Financial Accounting Manager

Pure Flavor Farms LP is a family of greenhouse vegetable growers sharing a commitment to bringing A Life of Pure Flavor™ to communities everywhere. Built on generations of expertise, we are the next generation of growers—strategically located throughout North America and inspired to put quality, flavor, and our retail and foodservice customers first.

With a dedicated, energetic, and highly skilled workforce, we truly believe our employees make the difference. We are proud to offer a progressive, vibrant organization where you can advance your career, master your skills, and grow alongside us.

The Financial Accounting Manager is responsible for supporting the month-end and year-end financial accounting and reporting processes for the group of companies under the Pure Flavor® brand. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, this role manages the day-to- day general ledger, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, adjusting entries, inter-company transactions, and helps ensure financial information is accurate, complete, well-supported, and prepared within established reporting timelines.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the month-end and year-end financial close processes, ensuring accounting activities are completed accurately and within established reporting timelines.
• Review general ledger activity, detailed account reconciliations, supporting schedules, accruals, adjusting entries, and follow up on discrepancies or incomplete items .
• Assist with the preparation of accurate financial statements, including variance analysis, financial commentary, and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate inter-company transactions and reconciliations, ensuring differences are identified, investigated, and resolved.
• Support the financial consolidation process, ensuring accurate and consistent financial results across the group of companies.
• Analyze financial results and account activity to identify significant trends, variances, unusual transactions, and areas requiring further investigation.
• Support the year-end audit process by collaborating with external auditors, preparing required audit schedules and supporting documentation, and assisting in resolving financial inquiries under the direction of the Corporate Controller.
• Maintain and support effective financial controls and accounting processes to promote the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of financial reporting.
• Identify and implement opportunities to standardize and improve financial accounting, reconciliation, close, and reporting processes.
• Work collaboratively with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Grower Accounting, Inventory, FP&A, and other areas of the business to support the completeness and accuracy of financial information.
• Assist with the annual budgeting and forecasting processes as required, including analysis of financial information and variances.
• Prepare special and ad-hoc financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing financial information and trends.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and development to team members, including oversight of workflows, scheduling, training, and ongoing professional development.
• Support compliance with applicable local, provincial, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.
• Other core expectations as defined by the company.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration (required).
• CPA designation (required).
• Public accounting experience (preferred).
• A minimum of three (3) years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in working with multiple currencies and legal entities.
• Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including GAAP.
• Advanced Microsoft (MS) Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) skills required; demonstrated ability to produce presentations, spreadsheets, graphs, and charts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be an influential leader with a collaborative management style and ability to motivate others, fostering an environment of continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate keen attention to detail and task-related accuracy, as well as consistent follow-through skills.

Work Environment:

• Hours of work may vary depending on business needs; flexibility is required.
• Role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work. 
• Role requires the ability to listen and speak to other employees.
• The position may involve needing to lift up to 30-pounds; occasionally up to 50-pounds..

Compensation & Benefits:
This position offers a salary range of $95,000.00 - $110,000.00 CAD annually, commensurate with experience, skills, and internal equity. In addition, Pure Flavor provides a competitive total rewards package that includes company-paid benefits, RRSP matching, and paid time off.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, submit your resume to Pure Flavor today!

Pure Flavor is committed to providing an accessible and barrier-free environment for all individuals, including candidates and employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable accessibility and accommodation legislation, including the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in Canada and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please contact our Human Resources department.

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