Manager, Corporate Accounting - Hootsuite

We are seeking a Manager, Corporate Accounting to be a key leader on the Global Controllership team, responsible for overseeing the corporate accounting function and ensuring the accurate and timely reporting of our financial results. Reporting to the Director, Corporate Accounting, this position will be responsible for month-end close activities, complex accounting areas such as Revenue Recognition and US GAAP  financial reporting, statutory accounting, and external audit support. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Manage direct reports, including hiring selection, coaching, mentoring, development, performance management and all other people-management practices, including DE&I.
• Manage the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements in a complex, multi-currency environment under US GAAP and IFRS. 
• Be the ASC 606 revenue recognition expert, be responsible for revenue accounting and account reconciliations. Provide revenue recognition guidance and ensure compliance with ASC 606 as well as other standards relating to contracts with customers.
• Ensure accuracy of revenue and expense recognition on contracts with partners.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on the migration to a new billing and revenue system (Zuora), design testing, perform UAT, validate accuracy of results.
• Oversee full cycle accounting processes, including the review of journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules. 
• Support  interim and year-end financial audits, including preparing support documentation, liaising with internal stakeholders and communicating with external auditors. 
• Act as a key member of the team in the development, implementation, and improvement of processes and internal controls. 
• Support the Finance team with strategic initiatives, system implementations, and other special projects as required. 
• Review and provide recommendations to improve and enhance internal procedures and guidelines. 
• Perform other related duties as assigned 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting. 
• Extensive relevant progressive accounting experience within a team responsible for full-cycle accounting and month-end close for a complex global organization.
• Experience with consolidation and accounting for multiple currencies.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with tight deadlines and having to come up with creative solutions to overcome obstacles. 
• Proficient knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS. 
• Strong knowledge of internal controls and best practice accounting processes. 
• Experience with various finance systems and tools (NetSuite, Workiva, Salesforce, Zip, Zuora etc.) is an asset. 
• Inclusive Leadership: Builds inclusive, cohesive teams which apply diversity to achieve common goals. 
• Play to Win: Capably delivers results through others, is good at establishing clear direction, and helps others achieve their best work. 
• Enablement: Challenges and supports others to create results while also developing new capabilities. 
• Problem Solving: Uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems, looking beyond the obvious to understand the root cause. 
• Influence: Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment to mobilize people to take action. 

WHO YOU ARE:

• Solution seeker: You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked.
• Lifelong learner: You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t.
• Resilient adapter: In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
• Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
• Critical challenger: You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
• Active communicator: You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
• Integrated thinker: You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals.
• Accountable owner: You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
• Bar-raiser: You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles. #StepUp

One Team: Make Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best  work without compromising who they are. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe

Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed

Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile

Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses

Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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