Sr. Accountant
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Temporary
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Job details
- Job type
- Temporary
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- Experience
- At least 2 years of accounting or auditing experience, ideally with exposure to fixed asset accounting.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Our client, a leading Oil & Gas Services organization, is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join their Calgary team on a long-term contract basis. This role will focus on fixed asset and capital accounting, month-end reporting, and maintaining accurate financial records.
Responsibilities:
- Manage fixed asset transactions, including additions, disposals, transfers, capitalizations, accruals, and journal entries.
- Maintain supporting schedules for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, including asset continuity and movement reporting.
- Review monthly asset activity and prepare gain and loss reports.
- Investigate variances, resolve discrepancies, and maintain accurate financial records.
- Collaborate with finance, operations, procurement, legal, tax, and audit teams to support accurate asset reporting.
- Work with project managers to monitor capital spending and ensure costs are correctly classified.
- Support process improvements, system enhancements, testing, training, and data cleanup initiatives.
- Maintain financial system reporting and schedules, and assist with internal and external audit requests.
- Support additional fixed asset accounting activities and special projects as required.
Requirements:
- Postsecondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of accounting or auditing experience, ideally with exposure to fixed asset accounting.
- Strong knowledge of fixed assets, capitalization, depreciation, reconciliations, journal entries, and general ledger processes.
- Understanding of capital asset and lease accounting standards, including construction in progress and labour capitalization.
- Experience with SAP, JD Edwards, or a similar ERP system is an asset.
- Advanced Excel skills, including working with large datasets; Power BI experience is an asset.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multiple departments.
- Accounting designation or progress toward one preferred.
How to Apply:
To be considered for this contract role, click the “Apply Now!” link or by using the Robert Half mobile app. Download it on the App Store or get it on Google Play today!
Reference Number: 05000-0013536612
Robert Half would like to thank all applicants for their expressed interest however, only those candidates identified for interview will be contacted.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Senior Accountant at Robert Half's client will manage fixed asset transactions and keep the asset records accurate. They will prepare monthly asset reports, investigate discrepancies and work with finance, operations and audit teams.
Requirements
Candidates need postsecondary education in accounting or finance and at least 2 years of accounting or auditing experience. Strong fixed asset, depreciation and general ledger knowledge is needed, along with advanced Excel and an accounting designation or progress toward one.
Skills
- Fixed asset accounting
- Capital asset accounting
- Depreciation
- Asset capitalization
- General ledger
- Journal entries
- Account reconciliations
- Variance analysis
- Month-end reporting
- PP&E schedules
- Financial reporting
- Audit support
- SAP
- JD Edwards
- Advanced Excel
- Power BI
- Lease accounting
- Construction in progress
Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Energy
- Consulting
Keywords
- Senior Accountant
- fixed asset accounting
- capital accounting
- property plant and equipment
- depreciation
- capitalization
- general ledger
- month-end close
- journal entries
- reconciliations
- SAP
- JD Edwards
- ERP
- Excel
- Power BI
- construction in progress
- lease accounting
- oil and gas
- Calgary
- contract accountant
Seniority
Senior
Tools
- SAP
- JD Edwards
- Excel
- Power BI
Languages
- English
Fields of study
- Accounting
- Finance
- Business Administration