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As Financial Reporting Lead - Consolidations, you will provide leadership over The City's financial consolidation and contribute to the preparation of consolidated financial information for external and internal reporting. This role is responsible for maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and effectiveness of consolidation processes within a complex, multi-entity reporting environment. You will work closely with business units, Finance partners, and others to support effective reporting processes, enable financial analysis, and advance ongoing modernization and automation initiatives. Primary duties include:
- Lead and manage the process for The City's financial consolidation, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timeliness.
- Maintain joint ownership of the chart of accounts in the general ledger.
- Review business unit financial reporting submissions and provide financial expertise.
- Provide support for Financial Reporting in analysis and preparation of financial schedules.
- Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives on financial reporting.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to complete future consolidation system developments/ projects, ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of system improvements and master data maintenance.
- Respond to a wide variety of internal and external requests for financial information, analysis and advice.
Qualifications- A degree in a relevant discipline plus a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation with at least 8 years of related work experience.
- Experience must include at least 3 years in a large public accounting firm environment combined with additional experience in annual financial statement preparation.
- Equivalent combinations of experience and education may be considered.
- An intermediate level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint), and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Excel are required.
- Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS) experience would be an asset.
- Familiarity with large enterprise accounting and reporting systems, such as PeopleSoft Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM), Workiva, or Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Business Objects will be considered an asset.
- Experience with accounting system implementation and/or project management is considered an asset, particularly in leading or supporting transitions to new financial software, optimizing workf