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Job Title:Senior Financial Accountant
Employment Type:Full time
Address:Burnaby, BC
Req ID:8365
Pay Rate:85,000.00 - 95,000.00

Description

Reporting to the Controller, the Senior Financial Accountant will be a key player in facilitating the financial reporting and compliance for multiple RB Global entities. Working closely with the finance operations, inventory and corporate finance teams, the Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, including reviewing journal entries and working papers, and preparing reconciliations and financial analysis, while adhering to the company’s strict deadlines. 

 

 

Qualifications

  • The candidate must hold an undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or equivalent, along with an accounting designation (CPA, CA), and ideally have more than 5 years of finance and accounting experience gained either in a Big 4 CPA firm or in a large, international, complex, publicly traded organization or equivalent.
  • Tactical, knowledgeable
  • Demonstrates tactical, knowledgeable, and timely decision-making.
  • Knows when to solicit input from others, including their manager, to ensure all aspects are thoroughly considered prior to making decisions.
  • Provides technical accounting analysis and recommendations on the structure of loan receivable contracts and supports special projects within the region.
  • Performs deep-dive analysis of financial data to identify key drivers behind balance sheet and P&L results.
  • Builds and maintains complex Excel workbooks to enhance financial analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., Corporate Finance and FP&A teams) to understand variances and produce meaningful financial commentary.
  • Responds to ad hoc accounting inquiries and drives issues through to resolution.
  • Exercises sound judgment in knowing when to escalate matters to ensure timely and complete resolution.
  • Leads the implementation of new or revised processes and procedures.
  • Gains alignment and consensus among team members and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • This is a hybrid role (3 days a week in office).

Responsibilities

As a key member of Control team, the Senior Financial Accountant must have the ability to:

  • Perform monthly analysis of financial information and obtain a thorough understanding of variances in account balances to provide meaningful commentary to senior management.
  • Liaise with the Operational Finance team and request financial information and explanations over monthly results.
  • Be a coach to other team members for task transitions/ cross-training / proper SOX execution.
  • Be an agent of change through a continuous improvement process.
  • Resolve technical accounting issues, ensuring accounting records are in accordance with US GAAP.
  • Manage multiple deadlines, prioritize tasks accordingly, and meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders (i.e. corporate finance team, external auditors, internal auditors, executives, business leaders, etc.).
  • Be flexible and work collaboratively as a team, taking on new tasks as needed to achieve the goal of timely and accurate reporting.
  • Demonstrate excellent written communication skills, providing clear and logical reasoning to support a structured argument.
  • Be self-motivated.

Employer

RB Global (NYSE: RBA)

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.