Native Shoes Looking for Accounting Manager (Maternity Leave Contract) at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Accounting Manager

12-Month Maternity Leave Contract

Vancouver, BC*

• Native Shoes is a hybrid organization with a primarily remote team with the option to work from the office in Vancouver, when needed. This job will require the ability to work from home, as well as ability to work within PST operating hours.

Why Native Shoes?

It seems the heavier the world gets, the more it needs lightness. At Native Shoes, we’ve made lightness our life’s work with our purpose: to make it easy for all to live lightly.

To achieve this, our team is an embodiment of our values:

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  Design: We consider aesthetics and functionality in all we do.
• Possibility: We explore and achieve higher dreams by leaving constraints at the door.
• Integrity: We do what we say we do.
• Accountability: We take personal responsibility for our actions.
• Love: Leading with kindness, we love those around us enough to have truthful conversations.
• Light: Above all else, we choose to live lightly.

Native Shoes strives to embody each of these words in all aspects of our brand. We engage in a fast paced, ever-evolving working environment with plenty of room for innovative thinking — encouraging honesty and challenge in a comfortable workplace. If any of the above words resonate with you, this is the place to be.

Who is Native looking for?

Native Shoes is looking for an Accounting Manager to join us in the journey of taking our foundational accounting practices from good to great. Reporting to the Controller, the Accounting Manager plays a critical role on the Finance team in mentoring and coaching the team, establishing and strengthening processes, and driving change in all areas of the Company’s

financial reporting to ensure that we are a efficient and high-performing team.

In addition, this role also works closely with Logistics, Planning, Sales Operations, and other cross functional departments to assist with, but not limited to, inventory management, sales tax strategy and compliance, budgeting/forecasting, board reporting, ad-hoc requests. As a developing leader, you bring to the table best practices in technical and operational accounting and take pride in your ability to challenge the status quo and also inspire the team to do the same.

What would I be responsible for?

• Review and prepare various month-end and annual schedules, reconciliations, and journal entries
• Preparing monthly financial statements and variance analysis
• Responsible for owning inventory accuracy, including but not limited to, inventory reconciliations, analysis, internal controls and working with cross-functional departments to ensure inventory accuracy

• Manage the year-end audit, liaise with and provide support to external auditors during year-end audit
• Assist with preparation of internal financial reports and analysis for management, including various board reporting needs
• Research and interpret Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE)
• Support the coaching and development of the Finance team in their deliverables
• Own the payroll process in partnership with the People team, including but not limited to, processing bi-weekly payroll and preparing WorkSafe filings
• Oversight and review of Accounts Payable postings prepared by Accounts Payable Specialist

• Assist with preparation of the budget and forecast, including variance analysis
• Participate in ad-hoc projects as required by management
• Liaise with external vendors and customers as required
• Assist in the development and maintenance of internal control policies
• Document and implement process changes and improvements

• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and automation driving positive change across the organization

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration
• Professional Accounting Designation (CPA) in good standing

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience as an auditor for a public accounting firm
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience with both internal and external reporting
• Experience in foreign exchange and intercompany transactions
• Attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Experience with Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE)
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Word, including proven experience of using advanced Excel knowledge in practice

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.