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Senior Accountant

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In-Office
Calgary, AB
Senior level
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Calgary, AB
Senior level
The Senior Accountant will lead management reporting, variance analysis, and support budget development, ensuring accuracy in financial data and communication with stakeholders.
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Why Work Here?

Employees at ATCO are offered endless variety. We are entrepreneurial with a large degree of autonomy and freedom, experiencing new situations and learning opportunities every day. Internal advancement is commonplace, and we are always supported in our career journey. We believe in creating a workplace where you can thrive professionally while contributing to something greater and serving our communities.

About the Role:

Join ATCO’s Common Group Accounting team as a Senior Accountant and play a key role in turning complex financial data into clear, decision-ready insights. You’ll lead monthly and quarterly management reporting and variance analysis for shared Common Groups costs, while acting as a go-to resource for managing and reporting data across multiple financial systems. You’ll also contribute to special accounting and reporting initiatives that help strengthen how we measure, understand, and communicate performance across the organization.

What You Get to Do:

•    Work as a business partner to provide Common Group leaders and cost center owners support to interpret financial results and develop forecasts and budgets
•    Collect and record the annual budget and monthly financial forecasts
•    Complete month-end journal entries; recurring/ad hoc reconciliations
•    Prepare analysis and reconciliation of accounts
•    Prepare and distribute monthly financial reports
•    Prepare monthly and quarterly reports to Common Group leaders consolidating total Common Groups costs into a single suite of presentations and reports
•    Document and continually improve accounting and reporting processes
•    Manage large datasets used to support management reporting, while maintaining data integrity and output accuracy
•    Subject matter expert on managing and reporting financial data from multiple databases
•    A key resource in preparing and supporting regulatory applications 
•    Involved in analysis and reporting of special projects
•    Effectively communicate accounting policies/procedures to non-financial personnel, including guidance on GL coding


What You Bring:

•    Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Accounting or other related degree
•    Canadian Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
•    7+ years of experience in complex corporate accounting or financial management environment
•    Experienced working with large enterprise financial systems, preferably Oracle Fusion
•    Advanced Excel skills and application (pivot tables, formulas, graphs, etc.)
•    Strategic budgeting and forecasting expertise
•    Demonstrates strong analytical skills and produces accurate, high-quality work while meeting tight timelines
•    Able to work independently with sound judgment and strong problem-solving skills
•    Communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels
•    Highly motivated to learn, and takes initiative to advance business knowledge

What We Offer:

•    A culture based on caring, integrity, agility, collaboration, and striving for excellence
•    Competitive compensation
•    Flex benefits
•    Tuition assistance program
•    Training and mentorship programs
•    Charitable donation matching


We would like to thank everyone for their application; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.   
 
ATCO delivers inspired solutions for a better world. We are a diversified global corporation with investments in the essential services of Structures & Logistics, Utilities, Energy Infrastructure, Retail Energy, Transportation and Commercial Real Estate. Learn more about how we build communities, energize industries and deliver customer-focused solutions like no other company in the world at www.atco.com. ATCO is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Visit our website for more information.

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the traditional territories and homelands on which many of our ATCO operations and facilities are located. We honour and respect the diverse history, languages, ceremonies, and culture of the Indigenous Peoples who call these areas home. 
 

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