Gross Margin Accountant (6-month Contact)

Résumé du poste

The role involves managing gross margin accounting, reporting, and reconciliations for commodity trade floor activities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate month-end closing, variance analysis, and compliance with regulatory and internal control frameworks.

Détails du poste

As part of the Gross margin accounting and reporting team, you will ensure completeness, accuracy, and validity of all revenues and associated costs with settlements accounting including gross margin reporting, volumetric reporting, and associated reconciliations including accruals and certain derivate positions. You will report to the Manager, Gross Margin Accounting and Reporting. You will partner with our Risk, Commercial, and Finance teams for month end close including reporting and analysis of monthly and periodic actuals and variances, perform associated balance sheet reconciliations, and assist the Accounting, FP&A, and Treasury teams in ensuring a timely and accurate closing cycle. You will also own the revenue reporting process and gross margin performance explanations and assist in explanations of variances against the budget in coordination with the FP&A team. You must be a self-starter who can meet deadlines, challenge the status quo while maintaining a silent running state, and ensure the integrity of gross margin results and balance sheet reconciliations. You will collaborate cross-functionally with the Company to deliver results timely, efficiently, and accurately. What tasks you will perform: Reconcile accounts associated with the commodity trade floor including inventories, accruals, renewables, options, and sundry accounts as part of the monthly closing cycle. Partner with accounting personnel to ensure compliance with US GAAP, including preparation of journal entries. Tie source records to estimates and forecasts provided by other Finance teams, and lead research and explanation of settlement account differences with the Finance and Operations teams. Perform detailed analysis utilizing information from various sources to accurately forecast monthly unbilled accounts receivables to ensure accruals are complete and accurate as part of the monthly closing cycle. Maintain and enhance the design of the revenue and back-office commodity trade reporting processes in collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with Just Energy’s control frameworks. Monitor markets (power, gas, and green) to identify rules and changes affecting settlement results and impacts to new or existing contracts in conjunction with the settlements, accounting, and regulatory teams; enhance existing processes to comply with regulatory changes within markets in which we operate and internal policies and practices. Document detailed analytical analyses related to the commodity accounts and provide explanatory analysis as part of the monthly accounting and FP&A reporting packages. Coordinate with other teams and external auditors to support information requests and explanations timely. Proactively respond to business questions and propose solutions to various levels within the organization up to the Executive Leadership Team as requested. Assist cross-functionally within the Finance team as requested. What experience we ask for: Required: Minimum of 3 years of experience Bachelor’s degree in accounting Working knowledge of Excel, including building pivot tables, intermediate formulas Demonstrated ability to utilize SQL, including writing queries Demonstrated understanding of commodity markets including gas or power, with associated accounting, control, and finance concepts Ability to research accounts, perform and review reconciliations with limited coaching Strong decision making based on quantitative measurements and providing analytical and reasoning capabilities on accounting information A bias to listen, challenge, and learn versus assume without evidence Self-starter with strong attention to detail and focus on meeting reasonable deadlines, with an ability to multi-task, prioritize issues and propose solutions to the Finance Leadership Team The ability to perform work as both an individual contributor and as a leader of a team to ensure all deadlines are met Preferred: Working knowledge IFRS and US GAAP Higher-level proficiency in Excel Implementation experience of financial systems/databases and change management abilities while maintaining a silent running function An ability to communicate at different levels across functions which may not have a detail understanding of Finance Compensation: $68,740 - $92,800 CAD Pro-Rata ($34,370 - $46,400 CAD actual 6-month) Disclosures: Just Energy is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the bases of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other grounds protected by the Ontario Human Rights Code. This posting is for an existing vacancy. Just Energy does not use Artificial Intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. #LI-AP1

Ce que vous ferez

The role involves managing gross margin accounting, reporting, and reconciliations for commodity trade floor activities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate month-end closing, variance analysis, and compliance with regulatory and internal control frameworks.

Exigences

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in accounting and possess at least 3 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in Excel and SQL, along with a strong understanding of commodity markets and US GAAP, is required.

Compétences indiquées

• SQL · Souhaitée
• Regulatory Compliance · Souhaitée
• Financial Reporting · Souhaitée
• Analyse de données · Souhaitée
• Microsoft Excel · Souhaitée
• Forecasting · Souhaitée

Autres compétences pertinentes

Relevées dans la description du poste. Confirmez les exigences importantes ci-dessus.

• Gross margin accounting
• Reconciliation
• US GAAP
• Excel
• SQL
• Commodity markets
• Financial reporting
• Variance analysis
• Accruals
• Revenue reporting
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Data analysis
• Forecasting
• Regulatory compliance
• Settlements accounting
• Reporting and Analysis
• Self-Starter
• Month-End Closing
• Ability To Meet Deadlines
• Reporting Processes
• Research
• Accounts Receivable
• Accounting
• Accounting Information Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Change Management
• Decision Making
• Commodity Market
• Communication
• Finance
• Pivot Tables And Charts
• External Auditing
• Financial Systems
• Settlement
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Gross Margin
• Leadership
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• Multitasking
• Operations
• Coaching
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Writing
• Coordinating
• Prioritization
• Detail Oriented

Domaines d’emploi

• Finance & Accounting
• Energy
• Data & Analytics
• Grain Accountant
• Accountant (General)
• Accountants
• Accountants and Auditors