Jobs Department: Accounting/Finance
Staff Accountant
Will be responsible for supporting period-end accounting closing cycles, preparing, and recording general journal entries, asset and liability account reconciliations, system maintenance, monthly reporting, audit support schedules, balance sheet and income statement account variance analysis and accounting projects. Will work effectively with personnel from other departments and affiliated companies to ensure timely, accurate completion of accounting cycle closings and service request responses. Position has expectations for growth into steadily increasing complexity of tasks.
Essential Duties:
- Analyzes business transactions and events as the basis for preparing general journal entries and properly documents transactions
- Provides conclusive support for journal entries in the form of underlying documents, schedules, and explanations
- Reviews journal entries for accuracy prior to recording the entries and after recording the entry to verify expected impact to the balance sheet and related income or expense accounts
- Performs month-end reconciliations of accounts and provides reasonable explanations and insightful analysis of the components of assigned accounts
- Researches and applies generally accepted accounting principles in support of accounting, and proposes reasonable solutions to accounting problems based on a keen understanding of accounting principles and business activities
- Communicates and collaborates with co-workers in relevant operating groups and management to ensure understanding of business transactions and achieve efficient and effective accounting results
- Assists in the design and execution of preventative and detective controls to the completeness and accuracy of account balances and periodic activity
- Prepare monthly reconciliations and validations of various sub-ledgers to general ledger control account balances, including but not limited to:
- Cash accounts
- Certain current and long-term assets
- Certain current and long-term liabilities
- Reconcile bank accounts monthly.
- Assist with the annual audits performed by external auditors and lenders by preparing audit schedules and/or reports providing appropriate explanations as required
- Assist operating companies, other internal service providers and external auditors with accounting related inquiries and requests
- Special projects as assigned
Education/Experience/Skills Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting required
- A minimum of 1- 2 years general accounting experience or relevant business experience preferred
- Previous experience and expertise with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel required
- Advanced skills in Excel desirable
- Strong analytical capabilities and strong written and verbal communication skills required
- SAP or equivalent ERP system experience desired with knowledge of basic accounting system functionality required
- Self-starter who is drawn towards taking initiative, can multi-task, has strong interpersonal skills with an ability to respond to inquiries and effectively present information to accounting and business managers
- Ability to identify and define problems, collect supporting data, establish facts, propose solutions, and meet deadlines
Compensation & Benefits:
The health, satisfaction and security of our team members and their families are important to us and an important part of reaching our organization’s goals. We offer a total rewards package that includes valuable and competitive compensation and benefit plans. These programs reflect our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent. The compensation for this role includes base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus based on company performance. All incentive plans are subject to change.
The pay range for this role is $29.80 – $31.25/hour ($62,000 – $65,000 annually) to be paid at an hourly rate.
*Compensation will match the level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.
Our current benefits package, which is available to all full-time team members and their eligible dependents, includes:
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- HSA & FSA
- life insurance and disability insurance
- and other voluntary benefits
We also offer time-off benefits including:
- paid time-off
- sick-flex time
- 12 company paid holidays
Financial Business Planning Analyst
Who We Are
Connors Bros. located in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick is one of Canada’s oldest seafood manufacturers and is the largest sardine canning plant in North America. Our products are enjoyed in over 50 countries.
For over 100 years, we have delivered delicious, healthy, and affordable canned seafood to consumers and there’s never been a better time to join our team and grow along with us.
Clover Leaf Seafoods, along with our U.S. affiliate, Bumble Bee Foods, forms one of North America’s largest branded seafood companies with $1B in annual revenue. In 2020, Clover Leaf Seafoods, along with Bumble Bee Foods, was acquired by our long-time partner, FCF Company Ltd. FCF is a privately held company and one of the world’s largest marine trading companies, with 50 years of experience in the supply of tuna and other seafood. With FCF as a strong strategic owner, Clover Leaf Seafoods is well positioned for future growth.
When you join Clover Leaf Seafoods Corp., you become part of a company that, together with our parent company, Bumble Bee Seafoods, is working hard to find new ways to protect the ocean and those that rely on it. From fishers to our employees, to customers, consumers, and to the communities we serve, we base our actions on shared, transparent values that hold us accountable to each other and the world. You’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self through ongoing professional development in an inclusive environment.
About the Role
The Business Planning Analyst (BPA) conducts evaluations of current manufacturing processes to assist management with efficient execution of the operating plan. The BPA works with all departments, documenting findings, and assisting with providing clear explanations to the business. Under the guidance of the Controller, the BPA serves as multi-functional support to the Blacks Harbour Finance team by assisting with numerous tasks including weekly production cost analysis, monthly balance sheet and income statement preparation, pension plan administration, CIP oversight, cash forecasts, and meeting month end financial close deadlines for manufacturing and marine operations.
The Business Planning Analyst will be involved in various functions within the finance team with the following responsibilities outlined below:
Business Analysis
- Perform various cost analysis of processes and cost centers for evaluation of business impact
- Prepare weekly production cost analysis (KPI’s)
- Assist in preparation of forward-looking standard costs
Month-End Close
- Assist the Controller in ensuring meeting financial close deadlines
- Preparing applicable month-end journal entries in a timely and accurate manner for CLSC and CBMC
- Update month-end schedules required for balance sheet analysis comparing results versus prior quarter (PQ), year-end (YE) and prior year (PY).
- Prepare monthly income statement and gross profit schedules
- Oversee the administration of the company hourly and salaried pension plan, and related reconciliations
Corporate Finance
- Prepare cash requirement forecasts
- Fixed Asset validation including construction in progress, capital expenditure additions, retirements, and request for capital expenditures.
- Review Balance Sheet files and submit to Canadian Corporate office
Audit
- Assist in assembling supporting documents for the regularly scheduled internal/external audits throughout the year under the guidance of the Controller.
What You Need to Succeed
- A related university accounting or finance degree
- Experience in costing is an asset
- Knowledgeable and experienced in working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, preferably SAP ECC 6.0, and MS Office Suite primarily Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Minimum 3-5 years of related experience in business planning and general accounting duties
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with all disciplines and levels of management to achieve company goals.
- A “people person” proven to be results orientation, possess attention to detail skills, a proven ability to handle multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Strong organizational abilities with effective time management skills
- Easily and willingly adapts to change
- Ability to determine cause of issues and propose acceptable solutions
- Work well under pressure and meet daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively remotely.
- Must be highly skilled in collaborating with internal and external individuals at every level within an organization
- Must possess excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle complexity and ambiguity
- Must have a high attention to detail with solid fact-based analytical thinking.