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Reporting to the Manager, Finance - Sales and Receivables, the Senior Accountant - Sales is responsible for Gross Profit including a thorough understanding of all transactions, associated business processes, applicable legislative and regulatory considerations, and appropriate accounting treatments. The Senior Accountant is responsible for the preparation of corporate budget and projections, for monthly analysis of financial performance and impact on goals set, as well as for providing timely business and customer support in all areas of accountability.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
Financial Accounting - Prepare/review journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis to ensure financial transactions are complete, reliable, and compliant with IFRS standards and other applicable legislation; maintain a solid understanding of Chart of Accounts and tax rules.
Reporting and Analysis - Prepare / review internal and external reports and requests for information, as required.
Budgets and Projections - Work closely with Sales and Gross Profit business planners to prepare the annual budget and quarterly projections. Validate assumptions, analyze results to assess impact on corporate goals, and provide recommendations regarding risks and opportunities.
Variance Analysis - Analyze monthly financial results to assess impact on ALC's corporate financial goals.
Financial Systems (Super User) - Financial Systems Super-user for the Oracle applications, ensuring optimization of the applications to maximize process efficiency and system performance; possess a complete understanding of system logic, all integration points and accounting requirements; troubleshoot and problem solve as required, while ensuring adherence to relevant accounting standards, etc.
Gross Profit (SME) - Maintain completeness and accuracy of Gross Profit results including analysis of, and recommendations regarding, business processes to ensure the appropriate recognition of transactions.
Compliance and Documentation: Review, analyze and action change to processes and documentation to align with emerging standards and legislation changes to ensure appropriate and correct recognition in accordance with CRA and other applicable legislation.
What you'll need
Qualifications
- You have a CPA designation
- You have a minimum of five years' experience in an intermediate finance role with emphasis on analytical work
- Experience working under IFRS legislation is considered an asset
- Experience with Oracle eBS, Hyperion, and Oracle OBIEE considered an asset
- You have a high level of accuracy/attention to detail
- You possess strong critical thinking and data analysis skills
- You are customer service focused
- You have a high degree of confidentiality and discretion
- This position is for a full-time 14-month term position with benefits
We're looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
Atlantic Lottery
Our players have been having fun and "dreaming big" since 1976 when Atlantic Lottery started offering lottery games on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. The game options have grown and changed over the years and so has our workforce! Today's Atlantic Lottery has more than 600 employees, who are the heart and soul of our business. We offer everything from dare-to-dream draw games to online bingo; breakopen tickets to sports wagering; and games in social settings and on the internet. With games come winners - big and small wins every day - but the best thing about lottery games is that when you choose to play with us, everyone benefits. 100% of our profits go back into our communities. That feels good! #ProudToBeAL
We are proud, gritty, community-minded, and punch above our weight. Being Atlantic Canadian means that we work hard and we know how to have fun. It also means that we genuinely care for each other as co-workers, neighbours, and friends.
Your best life is waiting in Atlantic Canada. At Atlantic Lottery, we have many roles that allow you to work from any of our four Atlantic provinces. Explore living East:
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Work With Us
Atlantic Lottery delivers a career in a fun and high-performing environment that offers a competitive salary, relevant training, development opportunities and flexible benefits. If you are interested in applying for this position please apply before June 15, 2018.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.