Finance Business Officer, Supply Chain

Work Location - Toronto (Hybrid)

Employee Type - Regular Employee FT Salaried

About This Opportunity

In this role, you will be directly involved with accurately creating and/or posting manufacturing and planning related journal entries to ensure timely and accurately stated financial statements. You will also develop account reconciliations and standard reporting required to support weekly analysis of financial performance.

This role is a provider of support to multiple stakeholders including finance, production facility & planning. You will play a key role in the preparation, analysis and presentation of the annual budget. Monthly, you will be required to provide analysis on results compared to budget and provide a recommendation on a rolling forecast for the year. Daily, you are responsible for preparing Key Business Indicators (KBI) and analysis for action by Senior Management. The position assists with quarterly and year-end reporting packages, including analyzing results monthly/quarterly for productivity savings initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Journal entry and financial statement preparation and explanations
• Perform month end closing activities for production plants
• Review P&L (vs budget, vs PY, vs Forecast, vs standards)
• Conduct management review of P&L results
• Review subledger activity (i.e. production orders, inventory variances)
• Collaborate with plant management for results and forecast creation
• Balance sheet account reconciliations, preparation, and analysis, reporting any discrepancies, aged or other reconciling items and assisting in resolutions
• Quarterly / Annual Reporting / Governmental Surveys / Ad-hoc Manufacturing Reporting & Analysis
• Prepare and analyze weekly & monthly Forecasting of operating expenses with analysis of what is changing and why, identification of risks & opportunities
• Annual budgeting of production operating expenses (labour, overhead, absorption, etc.) inclusive of budget template creation, analysis, and presentations to senior management working with plant managers and other stakeholders
• Identify and compute financial impact and track progress on Process Defective Material Requests, including computing
• Identify, lead and execute process improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Two to three years’ experience in accounting field, account analysis and reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Two to three years’ experience in manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience in adhering to accounting procedures (ASPE).
• Demonstrated understanding of inventory accounting and related movements
• Demonstrated understanding of absorption costing
• Clear communication, both written and verbal
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products; knowledge of advanced Excel functionality and knowledge of Access is an asset
• Experience in using SAP & Anaplan software is an asset
• MBA, CPA or CPA student is an asset

About Us: Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, We are Coke Canada!

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited is Canada’s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centers, and 5 production facilities nationwide. For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.com

Important

All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.

Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling or email [email protected] .