AGRI-NEO – JOB DESCRIPTION
Accountant
Member of: Finance Team
Location: Toronto, Ontario
COMPANY
Agri-Neo’s mission is to help safely feed the world. Our vision to accomplish this is to set new food safety standards with our treatments for many foods. Our first product line is Neo-Pure, which leverages our proprietary technology of liquid formulas and systems that apply our solutions onto spices, seeds, herbs, and nuts in food processing facilities. These solutions control pathogens such as Salmonella and other quality indicator microorganisms (TPC, coliforms, etc.) to ensure the food is safe to eat and to prevent recalls. We have several customers throughout the globe (North America, Latin America, China, and Egypt), including large mainstream food processors that treat food continuously at high throughputs. We are scaling up our products at more mainstream customer sites to ensure that we set new food safety and food quality standards to help safely feed the world.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Accountant will report to the Director of Finance and will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day functions of the Finance team including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger and Payroll. You will have full cycle accounting experience attained through increasingly progressive roles within accounting/finance.
Key Responsibilities
- Process customer invoices for Accounts Receivable and follow-up on delinquent AR as required.
- Process vendor invoices for Accounts Payable ensuring proper coding of expenses and working with vendors to resolve issues.
- Employee expenses – process employee expense reports, including reviewing expense reports in Dext to ensure compliance with company policy, proper coding of expenses, ensuring regular and timely payments to employees.
- General Ledger – oversee and execute the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. Ensure all transactions are accurately recorded. Perform monthly review of financial results with explanations of the variances. Work with internal stakeholders to ensure proper recognition of revenue and proper allocation of expenses.
- Banking – monthly reconciliation of bank accounts, work to resolve any issues/errors, investigate reconciling items in a timely manner.
- Payroll – act as administrator of Dayforce ensuring all employee records are properly maintained. Process bi-monthly payroll for both Canada and the US.
- Preparation and filing of quarterly HST return.
- Balance Sheet reconciliations – reconcile all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis with a full understanding to the underlying details.
- Inventory - work with the operations team to ensure inventory is reconciled on a monthly basis.
- Assist with all statutory reporting requirements – e.g. WSIB, Annual Reports, etc.
- Assist with interim and year-end audits as required.
- Act as a liaison between the finance department and other internal departments providing guidance to team members as necessary.
- Assist with projects, ad-hoc requests and complete other tasks as required.
Qualifications:
- Post secondary degree or diploma in accounting/finance.
- Working towards, or holding, a CPA designation or equivalent work experience.
- 4+ years of accounting experience.
- 3+ years of experience in processing payroll with full knowledge of year-end tax requirements.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
Skills:
- Experience with Quick Books Online is considered a strong asset.
- Experience with Ceridian Dayforce is considered a strong asset.
- Ability to work within a multi-currency environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated strong work ethic and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues.
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work well with other departments and senior management.
- Excellent prioritization and organizational skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to identify deficiencies and then develop and implement process improvements to mitigate them.
As part of our commitment to inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility, our goal is a workforce built on respect that reflects the communities we serve. We thank all applicants for their interest in Agri-Neo but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We are proud to be in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), 2005 and the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation. We are happy to honor accommodations at any part of the recruitment process and invite you to let us know how we can help.
