Job Description

The Manager will be responsible for activities supporting the accounting, reporting, compliance and analytics functions, as well as providing transaction support for Infrastructure assets. Primary responsibilities include hands-on preparation and review of financial information, reporting deliverables, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial records, and various other activities in support of the Infrastructure portfolio.

To support these responsibilities, the successful candidate must have strong interpersonal skills, experience in financial reporting and analysis, a willingness to learn new skills and systems, and will establish a close working relationship with other members within the Finance, Tax, Legal and Deal teams.

Please note this is a temporary contract position with a projected end date of July 18th, 2024.

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

Financial Reporting & Analytics

• Supports the Deal Team and OMERS on various financial reporting and analytics for the Infrastructure portfolios;
• Analyses and provides performance return information (e.g. IRR, total return, etc) for the total portfolio and other aggregates, and prepares various management reports;
• Maintains accounting records for assigned portfolio of assets, including data processes / bookkeeping on a day-to-day basis in accordance with all applicable agreements, and ensures appropriate treatment under applicable accounting principles;
• Reviews entries to the General Ledger with appropriate analysis and supporting documentation;
• Reviews monthly and year-end working papers with appropriate analysis and supporting documentation for annual financial reporting and audit purposes, and liaises with internal and external auditors accordingly;
• Liaises with deal team, legal, tax and OMERS corporate by providing support in transaction execution and other regular deliverables, in a timely fashion;
• Prepares and reviews the quarterly forecast and annual budget for the assigned portfolio;
• Collaborate with valuation team by compiling and supplying relevant information for quarterly valuation exercise, in a timely manner;
• Reviews quarterly and/or annual legal entity financial statements including notes and audit working papers in accordance with the appropriate accounting standards, as well as corresponding tax kits;
• Coordinates the analysis and delivery of financial information for internal/external reporting and tax filings;
• Review intercompany account reconciliations and collaborate with other departments to investigate and resolve differences;
• Provides guidance to Analysts and Senior Analysts on financial reporting / accounting treatments for the assigned portfolio;
• Participate in accounting research projects, as required.

Cash Management

• Reviews project funding requests in accordance with approved commitments and wire instructions on a timely basis;
• Monitor cash balances and movements, in preparation of transactions, as required;
• Reviews cash / distribution projections and manages investment strategy on excess cash for assigned portfolio.

Compliance

• Organizes and oversees the gathering of financial and operating information for compliance reporting;
• Responsible for compiling information for statutory and other reporting, as required; and
• Liaises with the Legal team to ensure legal records are complete and accurate.

People Management

• Engage with team regularly, working with various team members in a reviewer or preparer capacity;
• Ability to jump in and working alongside team members to complete tasks in short order.

Other duties

• Acts as back-up to cover duties of other team member(s) in relation to the Infrastructure portfolio;
• Support projects / initiatives and other ad hoc assignments.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in accounting for the financial sector, experience with alternative investments is preferred;
• CPA or equivalent accounting designation;
• Prior work experience in financial accounting, reporting, and investment finance;
• Working knowledge of business intelligence tools (e.g. PowerBI, Alteryx) would be an asset;
• Strong understanding of IFRS and fair value accounting, knowledge of pension accounting is an asset;
• Experience with complex organizational structures, consolidated reporting and multiple currencies;
• Strong excel skills, including the ability to work with complex models;
• Self-motivated to learn new concepts and participate in new projects, ability to learn in a short period of time;
• Strong analytical skills and results oriented;
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and accurately (both verbal and written)

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Our story:

Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $127.4 billion in net assets as at June 30, 2023. OMERS is a jointly-sponsored pension plan, with more than 1,000 participating employers ranging from large cities to local agencies, and over half a million active, deferred and retired members. OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, local boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children\xe2\x80\x99s aid societies across Ontario. Contributions to the Plan are funded equally by members and employers. OMERS teams work in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe \xe2\x80\x93 serving members and employers and originating and managing a diversified portfolio of high-quality investments in public markets, private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives.

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