Bookkeeper Consultant

Position Title: Bookkeeper Consultant
Position Type: Temporary - Part-Time
Position Location: Florenceville Main
Requisition ID: 38974
Record and maintain the books and records of the Farm of the Future branch of McCain Foods Limited including the general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. Provide support and assistance to farm management for activities such as grant reports and applications, and fixed asset purchases. Manage global reporting information for corporate systems. Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Agronomy and sustainability.
Contract position, typically for 60 - 80 hours per month.
Educational and Experience Requirements

• University degree or community college diploma in business administration, accounting or financial management.
• Work experience of 2 - 3 years in a financial setting. Bookkeeping experience is considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of Sage 50 accounting application or similar application also considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite including excel.
• Ability to work independently.
• Knowledge of farm operations would be beneficial.
• Attendance at the farm once a week.

Key Performance Areas

• Record and maintain company financial transactions in accordance with company policy and other standards.
• Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Manage or support financial reporting monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Manage Sage system administration and technical support.
• Manage or support certain tax audits, submissions, and reports and support external audits if required.
• Support management in grant application and reporting, cost reporting, and sustainability reporting. Other reporting support as required.
• Maintain IFRS16 leases
• Areas could expand to include fixed asset reporting, financial planning and analysis, and insurance submissions in the future.

AP role
Number of invoices processed each year 1100 - 1200. 170 vendors

• Process invoices by supplier with tax and description once a week
• Maintain vendor files
• Generate payment file for BNS and submit
• Review supplier statements
• Verify IC balances
• Set up and reverse offset AP affiliate entries
• Manage HST compliance
• Move HST from previous month into AR affiliates - MFC and send HST report to MFC
• Vendor master administration Sage and SAP
• Reconcile outstanding EFT's

Other Activities
Entries:

• Prepaid insurance, property tax, other prepaids
• AP & AR Affiliate offsets
• Bank - loans, service charges, receipts, and interest
• Reconcile Bank statement
• Depreciation
• Fixed Assets additions
• Lease entries and payment bookings
• IC charges including payroll and p-card
• STIP
• Deferred Crop
• HST receivable
• Tax
• Sales and cost of sales
• Grants
• Tax calculation
• Month end reporting including circulation of Sage Income Statements, Trial Balance, and Balance Sheet
• OneStream activities including generating lease entries, preparing load file, importing file and processing, completing management forms and consolidated financial forms and OS entries.
• Manage Sage backups
• Sage administration for users and technical support.
• Maintain financial files
• Assist in preparing grant applications and reports
• Coupa PO's requisitions mainly for Fixed Assets, Research
• Bank deposits
• Accounts receivable management

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family: General & Administration
Division: Global Agriculture
Department: Global Ag Sustainability
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)