Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Martin-Brower Corporate Fixed Assets Analyst is a key member of the Corporate Finance Team. This position will utilize strong accounting, analytical, and reporting skills to support the implementation and compliance with new lease accounting standards: ASC 842 and IFRS 16. Additionally, this position will provide a broad range of accounting and finance support to the capital assets team, financial reporting group and other key members of the organization throughout the adoption of new leasing policies and the CoStar system. This position reports to the National Manager, Finance.
Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:
- Support implementation of ASC 842 and IFRS 16 using CoStar lease accounting software for compliance, functionality, and Blackline for lease related accounting Journal Entry reconciliation automation
- Assist with review and validation of CoStar lease accounting & reporting outputs
- Maintain key lease terms, accounting assumptions, discount rates, FX, etc. in CoStar
- Prepare month-end lease accounting journals and reports
- Prepare Fixed Assets monthly reporting for variance analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and quarterly customer reporting requirements
- Collaborate with Fleet Management team on equipment lifecycle analysis and insights into optimization equipment on hand
- Coordinate with 3rd party vendors and Financial Institutions on lease payment discrepancies, buy-out implications, and change of lease classification
- Build and maintain robust SOP process documentation for lease accounting & administration
- Support annual external financial statement audit PBCs and tax requests
- Represents Finance through business optimization initiatives and projects
- Support the implementation of various projects within Finance in optimizing and advancing the function
- Ensure the operations follow all Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and Good Warehouse Practices (GWP)/Good Drivers Practices (GDP) for transport rules and regulations
- Other projects or duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum 1-5 years’ of accounting experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Understanding of lease accounting
- Strong analytical skills with an ability to focus on the details
- Strong interpersonal and exceptional problem-solving skills
- Ability to understand, develop and refine processes
- Ability to interact with personnel at all levels within the organization to obtain, discuss, and analyze information and processes for all distribution operations
- This position must pass a post-offer background check
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Working towards CPA, CMA or MBA
- Experience with CoStar
- Experience with JD Edwards 9.2 or SAP
- Experience with Blackline
- Experience in the distribution or foodservice industry
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions. Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.
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