Financial Analyst - CONTRACT: 20-months

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Concord, ON, CAN
In-Office
Entry level
Chemical • Manufacturing
The Role
Supports corporate finance and accounting through monthly financial close, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, reporting, audit documentation, and financial data analysis. The role extracts and analyzes ERP data, maintains Excel-based schedules, investigates discrepancies, supports expense reporting systems, and delivers ad hoc reports while improving efficiency and internal controls with AI tools. This is a 20-month contract based in Vaughan, Ontario.
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We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

 

Your Role at KIK

The Corporate Financial Analyst supports the corporate finance & accounting team serving all KIK’s divisions and functional teams by turning financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights. This role plays an important role in supporting the Company's monthly financial close and consolidation process, maintaining the accuracy and integrity of financial data, and ensuring compliance with corporate accounting policies and procedures..

 

The successful candidate will work closely with various Finance and Accounting teams across the organization, supporting financial reporting activities, performing data analysis and reconciliations.

 

This is a contract role to cover a 20-month maternity leave, and is based in Vaughan, Ontario.

 

 

What You’ll Do

 

  • Perform required monthly financial close-related activities to ensure accurate and timely reporting

  • Prepare and post recurring and non-recurring journal entries, including accruals and reclassifications

  • Prepare and maintain balance sheet account reconciliations and supporting schedules.

  • Support financial reporting requirements and provide documentation for internal and external audits

  • Extract, manipulate, and analyze financial information from ERP systems and other financial reporting tools

  • Prepare and maintain Excel-based financial schedules, reconciliations, and reporting templates

  • Investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies in collaboration with various finance teams

  • Support the administration and maintenance of the company's expense reporting platform

  • Deliver ad hoc reporting and other duties as assigned

  • Leverage AI tools to improve efficiencies and internal controls

 

What You’ll Bring

 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

  • Strong understanding of basic accounting principles

  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required, Proficient in use of other MS Office products

  • Ability to work with large datasets while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail

  • Highly organized and self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and ability to thrive as part of a financial management team

 

 

About KIK

 

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes and pools.  We are one of North America's largest independent consumer products manufactures with 15 North American manufacturing facilities.  We also operate globally in the United States, Canada, Europe, South Arica, and Australia.  We are known for our portfolio of notable brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America of store-brand bleach and a leading private-label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general-purpose cleaning, and other home care products. 

 

Our global team of over 2,300 employees drives our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

 

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.

 

KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or uniformed services status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law. 

 

KIK is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application, or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, please contact Human Resources immediately.

 

Privacy Policy: https://www.kikcorp.com/privacy-policy-applicant 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Strong understanding of basic accounting principles
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  • Proficiency with other Microsoft Office products
  • Ability to work with large datasets accurately
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Highly organized and self-motivated
  • Strong work ethic
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a financial management team
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The Company
HQ: Lawrenceville, GA
2,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

KIK Consumer Products is a North American independent manufacturer of consumer goods, with businesses in household care, pool and spa care, and automotive products. It produces national-brand-equivalent and private-label cleaners, bleach, laundry and dish-care items, alongside branded household products. Its pool division supplies treatment products through mass, specialty-retail and professional channels, while its product portfolio also includes automotive antifreeze, coolant and related performance chemicals.

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