Senior Manager, Cost Accounting
Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd
- Windsor, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the month-end financial close process ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of local distillery Trial Balance submissions through to consolidated Pernod Ricard Group reporting.
- Understand and lead initiatives to improve centralization and internal control compliance, consistent with PR policies and procedures in accordance with established best practices.
- Understand and apply consistent PR cost accounting methodologies across entities.
- Implement rolling forecast monthly reporting analysis consistent with established processes at other PR operations where reporting is established.
- Assist with Quarterly key cash driver consolidation, analysis and reporting focused on maturing inventories and capital expenditure ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
- Consolidate and report Finance and Operations KPI’s in accordance Pernod Ricard Group Operations requirements.
- Assist in the management and oversight of all aspects of consolidated financial statements across management cycles including budget, forecasting, strategic planning.
- Work closely with all divisions, especially operations leads, to perform various ad hoc analysis across sites, including strategic and tactical matters as it relates to budget management, cost of goods analysis, cash flow forecasting, export market opportunities, etc.
- Implement accounting and finance procedures.
- Lead month-end closing, prepare journal entries as necessary and account reconciliations.
- Maintain internal control documentation.
- Directs determination of depreciation rates to apply to capital assets.
- Assists with the external auditors as needed.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required - CPA or CMA strongly preferred
- International Financial Reporting expertise in a production accounting environment
- 5+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience
- Strong comprehension of accounting/financial processes (budgeting, financial closure, reporting ..)
- Advanced MS Office Suite skills; required proficiency in Excel (data analysis, forecasting and modeling)
- NetSuite and JDE E1 experience
- Effective analytical and communication skills
- Excitement for working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
- High degree of integrity, accuracy, attention to detail, reliability and commitment to consistently meeting deadlines
- Self-starter, team-player and relationship-builder