Senior Accountant

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the integrity of payroll accounting and related balance sheet accounts across the North American organization including Intercompany balances. The near-term priority is to stabilize and improve the accuracy of automated Workday-to-JDE payroll entries, strengthen payroll clearing and reconciliation processes, and resolve recurring posting issues. The role also prepares approximately 15 recurring U.S. and Canadian sales/use tax returns and owns the related accounting and reconciliations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary from $92,000 – $100,000.
• Health Insurance (includes Virtual Health, and HCSA), Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, Short-term Disability
• RRSP Match
• Paid Vacation
• Floating Days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Engagement Events
• Awards and Recognition
• Tuition reimbursement
• Service Awards
• Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

• Own payroll accounting and related reconciliations for approximately 20 North American sites.
• Review and validate automated Workday-to-JDE payroll journal entries for completeness, accuracy, and appropriate legal-entity and account coding.
• Lead the short-term stabilization of the Workday-to-JDE payroll accounting process by identifying root causes of posting inaccuracies and implementing sustainable corrections.
• Own payroll clearing accounts, including reconciliation of Workday payroll entries to cash activity and timely investigation and resolution of outstanding differences.
• Prepare payroll-related journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Partner with Payroll, HR, Treasury, site finance, and Accounting to resolve payroll accounting issues and improve end-to-end controls.
• Prepare approximately 15 recurring U.S. and Canadian sales/use tax returns and supporting schedules.
• Own the accounting for sales/use taxes, including accruals, remittances, reconciliations, and investigation of variances.
• Maintain clear supporting documentation and ensure recurring processes are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities and provide schedules and explanations for internal and external audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate recurring payroll and indirect tax accounting processes.
• Perform intercompany balance reconciliations monthly and full transactional reconciliations quarterly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA designation or progress toward a CPA is an asset.
• Approximately 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a multi-site or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, clearing accounts, and month-end close.
• Experience with indirect tax or sales/use tax compliance is preferred; ability to learn recurring filing requirements is essential.
• Experience with Workday, JDE, or comparable ERP/payroll systems is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to trace system-generated entries through to underlying payroll and cash activity.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and resolve issues with appropriate urgency and follow-through.
• Strong Excel skills and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.