Accountant
United Kingdom - Americas
£45,000 to £65,000 plus benefits
- Canadian relocation package and sponsorship available
- Entry into a large market leading business, with excellent career opportunities
About Our Client
JD Irving (JDI) is an established diversified business employing over 15,000, based primarily on the east coast of Canada, but with locations across North America. Their business units include:
- Forestry and Forest Products
- Construction & Equipment
- Retail & Distribution
- Shipbuilding & Industrial Fabrication
- Transportation & Logistics
Since their inception 135 years ago, JD Irving's employees continue to build JDI into a diverse group of performance-driven enterprises. It is through JDI's dedicated team using the best practices to make the best products that enable them to better serve their customers - at home and around the globe. For more insight about this progressive organisation, visit www.jdirving.com.
Job Description
We are pleased to be offering this rare opportunity for a UK Qualified accountant to join a large Canadian conglomerate based in New Brunswick, Eastern Canada. JD Irving are looking for progressive and highly self-motived individuals to join their Accounting and Reporting team within JDI Finance. At JDI you will be rewarded with a competitive benefit and salary package as well as the opportunity to avail of numerous professional development and training opportunities. Given the number of diversified industries within JD Irving, and the various functional areas within its team of over 250 finance professionals, future career opportunities are vast. In joining one team, you can grow with many.
JDI Finance has over 250 accounting professionals at their Head office in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. They provide accounting and reporting, analytics, tax, corporate finance, treasury, transactional and other services to the various operating divisions of JDI.
To support their growth we are looking to help them hire progressive and highly self-motivated individuals to join their Accounting team.
As an Accountant within this progressive group you will be part of a team responsible for all of the accounting and reporting functions of a division of the Company. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Review and preparation of periodic financial statements and related reports
- Liaise with the business to ensure clear communication of results, and identify opportunities to add incremental value
- Identify and lead key initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting function
- External audit liaison during interim and year-end audit process
The Successful Applicant
To be considered you should have the following attributes:
- UK Qualified Accountant (ideally with experience in public practice, however technically strong candidates from industry will also be considered)
- Excellent financial acumen and the ability to translate this into an operational understanding and providing support to non-finance professionals.
- Ability to be flexible, effectively manage priorities, meet deadlines, and work in a team
What's on Offer
A salary range of between £45,000 and £65,000 depending on experience. A very competitive package (in a country where the cost of living is lower), a discretionary bonus, other large company benefits and sponsorship/a relocation package.
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