Senior Financial Analyst

Organization

If you value innovation, creativity, and working hard to satisfy our customers, you will fit in well at Kerr. Our specialty is modifying brand new vehicles into police and emergency vehicles. In fact, we upfit more police vehicles than any other company in North America and we continue to focus on growing our business. Founded in 1952, Kerr Industries has a strong North American presence with operations located in Texas, Chicago, Michigan and Oshawa. We want motivated, ambitious people who put the needs of our customers first, bring creativity to their work and will do whatever it takes to achieve success. If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team. For more information, please visit www.kerrindustries.com.

Position and Fit

Kerr Industries is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst responsible for ensuring the efficient operations of the finance and reporting functions. This individual will need to combine their responsibilities with day-to-day accounting duties, financial reporting and month-end close.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Month End Close and other Monthly duties
• Lead and participate in the month-end close process, ensuring that journal entries, closing activities, analysis and reports are accurate and on time
• Prepare and review journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations including to ensure that all balance sheet presentations are accurate
• Analyze performance vs budget and report the variances with causal analysis
• Prepare the monthly financial reporting package, including analysis and commentary on the monthly results and other ad hoc requests
• Develop and create financial reports as needed to help explain analyze financial data to support operational decisions.
• Analyze and report on sales channel and product line sales and profitability

We are looking for someone who:

• Minimum 3-5+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience in ERP systems
• CPA certification is preferred (or is in process of obtaining their designation)
• Ability to develop relationships with individuals at all levels, including customers, vendors and other employees
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally through various mediums, including phone, e-mail and formal written communication
• Analytical skills, including the ability to identify inaccuracies or discrepancies
• Problem solving and innovation skills, including the ability to analyze, interpret, understand and successfully resolve issues within the best interests of the Company.
• A high level of proficiency in Excel and working knowledge of report writing query tools (eg. Basic query language)
• Professionalism with consistent ability to balance urgency and decisiveness with patience and compassion
• Discretion in managing proprietary information belonging to the company

Kerr Industries is committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We expect every member of the Kerr community to do their part to cultivate and maintain an environment where everyone has the opportunity to feel included and is afforded the respect and dignity they deserve.

Decisions related to hiring, compensating, training, evaluating performance, or terminating are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. We examine our unconscious biases and take responsibility for always striving to create an inclusive environment that makes every employee and candidate feel welcome.