Senior Accountant

Job title: Senior Accountant

Company: Dentons

Job description: Dentons is designed to be different. Our firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a firm with over 21,000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80+ countries.Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2024), and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2024).This role is an opportunity for you to join the world’s largest law firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.Dentons is designed to be different. Our firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned with over 20,000 individuals in more than 200 offices across 82 countries.Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2023); Alberta Top 75 Employers (2023), Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2023); Mansfield Rule 4.0+ Certification; Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards, North America 2021; and Canada Law Awards for Pro Bono Initiative of the Year 2021.This role is an opportunity for you to join the world’s largest law firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.NOTE: This is a fixed 12 month contract role.POSITION SUMMARYReporting to the Assistant Controller, the contract Senior Accountant will support Dentons Canada’s Controllership function, which has oversight over corporate reporting, tax, audit and internal controls. This role has been created due to expanding responsibilities within the Controllership team, and to support the ongoing implementation of the Firm’s new accounting and practice management system (“Elite 3E”) that is scheduled for go-live in spring of 2025.The ideal candidate has a bias toward continuous process improvement and system optimization. The contract Senior Accountant will support the Controllership team with a focus on balancing the workload within the team, and collaborate in evaluation and re-design of monthly and annual close processes with the new Elite 3E system in mind.Role is considered fully remote, with occasional opportunity/requirement to work in-office.RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with the preparation of monthly reporting and financial close process, including taking on some management of the review and reconciliation process for the Balance Sheet to expand and improve the overall month-end process.
• Assist with review, conversion, or re-design of the month-end and year-end tasks of the Controllership team, with focus on streamlining processes with Elite 3E in mind to leverage new capabilities post-implementation.
• Review monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliations and journal entries.
• Ensure all financial deadlines are met in an accurate and timely manner.
• Update Controllership related process documentation.
• Support system configuration and testing in line with project milestones, delivering an accurate and optimized system post-implementation.
• Assist with transition processes and procedures that adhere to internal controls introduced with the new system.
• Provide assistance and sustainment support post go-live where required.
• Understand the group structure and intercompany relationships.
• Coordinate and lead ad hoc projects and accounting initiatives.
• Other duties as required from time to time in support of the Controllership function.

REQUIREMENTS

• Undergraduate business degree with a focus in Accounting/Finance.
• CPA designation
• High degree of initiative, responsibility, and business acumen
• Experience in progressive accounting roles providing a broad base of experience relevant to the job description, ideally with 7-10 years’ experience in operational and corporate reporting, tax, audit and internal controls
• Curious: you utilize your natural curiosity to effect change – even when you don’t have all the answers you are able to identify creative solutions to problems
• Collaborator/Teamwork: you have developed skills to help you build trust with various stakeholders and demonstrated effective communication, written and oral, to assist in pushing forward change initiatives
• Flexibility: ability to manage various deadlines simultaneously, interface with different levels of management and to thrive in a fast-paced environment, dealing with ambiguity and change in a polycentric and global enterprise
• Systems/Technology: you have a strong understanding how systems and technology can impact effective and efficient operations, with an advanced knowledge of Excel
• Experience with system implementations and/or being a power user of accounting systems an asset
• Experience in professional services industry an asset
• A good team player that has demonstrated the ability to collaborate effectively with various functional areas to help develop and implement win-win solutions with an eye for continuous improvement
• Enjoys working in a challenging and changing environment and is a creative problem-solver with solid financial knowledge

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selcted for an interview will be contacted.At Dentons we are committed to offering equitable and competitive pay, we achieve this by aligning internal salary ranges for specific roles to similar positions in the external market. In the normal course, our practice is to hire, transfer and promote employees within the entry part of our range, adjusting as needed based on the prior experience, skills and competencies required for the role along with any market differentials.Recognizing our exceptional talent means providing a comprehensive total rewards package beyond a competitive salary. We have curated our employee benefits portfolio to offer inclusive and comprehensive wellbeing and developmental programs for our people. With extended benefits and mental health plans, paid time off, savings plans, fitness subsidy, parental leave top up and more, our benefits are flexible, aligned to our core values and supports the various needs of our people. Additionally, our personal and professional development programs include people networks, mentorships, and leadership series programming to help people grow their career.Note: Availability of the benefits and perks may be subject to your location and employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Dentons reserves the right to alter these programs and offerings in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.Equal Opportunity StatementAt Dentons Canada, inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) are not just ancillary values, they are foundational to our business. We believe that ID&E is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people, enhances the leading services we offer to our clients, and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to ID&E, we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employer’s for 12 consecutive years (2011-2022), as well as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2022) for the fifth time.Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome your application. All employment decisions, including hiring, will be made without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender assigned at birth, gender identity, marital status, place of origin, race, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.We are committed to providing you with an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible workplace to support your success. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process, for example as a result of a disability, please contact us at .

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Location: Ontario

Job date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:29:58 GMT

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