Job Description

About Us

We are AMS. AMS is a global total workforce solutions firm founded in 1996. We enable organizations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, reshaping, and optimizing workforces. We do this through talent acquisition and contingent workforce management, internal mobility and skills development, and talent and technology advisory services.

Our solutions are delivered by our 10,000+ experts who live our passionate, bold, and authentic values. The ultimate aim is to help clients around the world, including 100+ blue-chip companies, create workforces that are fluid, resilient, diverse, and differentiated. We call this true workforce dexterity-and we\'re here to help you achieve it.

The Role

Please Note: This role will be hybrid. 2 days per week on-site in our beautiful Toronto Office located at King Street West and University.

The role of Senior Management Accountant is a critical role in ensuring that we have the right data and insight into our business performance in a timely fashion, to run the business successfully.

The essence of the function is to close our month end accurately and as quickly as possible, produce the resulting P&L\'s and for the remainder of the time provide key information to stakeholders in the business, including inputs to forecast/budget.

As well as demonstrating a strong aptitude for leading successful management accounting processes, applicants must be able to show an ability to work with multiple stakeholders, in a matrix organizational structure.

Key Accountabilities

Financial & Operational Excellence

• Work closely with the Management Accountants in your team to ensure month end is closed in a timely manner
• Identify judgement calls on month end items and make the appropriate recommendations
• Input to monthly Finance Report for Board, and other reports for external stakeholders
• Work with the Head of Finance on a continual process improvement plan to improve the speed and processes around month end, Budgeting & Forecasting
• Work closely with the Finance Business Partners to develop processes, framework for forecasting and annual budgeting
• Work with P&L owners to ensure forecast and budget are recorded accurately in AMS\' finance systems

Ad Hoc Analysis

Provide analysis and information around areas such as:

• Cost analysis to support decisions around cost restructuring
• Analysis to support central corporate/commercial team
• Trend analysis and commentary when required to provide further insight to management information

Team Management

• Commitment and demonstrable ability to coach and develop team including developing a succession plan
• Strong communication skills with the ability to analyse and communicate information succinctly and with impact
• Confidence to manage and work with a range of senior stakeholders
• Experience and skills to work in a matrix environment

Skills & Experience

• Finance professional, degree in Accounting
• Working experience in a management accounting environment
• Demonstrable examples of managing a good month end process, being able to individually contribute to its success
• Ability to present financial numbers succinctly
• Ability and experience of working with finance colleagues in separate locations

Other

At AMS, different is not just good, it\'s valuable. As a global organization, we recognize the value of different perspectives and experiences in prompting innovation, sparking creativity, and solving problems. As an equal employment opportunity organization, we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, persons with disabilities and all other categories protected by law.

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