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Accounting Finance & Contract Officer Full-time Job

Sep 6th, 2024 at 09:35   Financial Services   Toronto   243 views Reference: 8974
Job Details
Our Cost Accounting Office is seeking an Accounting Finance & Contract Officer to provide financial planning and ensure enterprise-level finance controls for a portfolio of capital projects, with a focus on monitoring and ensuring effective financial review of capital costs.
 
What will I be doing?
  • Monitors and manages a portfolio of capital projects for the organization.
  • Ensures financial cost tracking is aligned with accounting standards.
  • Monitors project costs from work in progress to asset retirement.
  • Supports project managers with financial advisory support and appropriate accounting treatment of project costs.
  • Facilitates month end/year end activities for assigned projects (i.e., cost adjustments, capitalization, asset retirements etc.).
  • Supports Manager Capital Cost Accounting with audit matters, including year-end audit, auditor general requests and cost audits.
  • Provides advice to the business, recommending accounting treatment, project code set up, categorization of assets, project closure and amortization. 
  • Develops and coordinates financial, contract and administrative project functions.
  • Establishes and maintains procedures and processes within the department consistent with company policy and good business practices.
  • Assists the Manager, Capital Cost Accounting in capital rehabilitation and growth, and in managing projects/fixed assets accounting and other issues.
  • Coordinates with other internal disciplines regarding project management.
  • Identifies and assesses financial issues that could impact the overall performance of Capital Projects.
  • Develops quarterly Board Reports for Senior Management.
What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?
  • Completion of a diploma in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Economics or a related discipline – or a combination of education, training, and experience deemed equivalent.
  • Demonstrated experience in project management, cost control, budget control, and/or management.
  • Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation an asset.
  • Experience in budget, project schedule and forecasts, construction, contract administration, negotiations, and developing terms and conditions. 
  • Knowledge of Project Management principles and practices would be an asset.
  • Organizational and analytical skills to develop and coordinate financial, contract and administrative project functions.
  • Experience using MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
  • Knowledge of Oracle ERP systems will be an asset.
  • Interpersonal and oral/written/presentation skills to generate reports and graphs for progress reports and presentations and make presentations to senior management audiences.
Don’t Meet Every Requirement? 
If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.
Company Description
Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Torontos subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.