West Fraser

Senior Accountant Financial Reporting

West Fraser$90K — $115K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Professional accounting designation required
  • 5-8+ years in financial consolidation in a multi-currency environment
  • Hands-on experience with consolidation tools like EPM FCCS and SAP
  • Strength in complex ownership models; familiarity with Oracle EBS preferred
  • Strong documentation and process design skills
  • Expertise in hierarchy design and multidimensional databases
  • Advanced Excel proficiency

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end consolidation for multiple entities
  • Ensure accurate eliminations and foreign currency translations
  • Support monthly and annual financial close processes
  • Design and maintain reporting hierarchies
  • Prepare quarterly and year-end working papers and reconciliations
  • Enforce governance over hierarchy changes and master data
  • Liaise with key stakeholders to translate reporting needs

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Pension and savings plans
  • Life, disability, and accident insurance
  • Generous vacation and paid holidays
  • Additional benefits to support well-being
Full Job Description
Our Vancouver office is seeking an experienced professional Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting to join our Financial Reporting team. This role oversees the consolidation of financial results across a complex, multi-entity organization using Oracle EPM. You will own the consolidation database structure and ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance across management, legal, statutory, and regulatory reporting-covering intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, and consolidation adjustments.

You will work closely with Corporate Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, IT, and Operating Accounting to support period-end close, structural changes, and system integrity. The team consolidates and analyzes financial data, ensures compliance with accounting policies, and drives process improvements that support timely, reliable reporting. Our multi-currency, multi-jurisdictional environment requires strong FX expertise; experience with complex consolidated cash flow statements is an asset.

We're looking for a self-starter and strong communicator with a problem-solving mindset, attention to detail, and a drive for continuous improvement.

You'll Do:

Financial Consolidation:

  • Lead end-to-end consolidation across multiple entities and reporting hierarchies
  • Ensure accurate ownership structures, eliminations, and FX translation
  • Support monthly/quarterly/annual close, including journal entries and variance analysis
  • Align legal, management, and external reporting structures
  • Maintain data integrity, auditability, and scalability of the consolidation model


Reporting Hierarchy Management:

  • Design and maintain legal, management, operational, and regulatory hierarchies
  • Manage entity/account rollups and alternate reporting views
  • Implement hierarchy changes driven by reorganizations, acquisitions, or reporting needs


Financial Reporting:

  • Prepare quarter-end and year-end working papers, reconciliations, and variance analysis
  • Prepare workpapers for equity compensation, consolidation files, cash flow proofs, and legal entity statements
  • Support ad hoc and special projects


Governance & Controls:

  • Enforce governance over hierarchy changes, entity setup, and master data
  • Document consolidation processes and system logic
  • Support SOX/internal control compliance and audit requests


Stakeholder Collaboration:

  • Liaise with Corporate Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Operations
  • Translate reporting needs into system and hierarchy designs
  • Train finance users on consolidation structures and reporting tools
  • Partner with IT on metadata governance, upgrades, and enhancements


You Will Have:

  • Professional accounting designation required
  • 5-8+ years in financial consolidation in a complex, multi-currency, multi-entity environment
  • Hands-on experience with consolidation tools (EPM FCCS, HFM, OneStream, SAP, Anaplan)
  • Experience with complex ownership models; Oracle EBS, JDE, and BI tools an asse
  • Strong understanding of consolidation principles (eliminations, FX, NCI, equity accounting)
  • Expertise in hierarchy design and multidimensional databases
  • Advanced Excel; experience with systems administration or metadata management
  • Strong documentation and process design skills
  • SOX/internal controls and automation experience considered assets
  • Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity in complex structures
  • Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to balance operational execution with long-term design thinking


What We Offer:

  • Competitive base salary with an annual bonus opportunity. The typical salary range for this position is $90,000-$115,000, with variation based on location, education, and relevant experience.
  • Comprehensive benefits: including medical, dental, and vision coverage, pension and saving plans, life, disability, and accident insurance, vacation time, paid holidays and additional benefits to support your well-being.


Your Workplace Location:

Nestled amid captivating natural beauty, Vancouver offers an enchanting experience for visitors. Its balmy climate, coupled with the warm hospitality of its people, has earned it a reputation as one of the world's most sought-after tourist destinations. However, Vancouver's appeal doesn't just end there. The city boasts a vibrant cultural scene, with a rich diversity of languages and ethnicities, adding to its unique charm. As one of Canada's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, Vancouver is a melting pot of cultures, traditions, and lifestyles, making it an unparalleled place to live.

If this position sounds like the career for you, apply today in confidence, by submitting your resume and cover letter at www.westfraser.com/jobs

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About West Fraser

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a Canadian forestry company that produces lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, and wood chips based in Quesnel BC, Canada. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a member of the Forest Products Association of Canada. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was twice recognized as one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures and five times as Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2017. Also, the company was recently named for the fourth time as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and Canada's Best Employer for Recent Graduates for 2018. West Fraser was founded by three brothers from Seattle: Pete, Bill and Sam Ketcham in 1955. The three brothers decided to do business together and purchased a small planing mill in Quesnel, British Columbia. Over the years the company grew, "West Fraser has become the largest lumber manufacturer in North America with 8,600 employees globally – about 5,000 in Western Canada – at about 50 locations." In April 2020, it was revealed that Jim Pattison had upped his stake in West Fraser to 13.8% ownership, prompting speculation that the Canadian billionaire had plans to merge the company with Canfor, of which he owns 51%. In response, West Fraser adopted a shareholder rights plan or "poison pill" in order to defend against any attempts at a takeover.
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