Sr. Business Unit Accountant

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Job Summary

The Senior Business Unit Accounting Analyst provides technical guidance and workflow support to the Business Unit Accounting staff in collaboration with the Manager, Business Unit Accounting to ensure accurate financial reporting and month-end close processes. This role is responsible for reviewing account reconciliations, performing variance analysis on gross margin, and operational expenses, and fostering proactive collaboration with other accounting and finance departments to report accurate financial results. Furthermore, the position drives operational excellence by identifying process redundancies, implementing new workflows, and monitoring business process controls to ensure efficiency and compliance.

Key Job Responsibilities

- Assist the Manager, Business Unit Accounting in providing guidance and mentorship to the Business Unit accountants to ensure accurate and timely financial outputs, including supporting the month-end close process, assisting with deliverables, and identifying high-priority issues.

- Review of monthly account reconciliations, ensuring compliance and performing high-risk account reconciliations to support internal controls.

- Identify and implement process improvement initiatives by identifying redundancies, implementing new workflows, and supporting continuous efficiency projects.

- Prepare monthly revenue, gross margin, and operational expenses variance analysis, including investigating and explaining variance drivers to other finance and accounting departments.

- Support the oversight and monitoring of business process controls within the business unit accounting group to ensure controls are operating effectively.

- Assist the Manager, Business Unit Accounting with onboarding and training.

Minimum Education and/or Experience Required for the Job

- An undergraduate degree in Business (preferably Accounting or Finance) is preferred.

- 4+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with a strong understanding of inventory, operational expenses and revenue.

- Workday or cloud-based ERP experience is preferred.

- Working towards a CPA designation or other certifications

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

- Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards under IFRS (e.g., inventory, cost of sales, revenue recognition) and proven ability to oversee, troubleshoot, and guide team members through complex account reconciliations.

- Experience in financial variance analysis (Revenue, Gross Margin, and OPEX), management of month-end accruals, and ensuring effective internal business process controls.

- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects with a forward-looking, proactive mindset to identify process impacts, implement improvements, and reduce redundancies.

- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams, including FP&A, to convey financial information clearly.

Preferred Education and/or Experience

- CPA designation

Other Requirements Travel, physical requirements, etc.

- Ability to sit for long periods of time.

- Prolonged use of computers.

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The physical demands of your job must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job. AI Disclosure Statement: At The Boyd Group and all affiliated companies, we do not use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated tools to screen, assess, or select applicants for employment. All hiring decisions are made by real people who review each application individually. Compensation Details: $70,000 - $90,000 / Year

Compensation is commensurate with skill, education and experience.

Supplemental Pay: This position may also be eligible for Bonus opportunities tied to individual or business initiatives