Manager of Accounting (12 Month Term)
CAA Atlantic - 3 Jobs
Saint John, NB
Job Details:
Benefits:
CAA Atlantic is recognized as one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures! We're committed to supporting your development through comprehensive training programs and continuous learning opportunities - helping you advance your skills and achieve your professional goals. Our generous vacation allowance, annual incentive program, and top-tier benefits ensure you and your family are well taken care of.
CAA Atlantic is a member-based organization serving over 320,000 members across Atlantic Canada. Headquarters in Saint John, N.B., CAA Atlantic is part of the national CAA federation with almost 7 million members across the country! CAA is one of the largest, most trusted and respected consumer-based organizations in Canada. We provide emergency roadside assistance, travel services, and exclusive savings and rewards for our members. We're deeply focused on helping Atlantic Canadians travel safely and confidently, whether they are on the road close to home or planning trips around the world.
Role Summary:
As the Manager of Accounting- 12 Month Term, you will play a pivotal leadership role within our Accounting & Finance Department, reporting to the Director of Finance. You'll oversee a dynamic team of three professionals, guiding their development and fostering a collaborative, result-driven environment. Your day-to-day will blend hands-on financial management with strategic oversight, as you lead the monthly and quarterly close processes, focusing on accounts payable, accruals, fixed assets, inventory, and deferred revenue. You'll ensure accuracy and compliance through the preparation and review of journal entries, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, and the generation of financial statement packages for senior leadership.
A key aspect of this role will be driving the integration and ongoing management of NetSuite with our legacy systems, leveraging your expertise in cloud-based accounting software and your forward-thinking approach to modern finance solutions-including Generative AI. You'll oversee the entire inventory process, from purchase orders to data maintenance and reconciliation, and play a critical part in vendor management, payment runs, and AR invoicing. Your analytical thinking and decision-making skills will be essential as you contribute to the development, monitoring, and enforcement of financial policies, procedures, and internal controls in partnership with the Director and VP of Finance and Risk.
The successful candidate will be highly adaptable, possess strong computer literacy (especially with Microsoft Excel), and a growth mindset. You'll thrive in a fast-paced, hybrid work environment, balancing time management and problem-solving with a commitment to ethics, integrity, and continuous learning. As a trusted leader, you'll build lasting relationships across departments and with external stakeholders, ensuring accountability and dependability in every aspect of your work. If you're someone whose passionate about leading with purpose, driving results, and shaping the future of accounting at one of Canada's most admired corporate cultures then we warmly welcome you to apply.
Core Competencies:
- Leadership
- Ethics and Integrity
- High familiarity with cloud-based accounting software
- Experience and forward-thinking mindset regarding Generative AI and modern finance solutions.
- Strong Computer Literacy, particularly with Microsoft Suite including Excel.
- Decision Making
- Analytical Thinking
- Time Management
- Adaptability/Flexibility/Problem Solving
- Collaboration
- Results focused
- Accountability and Dependability
- Communication
- Growth mindset
Working Conditions:
- Travel may be required.
- Ability to attend and conduct presentations.
- Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals
Term positions are based on continued business need, CAA Atlantic reserves the right to extend or end early any contract position. Should the term position be terminated prior to the projected end date, CAA Atlantic will provide a minimum 30 days' notice.
"It's so fun to work with CAA Atlantic!" - Linda Landry, Travel Advisor
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- Management and development of a 3-person team.
- Assisting with the management of the monthly and quarterly close process heavily focused on AP, accruals, fixed assets, inventory and deferred revenue. Including the preparation and review of various journal entries.
- Lead the team on the continued management and integration of NetSuite into our legacy system.
- Reconciliation and review of various balance sheet accounts.
- Oversight of the inventory process including purchase orders, item transfers, receipts, data maintenance and reconciliation.
- Assisting with the preparation and review of payment runs and vendor management.
- Assisting with the generation of financial statement package for VP and executive team.
- Assisting with the completion of year end external audit.
- Contribute to the development, monitoring and enforcement of policies, procedures and internal controls in consultation with the Director of Finance and Vice President of Finance and Risk.
- Complete AR invoicing and process related payments. Follow up on past due receivables monthly.
- Build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments, key business partners, and government agencies.
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting
- CPA designation.
- Minimum 3-5 years experience in an intermediate to senior accounting role within a medium to large organization.
- Extensive, experience and knowledge in dealing with accounting systems, budgets, internal controls, business planning, and asset management.
- Experience creating and managing budgets for a medium-sized, distributed organization.
- Advanced proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite of products.
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