Driven Brands Inc. Looking for Senior Accountant at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Full Time

We invite you to join us at Driven Brands!

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash.

With over 4,500 centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and more. Our network services over 50 million vehicles annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales each year.

Our culture inspires high performance and innovation, enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that support this vision.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of assigned GL accounts and ensure accuracy, understanding, and consistency of application and compliance with GAAP
• Responsible for performing various/month end/quarter end close activities to meet accounting close deadlines. These include, but are not limited to, journal entry preparation and submission and preparation of appropriate support
• Reconcile and maintain the integrity of the assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts
• Create, upload, and modify accounting entries into accounting system and maintain workpapers in accordance with GAAP and company policies and procedures
• Document internal controls surrounding the tasks performed to ensure completion of close checklist
• Establish productive relationships within the accounting team and other departments
• Provide accurate and timely responses to requests from internal customers including accounting, finance, and operations
• Assist with other ad-hoc project as necessary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience
• 2 to 3 years of accounting experience preferred
• Experience obtaining and analyzing data from an ERP system (Workday experience preferred, but not required)
• Proficient with Excel (including experience with pivot tables)
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Candidate should be effective in time management of schedule
• Ability to multi-task while working on a high-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Candidate should have strong interpersonal skills, ability to work well on a team and a positive disposition
• Ability to follow instruction, complete assignments in a timely manner
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or working towards

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