Industry: Energy
Salary: $140-155K

Overview

Our Calgary based client is a leader in its field of renewable energy.  They are currently looking for a Senior Advisor, Complex Accounting to join their corporate finance team.  This is a permanent role reporting to the Director. 

Responsibilities:

• Advising on select complex accounting issues arising from business transactions, new transactions, new accounting pronouncements, and maintaining quality and compliance across financial statements
• Maintaining quality and compliance across general purpose audits, including management’s discussion and analysis
• Maintain corporate accounting policies and related disclosures  
• Provide support and oversight for assessments relating to embedded derivatives and financial instruments and related valuations
• Provide oversight of IFRS 15 Revenues and IFRS 16 Leases.
• Identify and research complex technical accounting issues
• Provide IFRS and general accounting advice
• Assist teams with implementing recommendations
• Coordinate the audit of significant conclusions with the auditors and support their requests.
• Advise finance staff with respect to their recommendations for new disclosures for new business transactions or new requirements, with a focus on building their own expertise and knowledge of IFRS standards
• Monitors relevant accounting and regulatory developments and summarizes them for the Audit
• Develop and implement an annual business plan for complex accounting, and accounting policies
• Periodically draft updates to internal accounting
• Reviews the financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis

Requirements:

• CPA designation
• A minimum 5 years of post designation experience
• Hands-on experience in external reporting and complex accounting or related experience
• Advanced or specialized knowledge and experience with IFRS
• Knowledge of securities regulations and processes as they pertain to MD&A and financial statement filings
• Experience in public accounting (audit and/or consultancy)
• Demonstrated ability to apply IFRS and regulatory knowledge to the review of accounting requests, financial documents and new information presented impacting disclosure
• Preparation of technical memos supporting your position and ability to work with and respond to external audit requests
• Ability to convey complex ideas or principles with simplicity, both in writing and verbally

To apply, please email us your resume, attached, in confidence to mike.buckner@roneta.com.  Please include the title of this position in the subject line.  We prefer resume files as .doc or .rtf; pdf acceptable.