The Opportunity:

Boost your career and come join our qualified, motivated, and fun-loving finance team working for a Canadian-based public company. Reporting to the Director, Finance - Internal Reporting, you will play a key role in the day-to-day accounting and close activities, ensuring journals, accruals, adjustments, trial balance review, and close deliverables are completed accurately, on time and in line with IFRS and Maple Leaf policies. In this role, you will continue to grow your leadership and stakeholder management capabilities while leveraging tools and technology to drive effective collaboration, process improvement, and strong financial stewardship as part of the team responsible for the company’s books and records.

For the first five months this role will include project work overseeing accounting and reporting at Maple Leaf's Montreal Subsidiary in preparation of their integration onto SAP, and will require some travel.

Reason for vacancy: Existing Headcount

Compensation: $96,000 - $141,000 CAD base pay annually plus annual short-term incentive

The above compensation reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. The base salary offered may vary based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, education, training, job- related knowledge, and other organizational requirements. For part-time roles, salaries are adjusted according to scheduled hours. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in Maple Leaf’s annual short-term incentive plan.

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

Close Management & Financial Integrity

- Manage period-end close activities for journals, accruals, adjustments, trial balance review,



and Operating Unit financial statement validation.
- Review and resolve routine accounting issues, with escalation of judgmental, material, high-risk, or non-standard matters to the Director or to the technical accounting team as required.
- Review balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, and supporting schedules.
- Provide ad hoc and system support, and stakeholder management, as required.

Journal Governance & Accounting Oversight

- Oversee preparation, review, and approval of journal entries and financial statements in accordance with established policies.
- Review trial balance and OU financial statements (P&L;, cash flow, balance sheet) for submission to consolidation.
- Ensure supporting documentation is complete and control requirements are met.
- Review and post high-risk, complex, and material accounting entries.
- Review high risk/complex account reconciliations.
- Monitor recurring journal activity and identify opportunities for standardization and automation.
- Resolve accounting issues arising during close with support from the technical accounting team and Director, as required.

General Accounting Governance

- Make recommendations as required around Finance Master Data, Chart of Accounts changes, and accounting hierarchy updates.




- Monitor the completeness and accuracy of financial outputs and related financial statement handoffs to FP&A;, External Reporting, Tax, and Treasury.
- Support system troubleshooting and period-end data integrity.
- Support the go-live of SAP at MLF's Viau subsidiary

Controls, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

- Maintain effective operational controls across accounting processes.
- Monitor policy compliance, approval requirements, and segregation of duties.
- Support internal and external audits.
- Drive remediation of control gaps and recurring issues.
- Ensure accounting documentation and close evidence meet audit requirements.
- Partner with stakeholders to resolve control issues, support audit readiness, and drive continuous improvement across close and accounting processes.
- Other duties and special projects, as required.

What You’ll Bring:

- Accounting Designation (CPA) with university degree Business/Accounting
- Deep expertise in Record-to-Report processes, close governance, and financial controls
- Strong understanding of financial statement preparation and ability to review financial statement outputs and identify issues, gaps, or unusual results requiring correction or escalation
- Strong accounting judgment with the ability to assess risks and challenge assumptions
- Proven experience overseeing audit readiness, compliance requirements, and internal control frameworks.
- Stakeholder leadership and influencing skills across the organization including Maple Leaf Subsidiaries.
- Strong team leadership and team building capabilities, with the ability to coach staff, provide clear direction, and reinforce accountability.
- Strong analyti

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