Sr. Financial Accountant, FR & IC at Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission – Calgary, Alberta

Full-Time Position Title: Senior Financial Accountant, Financial Reporting & Internal Controls

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Reporting to: Senior Manager, Financial Reporting & Internal Controls

The Senior Financial Accountant, Financial Reporting & Internal Controls is a key role within the Finance Department, leading the creation of financial reporting and internal controls deliverables. This role collaborates closely with essential internal stakeholders, including the VP, Finance, and heads of various business units, to merge diverse perspectives and produce comprehensive reporting and analyses. These efforts are crucial in driving the fulfillment of strategic goals and adherence to compliance mandates.

• Create and complete the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting deliverables for the APMC, including drafting financial statements and related notes, and the management discussion and analysis.
• Provide technical accounting policy guidance, ensuring compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), offering analysis, and understanding of accounting policy alternatives with recommendations.
• Assist with the preparation of ad-hoc financial reports and analysis to meet customer needs, including presentation of insights and results to various stakeholder groups.
• Support the Finance team in ensuring a corporate-wide understanding of the internal control environment is created and maintained, to ensure accurate, timely financial information is provided to enable stakeholders to make informed decisions.
• Monitor and manage the internal control program for the APMC and provide recommendations to ensure integrity, efficiency, and accuracy of the financial information processes, and to maintain rigor over the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.
• Assist in the coordination of workload management and task assignment as well as provide coaching for members of the Finance team that support the internal controls program.
• Support the business in identifying risks, managing controls, and assessing control effectiveness using COSO and other applicable frameworks. This includes updating narratives, conducting process walkthroughs, and documenting results.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to track, report on, and oversee remediation plans for control deficiencies.
• Responsible for testing internal controls to ensure their effectiveness in financial reporting, supporting both management reviews and external audits.
• Review variance analysis to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities for improvement.

The incumbent demonstrates an unwavering degree of the APMC values: performance, integrity, and collaboration. All APMC roles share the job competencies of adaptability, initiative, communication, interpersonal, results driven and performance will be reflective of these competencies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field;
• Professional accounting designation;
• Minimum of 5+ years accounting experience:
  • Within the oil and gas industry combined with 3 plus years in public practice, preferred;
  • Working knowledge of IFRS including writing or reviewing accounting analysis and/or financial statements.
• Solid experience in developing and monitoring an internal control environment;
• Keen desire to remain current on new developments to IFRS;
• Skilled with quantitative analysis and problem solving;
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Workiva would be an asset;
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Strong attention to detail and an ability to see the “big picture”;
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and in a team environment;
• Ability to prioritize and adapt quickly to changing priorities;
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality where required;
• Experience with energy marketing, and/or IFRS 9 hedge accounting would be an asset;
• Experience with Microsoft PowerBI or other Business Intelligence / Data Visualization technology would be an asset.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g.: Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint).