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Job Title:Financial Accountant
Employment Type:Full time
Address:Burnaby, BC
Req ID:5219
Pay Rate:$63,810 - $80,000

Description

Reporting to the Assistant Controller, the Financial Accountant (FA) will be a key player in facilitating the financial reporting and compliance for multiple Canadian entities.  Working closely with the Operational and Corporate Finance Teams, the FA is a key contributor to the month-end close process, preparing journal entries, working papers, and variance analysis. In addition to these core deliverables, the FA will support key initiatives, including enhancing business processes and the optimization of the close process.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of Financial Accounting experience.
  • Tactical, knowledgeable, and timely decision-making.
  • Ability to deep dive into numbers to recognize the drivers behind the numbers (Balance sheet / P&L).
  • Strategic problem solving to ensure all angles are well covered and anticipate knock-on impacts of issue.
  • Know when to solicit input from others, including his/her manager, to ensure all aspects are well covered prior to decision-making.

 

Responsibilities

As a key member of North America (NAM) Control team, the Financial Accountant must have the ability to:

  • Manage multiple deadlines, prioritize tasks accordingly, and meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders (i.e. corporate finance team, FP&A team, financial operations team, external auditors, and operations team).
  • Process monthly journal entries, ensuring all transactions are SOX compliant.
  • Prepare and reconcile monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Perform P&L and balance sheet (BS) analysis monthly and obtain a thorough understanding of variances in account balances to provide meaningful commentary to senior management.
  • Be flexible and work collaboratively as a team, taking on new tasks as needed to achieve the goal of timely and accurate reporting.
  • Intermediate knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP (preferred).
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders in a matrix environment.
  • Be an agent of change through a continuous improvement process.

 

The candidate must hold an undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or equivalent along with an accounting designation (CPA), and ideally have more than 2 years of financial analysis and accounting experience gained in a large, international, complex, publicly traded organization. 

 

Employer

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.

Recruiting Organization

As a global company, our corporate teams support billions of dollars in equipment sales every year.   

In joining our corporate services teams, you will be ensuring the business runs smoothly in your respective verticals and supporting the overall business to achieve our core objectives.  

Every day your work will make a difference in the way we run our business and the in the way customers interact with us.  

EEO Information

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted.