Senior Accountant

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Lift Auto Group’s Corporate office on-site in Kelowna, BC is hiring. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Accountant to join our team. Working closely with our Controller to support payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable bank reconciliations and much more. We are looking for a candidate fully competent at performing general accounting and administrating full cycle accounting tasks.

Lift Auto Group (Lift) is a rapidly expanding consolidator of collision repair shops with 55 locations across Canada with most locations operating under the CSN Collision Centre banner. Boasting a diverse team and an authentic opportunity to be part of an amazing growth story, this role provides an affiliation to an organization you can genuinely be proud of.

Key Qualifications:

• Accounting related post-secondary education.
• 3-5 years of progressive experience within financial department.
• Organized and adaptable.
• Capability of managing a large workload while meeting deadlines in a rapidly changing environment.
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in team environment with minimal supervision.

Qualifications Nice to Have:

• Completed or working towards CPA designation (For the right candidate, we will reimburse CPA tuition).
• Knowledgeable with IFRS reporting standards.
• Power BI experience.
• Experience with auto insurance companies and/or auto collision repair industry.
• Experience with Asset Purchase Allocations and/or Share Purchase Allocations.

Career Overview/Responsibilities:

• General Accounting – trial balance reconciliations, capital lease additions, disposals, modifications, and adjustments. Fixed asset amortization schedules and adjustments, inventory adjustments including WIP.
• Maintain orderly accounting filing system including all supporting schedules.
• Perform variance analysis on monthly financial statements to budget and investigates variances proactively to ensure reporting accuracy.
• Monitor internal controls, processes, and procedures to ensure internal policy, regulatory, and tax compliance.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to finance team members.
• Assists with the development and implementation of financial policies, reporting systems and accounting procedures.
• Assists controller in preparing financial reports for management team.
• Assists controller in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements including balance sheet, cash flow and profit/loss statements.
• Assist with asset lease, financing and insurance management when required.
• Assist with Audits as needed.

Lift Auto Group offers a stable work environment and the ability to advance within our company. Along with a great compensation plan, we provide comprehensive benefit package that includes life, AD&D, health, dental, out of country coverage, vision, critical illness, and disability coverages.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $80,000.00-$100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kelowna, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Are you eligible to work in Canada?

Experience:

• Accounting: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Chartered Professional Accountant (preferred)

Work Location: In person