Finance Manager

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.

Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.

Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• To protect and optimize the use of CSA Group assets and ensure that Corporate Finance Policies and Procedures and Accounting and Reporting principles are adhered to in the legal entity(ies)/region(s) of responsibility (hereinafter, all duties responsibilities below apply to all entities under the individual’s responsibility).

• Ensures that internal controls and procedures are followed locally. Communicates to Corporate Finance and direct Manager any suspicion of fraud to generate visibility.

• Responsible for maintaining local books in accordance with local statutory accounting principles and for the annual preparation and filing of local statutory financial statements.

• Responsible for coordinating the completion of annual tax filings.

• Responsible for managing the local accounting resources through the month-end accounting activities and closure and ensuring all month-end accounting transactions and activities are complete and accurate.

• Responsible for managing local team through the monthly and annual closure of the financial statements under IFRS for purposes of reporting to Corporate Finance for consolidation purposes.

• Provides monthly financial analysis and responsible for completion of the CSA Group month-end reporting package, submitted to CSA Corporate Finance.

• Actively participates in the annual budgeting process and in providing analysis against budget monthly and in providing input into the forecasting process.

• Works closely with personnel in other Corporate areas, including HR and Payroll.
• Provide ad-hoc support and reporting to local personnel, as required (i.e. Operations, Commercial Teams, HR, etc.)

• Acts as a liaison with Regional and Corporate Finance to help on the implementation of any new initiative, requirement or reporting.

• Participates in local and Global Finance Team meetings regularly.

• Expected to manage, coach and mentor direct reports and to invest in development of team member’s growth at CSA (using the applicable Career Development model provided by HR).

Preferred Education & Experience

• University degree in Finance or Accounting along with the local accounting designation
• Master’s degree is desirable
• Minimum of 7-10 years of Business experience in an accounting and financial environment
• Thorough understanding of Accounting principles and an extensive knowledge of fundamental accounting information systems
• Strong analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, maturity, and the ability to work independently are required
• Excellent communication and team management skills are required
• Fluency in English (as a second language) required
• Ability to travel occasionally is required
• Must be a team player with collaborative approach