Timely and accurate preparation of the related journal entries and reconciliations, mainly bank reconciliations. The position will collaborate with financial teams to ensure the timely submission of accounting information, and drive improvement initiatives to develop streamlined processes to maximize efficiencies. Provides thoughtful insights into account variance explanations month vs month and probes and validates cause of change explanations, while also backfilling for the manager as needed. Critical to succeed in this position is the ability to display a high level of collaboration, prioritization, sense of urgency and a desire to continue to improve the processes under his/her scope of responsibility. This position will be responsible for overseeing the PCL A&P and G&A P&L accounts as well as associated
asset and liability accounts on the Balance Sheet.
- Cash Management and reconciliations: Manage cash accounts and perform accurate, timely bank reconciliations, including complex reconciliations involving third-party platform transactions. Partner with cross-functional teams like Accounts Payable, Cash Operations, Treasury, Revenue Accounting, Tax, other brands teams, etc., to solve and analyze reconciliation items.
- Journal Entries: Prepare and upload journal entries for wire transfers and other high-volume transactions, ensuring proper backup documentation and compliance. analyses timely reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.
- A&P and G&A accounting functions: emphasis on A&P and G&A accruals, oversee any prepaid balances associated with A&P and G&A.
- Multicurrency Environment: Work effectively in a multicurrency environment, ensuring accurate accounting and reconciliation across multiple currencies.
- Month-End Close: Execute month end close activities under strict deadlines, including reconciliations and financial reporting & variance analysis. Work closely with FP&A and operators to analyse actuals and cause of variances against forecast and prior periods, to provide excellent internal/external customer service adhering to the Company's core values. As well as month-end review meetings, ensuring that financials are all in accordance with GAAP and in accordance with lease accounting standards where applicable.
- Engage and communicate with all levels of management and cross functional teamsSupport planning and forecasting activities as related to A&P and G&A accounts.
- Provide meaningful information and analysis on ad-hoc inquiries to meet departmental objectives of financial analysis support. Perform special projects as required.
- Continuously work to improve efficiency and effectiveness of related business processes and understand and address inherent compliance/control risks.
- Resolves issues and answers questions for external and internal teams and provides/oversees ad hoc reporting and special projects supporting the Core Values with timely communication to management.
