Capital Power Corporation

Lead, Technical Accounting

Capital Power Corporation • $90K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-Secondary Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting
  • Professional accounting designation required
  • Minimum 3 years of post-designation accounting experience
  • Experience with IFRS and US GAAP is an asset
  • Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience with Oracle is a plus
  • Previous work in a Financial Reporting team, especially for a publicly listed company, is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Advise on technical accounting matters and prepare supporting memos as needed
  • Monitor technical accounting issues and communicate updates to auditors and senior management quarterly
  • Prepare supporting working papers for quarterly and annual financial statements
  • Review notes and working papers for financial statement disclosures
  • Advise on transactional impacts to AFFO on an ad hoc basis
  • Monitor IFRS developments and summarize significant changes for the Audit Committee quarterly
  • Prepare an IFRS disclosure checklist for financial statement disclosures

Benefits

  • Flexible and affordable employee benefits
  • Retirement savings programs
  • Paid time off
  • Comprehensive onboarding and training
  • Career development support
  • Potential relocation assistance
  • $1000 Referral Reward for employee referrals
Full Job Description

Your Opportunity:


This position plays a key role in assessing the impacts of significant unusual transactions, assessing new accounting standards and regulations, and preparing the Company’s quarterly and annual financial statements.


You will contribute to our team by:

  • Advising on technical accounting matters and preparing supporting memos on an ad hoc basis, as required
  • Monitoring technical accounting matters and communicating them to the auditors and senior management on a quarterly basis
  • Preparing various supporting working papers on a quarterly and annual basis
  • Preparing or reviewing certain notes and supporting working papers to the quarterly and annual financial statements
  • Advising on transactional impacts to AFFO on an ad hoc basis
  • Monitoring IFRS developments and preparing a memo to the Audit Committee summarizing significant changes to IFRS, on a quarterly basis
  • Preparing an IFRS disclosure checklist supporting our quarterly and annual financial statement disclosures, and

performing various other SOX controls, as required


What you will bring to the role:


Education & Experience:

  • Post-Secondary Degree in Business, Finance or Accounting
  • A professional accounting designation
  • Experience working with IFRS
  • A minimum of 3 years of post-designation accounting experience.
  • Past experience working as part of a Financial Reporting team, Experience working for a publicly listed company is an asset
  • Experience with Oracle is an asset
  • Experience with US GAAP is an asset
  • Proficiency in excel and Microsoft Office Suite

Working Conditions:

  • Hybrid: work from home on Mondays and Fridays and in the office Tuesdays through Thursdays.
  • 8 hours per day + reasonable overtime required during quarter ends.
  • Core hours are from 7:30-8:30 through 4:30-5:30.

Additional Details

In order to be considered for this role you must be legally eligible to work in Canada.


The successful candidate for this position will undergo an education verification, reference checks and criminal record check.


Capital Power employees that refer a successful candidate for this position are eligible for a $1000 Referral Reward!


We believe that creating a culture that supports employee physical, mental, financial, and social wellbeing is critical to our success. That is why we provide flexible and affordable employee benefits, retirement savings, and paid time off programs. We also provide comprehensive onboarding, training, and programs supporting your career development.


Depending on the posting requirements relocation assistance may be available.


About Capital Power Corporation

Capital Power is an independent power generation company based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Capital Power develops, acquires, owns and operates power generation facilities using a variety of energy sources. Capital Power owns approximately 6,600 megawatts of power generation capacity at 27 facilities across North America.
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