Description
Our Calgary-based technology client is seeking a highly skilled
Senior Accounting Contractor to support its finance team. There is some natural turnover expected and the client seeks a contract-to-permanent candidate to join their team. This is for a CPA who is comfortable working in SAP within projects, capital assets and leans to being system oriented. There is a strong chance this role converts to permanent.
Your Success Will Be Defined By Your Ability To
- Act as a trusted advisor to Finance, Capital Accounting, and operational stakeholders on SAP master data design, governance, and lifecycle management
- Lead collaborative discussions to optimize WBS design for reporting needs and to facilitate project TECO and close activities.
- Provide expert guidance and troubleshooting support to business users, translating technical SAP concepts into practical, business-oriented solutions
- Partner with Capital Accounting and Financial Reporting to maintain and enhance the SAP asset register
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and improve master data processes, reducing manual effort and enhancing data quality
- Maintain and monitor key master data elements (e.g., WBS elements, cost centers, hierarchies, business partners, JV data), ensuring accuracy and compliance with governance standards
- Support critical month-end processes (e.g., settlements, distributions, overhead and cutback), while identifying opportunities to optimize and automate recurring activities
- Support and influence system enhancements, testing, and upgrades, ensuring business requirements are effectively translated into system solutions
- Contribute to strategic initiatives, including acquisitions, divestitures, and organizational changes, ensuring seamless master data integration
- Maintain WBS plan figures in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and identify opportunities to expand planning and reporting capabilities
- Develop, maintain, and improve master data govern
Your strengths include:
- CPA or MBA preferred
- Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Fiori, including experience with master data maintenance and support for financial and operational data structures such as WBS elements, cost centers, hierarchies, business partners, and asset-related data
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions
- Excellent communication skills with proven ability to engage business stakeholders requirements, provide recommendations and implement solutions
- Advanced Excel skills, with demonstrated ability to analyze, reconcile, and manage large volumes of data
- Brings a proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented mindset, with the ability to work through ambiguity and move work forward independently
If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the above criteria, please click the
"Apply" button to submit your resume directly to
Ben Eckstrand.
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