Accountant - Mid

Fredericton, New Brunswick, CA, E3B 7G5

At Algonquin-Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

This position reports to the Manager, Finance. Job responsibilities are primarily related to financial processing and intercompany accounting, details noted in the following section. This role needs to be able to manage their workload and be able to work independently with limited supervision.

Accountabilities

Intercompany Accounting

• Managing all incoming intercompany transactions.
• Ensuring that all transactions are reviewed for completeness and accuracy (ie: payroll, intercompany billings, corporate allocations).
• Reconciling intercompany payable/receivable balances with trading partners.
• Determining what needs to be done if there are found to be variances/issues and working with trading partner teams on any variances/issues to rectify.

Finance and Internal Controls

• Preparing monthly journal entries and reconciliations. Ensuring that supporting documentation and files are in place that adhere to internal control guidelines.
• Compiling monthly data trackers for team and ensuring that they are adhered to and completed.
• Compiling amortization schedules or supporting files for journal entries.
• Supporting the external and internal audit processes by compiling data and answering questions.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Preparing monthly financial reports for management.
• Analyzing data and summarizing findings for management, as requested.

Budgets and Forecasting / Regulatory

• Working with managers to assist in compiling annual budgets and forecasts.
• Assisting with compilation of financial data for regulatory filings.
• Responding to regulatory requests for financial data.

Other

• Ensuring compliance with all policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Mentoring and training junior staff/students.
• Cross training and supporting others in the group with workload, as required.

Education and Experience

University - Bachelor degree or equivalent

3+ years of experience

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

Customer Centric
Integrity
Entrepreneurial
Teamwork
Owner mindset
Outcome focused
Continuous learning

What we offer

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

A defined contribution savings plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Group Benefit Plan

Variety of Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.