Manager, Financial Accounting***Gestionnaire, comptabilité financière

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Manager, Financial Accounting. This role is based in our corporate office on Nuns' Island, Montreal, QC on a hybrid work model (Tuesday to Thursday in the office), and reports to the Controller, North American Accounting Operations.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary
Reporting to the Controller, North American Accounting Operations, the Manager, Financial Accounting is responsible for financial accounting matters for the IPEX North American Group of operations. As the Manager, Financial Accounting, you will ensure the timely and accurate recording of information in compliance with IFRS accounting standards, develop and motivate your team, and drive process improvements that maximize efficiency of the accounting cycle.

To be successful in this role, you must be passionate about financial accuracy, be process driven, and recognize that your leadership will be the catalyst for your team’s achievements. You must be ready to overcome a broad range of obstacles that will keep you stimulated as well as find innovative ways of keeping your team motivated and challenged.

Principal Responsibilities
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of 12 Financial Accountants with different
levels of specialisation including CPAs, by providing them with guidance, and
fostering a motivating team environment leading to business success and
process improvement mindset.
• Manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end close process for the IPEX North America Group operations while ensuring accuracy and timeliness, including but not limited to:
• Payroll & Benefits; Accruals; Inter-company allocations; Pre-paids; R&D;
IFRS 16 – Leases; Sales tax payment & reporting; FX Revaluation; Bank
reconciliations; and other.
• Collaborate with the ERP implementation team to ensure a smooth ERP system transition with minimal disruptions to financial reporting.
• Coordinate with Shared Service functions (Accounts Payable, Account
Receivable, Costing, Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Partners, Tax,
Treasury and Transfer Pricing, Internal controls, and other) by monitoring
workflow and ensuring accurate and timely processing within company standards.
• Assist the reporting team and the financial planning and analysis team, with our annual budget and forecasting process, and variance analysis.
• Participate in driving the organization and department’s goals and objectives.
• Establish and maintain internal controls and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate internal and external audits (Big 4).
• Researching accounting issues for compliance with International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS)

•In coordination with tax and legal departments, assists in the completion of proper statutory reporting.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and system enhancements.

Qualifications & experience
• CPA Designation
• 5+ years of accounting experience/
• 3+ years of management experience
• Excellent leadership, proactive, self-motivated, excellent organizational skills, and detail-orientated
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, multiple currencies and multiple entity environment
• Prior experience working in external audit (Big 4)
• Experience working within a global setting or in a manufacturing environment, an asset
• Experience with US and Canadian regulations (Sales Taxes, Payroll, and
Reporting), an asset
• Knowledge of Accounting Systems/ERP (SAP S/4HANA as an asset)
• Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
• Adaptable and flexible in a changing environment
• Proactive, and a problem-solver
• Bilingual (Fluent in English and French)

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [email protected]