Toyota Canada Inc. Looking for Manager, Corporate Reporting & Accounting at Greater Toronto Area, ON Full Time

Manager, Corporate Reporting and Accounting

Deadline: Please apply by January 18, 2023

Scarborough, ON

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada’s head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI’s Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.

What Sets Us Apart?

A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.

Job Summary:

Toyota Canada Inc. currently has an exciting opportunity for a leader who has excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to support our Finance and Accounting team. This is a full-time opportunity and will report to the National Manager, Finance and Accounting. The selected candidate will lead the Corporate Reporting and Accounting team within the Finance and Accounting division.

What We’ll Bring:

• A hybrid work environment
• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
• Competitive compensation package including health and dental benefits, and bonus
• Health and dental benefits effective immediately
• Company pension plan with matched contribution
• Associate vehicle discount program
• Company vehicle
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Fitness reimbursement
• Great company culture – Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
• Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits
• Summer Hours – condensed work week during the summer
• Sabbatical Leave Program

What You’ll be Doing:

Role Specific Responsibilities:

Team Leadership

• Overall leadership of the Corporate Reporting and Accounting team
• Lead, train and develop members of the Corporate Reporting and Accounting team in the development of departmental priorities, providing input in the day to day challenges and decision-making
• Plan and coordinate resources in Corporate Reporting and Accounting team to maximize efficiency
• Communicate corporate messages providing appropriate context in a timely manner

Financial Reporting

• Lead and coordinate month-end close process to gain senior management sign-off to close the books
• Ensure monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports to external stakeholders are completed on schedule
• Manage interim and year-end audits; serve as main contact for external auditors; manage relationship
• Manage all aspects of the general ledger including period open and close, new account requests and system interface maintenance
• Accountable for accurate and timely preparation and publishing of audited financial statements, all audit support activity and all shareholder reporting incl board of director reporting
• Oversight and accountability for the review and signoff of all F&A journal entries and account reconciliations/analyses

Treasury

• Manage Treasury operations and Cash Forecasting reporting

Controls

• Ensure accounting policies and standard operating procedures are current
• Ensure standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and controls are updated and SOx compliant

Ad hoc

• Drive financial reporting and financial operations projects and support special project initiatives across the Company with a financial reporting or financial operations impact
• Back-up Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis where required
• Provide management support for ad hoc reporting requirements
• Communicate corporate messages providing appropriate context in a timely manner
• Initiate and implement appropriate “kaizen” (continuous improvement) efforts which results in work efficiencies relating to cost reduction or avoidance, improve time and process efficiencies
• Measures incremental success through the creation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Support tax department as required
• Other duties and projects as required

What You’ll Bring:

• University degree in Business/Accounting, or MBA
• CPA, CA, CMA, CGA designation
• Experience partnering with the business including at senior and executive levels
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• High level of business acumen (demonstrated ability to link company financials to the larger business and industry and communicate)
• Current, up-to-date, accounting knowledge International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Understanding of financial information systems and informational needs of decision makers
• Performance management
• Driving continuous improvement
• Treasury and investment management
• Personal integrity and ethics
• Ability to build relationships and partner with different stakeholders
• Empowerment, teambuilding, and accountability within multi-faceted environment
• 5-7 years direct accounting-related experience incl. audit experience (an asset)
• 4-5 years managerial experience of direct reports and driving performance
• ERP system experience coupled with Financial Reporting tools (SAP experience preferred)

What You Should Know:

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location