Corporate Accounting Analyst

at  AIMCo Alberta Investment Management Corporation

CLOSING DATE:

February 17, 2025
Opportunity
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Posting will close Sunday February 16th at 11:59pm MT
The Corporate Accounting Analyst is responsible for managing and processing all corporate finance transactions, ensuring accuracy and adherence to internal controls and deadlines. Their duties include reconciling employee purchasing card reports, analyzing Concur expense claims for accurate accounting treatment, and overseeing contract fee balances in the corporate contract management system. They must ensure all financial information is accurate, reliable, and processed in a timely manner while also resolving any discrepancies.

Responsibilities Include:

• Managing the Controller’s email inbox and responding to vendor/internal inquiries
• Ensuring compliance with all internal control requirements
• Collaborating with other departments for proper budget allocation and cost reclassification as needed
• Processing large volume of invoices and analyzing discrepancies between invoices, contracts, and timesheets
• Ensuring transactions reflect appropriate accounting treatment
• Resolving invoicing issues in collaboration with Procurement staff and Contract Managers
• Working with Treasury team to meet internal control requirements for callback completion
• Managing contract fee balances to prevent contract overages or expiry
• Setting up and maintaining vendors, project codes, and new accounts in Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
• Analyzing and determining non-resident tax withholdings from contracts based on CRA guidelines
• Creating general ledger entries and manual payments in Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
• Assisting Senior Financial Accountant and Manager, Corporate Accounting in month/year-end reconciliation
• Resolving system migration failures by assessing reasons for failure and making corrections
• Assisting with various audits by preparing sample package for auditors
• Generating reports to assist HR in reconciling the SDEA balances for employees

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Business, Accounting or related Degree/Diploma is preferred
• 1+ years of relevant experience in accounts payable
• Possesses an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and legislated tax reporting requirements such as GST and NRT
• Exceptional analytical skills to reconcile and resolve discrepancies
• Working knowledge of accounting software such as Great Plains, Power BI, ASC Contract Management System and SimpleLegal
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, able to manage conflicting deadlines while maintaining exceptional attention to detail
• Proven track record of taking initiative to independently research and resolve issues
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo’s core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity and collaboration, and inspires the same in others
• Generating reports to assist HR in reconciling the SDEA balances for employees

Success Factors:

• You will know success in the first thirty days if you are able to understand the priorities within the group, re-prioritize as necessary, and how they contribute to the overall success of the organization. You will become comfortable with the fast-paced nature of the team and gain familiarity with our internal systems.
• By 6-12 months, you will have become a subject matter expert using ASC and GP. You will have built trusting relationships with other teams and external vendors, and supported the objectives of the team using your accounting skills.
• You will be able to look after your core responsibilities autonomously and be comfortable tackling any arising issues.

Next Steps
We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.
Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.
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• Managing the Controller’s email inbox and responding to vendor/internal inquiries
• Ensuring compliance with all internal control requirements
• Collaborating with other departments for proper budget allocation and cost reclassification as needed
• Processing large volume of invoices and analyzing discrepancies between invoices, contracts, and timesheets
• Ensuring transactions reflect appropriate accounting treatment
• Resolving invoicing issues in collaboration with Procurement staff and Contract Managers
• Working with Treasury team to meet internal control requirements for callback completion
• Managing contract fee balances to prevent contract overages or expiry
• Setting up and maintaining vendors, project codes, and new accounts in Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
• Analyzing and determining non-resident tax withholdings from contracts based on CRA guidelines
• Creating general ledger entries and manual payments in Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
• Assisting Senior Financial Accountant and Manager, Corporate Accounting in month/year-end reconciliation
• Resolving system migration failures by assessing reasons for failure and making corrections
• Assisting with various audits by preparing sample package for auditors
• Generating reports to assist HR in reconciling the SDEA balances for employee