Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is an innovative, industry-led national ocean cluster that is ensuring we as Canadians, achieve sustainable economic growth in our ocean-based industries while also contributing to the health of our planet. The OSC’s mandate is to collaborate with investors and partners from across ocean industries to develop and commercialize innovative solutions to shared ocean challenges that are globally-relevant and include key investment areas such as ocean energy, sustainable seafood, the future of marine transport and climate solutions, and focus on growing more Canadian ocean companies and building the ecosystem to deliver on this potential. The OSC guides ideas from the conceptual to the actual; partnering with industries who have big goals and innovative concepts. Actualizing these ideas is our passion and the process is our mission. Our organizational values include creativity, inclusion, collaboration, and ambition.
The OSC has a team of over 30 employees across seven provinces. We are looking for an innovative thinker to drive our workforce agenda and contribute to the growth, retention and development of the ocean economy and the health of the planet.
About the Role
Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Corporate Accountant maintains an even balance of two key priorities; the first is to ensure timely, accurate financial reporting for the organization from accounts payable, bank reconciliations, accounts receivable, month end, quarterly and annual financial reporting. The second, is to liaise with identified proponents and our internal financial team to provide and verify essential financial information for claims submissions. In short, this role works tirelessly to make sure our corporate financial reporting is timely and accurate and project costs are clearly understood, documented, compliant, approved and recorded. Combining your critical thinking skills, high level of accuracy and work quality with a sense of urgency is essential to be successful in this role. You will be working in newly emerging markets, programs and processes; some of which you could enhance to provide both timely client service and a high level of accuracy with your work. This is an amazing opportunity to hone your skills and gain insight into emerging markets. If you pride yourself on being personable, curious and detail oriented, we would like to meet you.
Role and Responsibilities
Accounting
- Responsible for timely processing of accounts payable ensuring compliance with OSC procurement and employee expense policie;
- Prepare payments for approved vendor invoices, project claims, and employee expense reports;
- Prepare and send all conditional commitment invoices to members and any other invoices required;
- Work with the Member Relations team and Director of Finance to monitor receivables and follow up according to OSC policies;
- Support the Director of Finance by providing supporting documentation to internal and external auditors as required;
- Support the Director of Finance with reporting and adhoc projects as needed;
- Support the Director of Finance in timely closure and reporting of month end;
- Work with Director of Finance to continually improve the effectiveness and efficiency of processes through automation or process improvements.
Internal Project Audits
- Support the lead on the internal project audit process;
- Perform 6-8 project audits per year;
- Complete audit testing and documentation, including communicating with members as needed.
Claims review
- Support the claims review process;
- Review, verify, validate, process and approve assigned project claims on a timely basis;
- Ensure thorough documentation of claims review, such as documenting the verification of supporting documentation, discussions with project proponents;
- Capture details and appropriate record management of all claims, electronically, and provide updates and reporting to other OSC teammates as requested.
ISED Bi-annual Reconciliations
- Work with Director of Finance on timely and accurate submission of bi-annual ISED reconciliations;
- Update the assigned sections of the O&A templates for the ISED reconciliations;
- Work with the Director of Finance to ensure the project portion of the reconciliation captures all adjustments; advances and project reimbursements.
What you Bring
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
- 3-5 years of experience in corporate reporting
- Bi-lingual (French and English) is considered an asset
- Audit or claim review experience considered an asset
- Experience inside a firm and / or a client facing industry is critical
- Experience working within the blue economy considered an asset
Ideal Additional Qualifications
- Results-driven with a keen eye for detail, efficiencies and continuous improvement
- High level of critical thinking skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment
- Comfortable working and collaborating both virtually and remotely with others
- Detail-oriented coupled with proven sense of urgency to get things done well and on time
- Generates enthusiasm, excitement and engagement with their surrounding team
We are excited to continue building our team with experienced professionals who are passionate about realizing Canada’s opportunity and growing the ocean economy in a digital, sustainable, and inclusive way.
OSC is committed to your career growth and supports team-wide professional development through internal training in DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion).
The OSC is committed to living its values, which includes the development of a diverse, inclusive, and equitable experience for our applicants and team members. Please let us know if you require any interview accommodations.
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To be considered for this role, candidates are asked to submit a covering letter, detailing how you can contribute to OSC’s continued success, as a Corporate Accountant, and resume to hr@oceansupercluster.ca.