

Why Choose Us?

We champion diversity and inclusion. We believe in flexibility, work-life balance, and an open-door approach to communication. We provide employees with the tools to succeed and grow with the company and benefits that ensure our employees have the means to feel fulfilled.

Okane's purpose is to ‘Help Create a Better Tomorrow'. Our workplace culture is defined by the everyday behaviors of our team and driven by our core values: Passionate, Thoughtful & Caring, Smart & Clever, Positive, and Humble.

Our Next Accountant…

We have an exciting opportunity for a temporary Accountant to join our Finance Team. This role will be in our Saskatoon office manage global accounting operations for a 6-month period.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Financial Statement Reporting & Assurance

• Prepare month-end balance sheet working papers.
• Prepare and maintain updates in capital assets, deposits, and prepaids.
• Prepare journal entries.

Accounting Standards Compliance

• Ensure compliance.

Cashflow and Reporting

• Monitor banks and predict cash-flow needs.
• Review and approve payments.
• Financial reporting and analysis.

Tax

• Prepare and submit sales taxes; investigate issues.
• Ensure sales tax & Payroll

Insurance

• Prepare backup for insurance renewal.
• Manage building leases and research cost comparisons.

Lead, Manage, and Hold Accountable

• Lead, manage, and hold accountable direct reports.
• Complete quarterly conversations and weekly 121s with direct reports.

Job Requirements

• Embody Okane's Core Vision (Help Create a Better Tomorrow) and Values (Passionate, Smart, Clever, Positive, Thoughtful, Caring, and Humble).
• Possess strong leadership skills and abilities, including effective communication, honesty, empathy, creativity, responsibility, and flexibility.
• Advanced skills in time management, planning, and organization.
• Tertiary qualifications in accounting. Accounting designation is considered an asset.
• Experience in industry accounting is considered an asset.
• 3+ years of accounting experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• A keen eye for detail, self-starting attitude, willingness to be innovative, and looking for new solutions and efficiencies to support the finance team.
• Ability to thrive in a team setting or work independently.
• An ability and willingness to communicate and work with the finance department in varying time zones.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Okane is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and has a sense of belonging. A diverse workforce is critical to our success, and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose Okane as your employer. If you require adjustments for the recruitment/interview process, please let the HR Team know, and we will work with you to meet your needs. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, please click here https://www.okc-sk.com/careers/diversity-and-inclusion/.

Application Deadline

We welcome all qualified applicants to submit their Cover letter and CV before March 22, 2024. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We thank you for your interest in Okane. However, only those candidates who are selected will be contacted.