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Financial Accounting Analyst

Nestlé4 days ago
North York, Ontario
Mid Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
Company matched pension plan
Three weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)

About the role

Position Snapshot Business areas: Nestlé Canada Job title: Financial Reporting Analyst

Location: 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8; Hybrid A Little Bit About Us While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people. We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward. Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees

Position Summary We are looking for a detail-oriented finance professional to support consolidated financial reporting and compliance with Nestlé Accounting Standards and IFRS. This role collaborates with shared service centers and above-market teams to streamline reconciliation and reporting workflows, prepares journal entries and legal entity financial statements, and supports internal and external audits. The ideal candidate will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, cross-train within the Financial Services team, and assist with ad hoc reporting and dashboard development.

A day in the life of a Financial Accounting Analyst:

  • Analyzes and reports consolidated financial results (monthly, quarterly, and annual). Users include local management and Nestlé Group management. Works closely with the operating divisions and corporate functional groups, above market integrated business teams and business contacts at the worldwide headquarters.
  • Collaborate with shared service centers and above-market teams to streamline reconciliation and reporting workflows including analytical review and enquiries with management to ensure completeness, investigate and resolve discrepancies, and ensure compliance with Nestlé Accounting Standards.
  • Respond to inquiries from internal stakeholders and assist in the preparation of ad hoc reports and dashboards.
  • Prepare periodic journal entries to support financial reporting ensuring data integrity and alignment with Nestlé Accounting Standards and IFRS
  • Support audit processes with preparation of legal entity financial statements, documentation and responding to audit queries
  • Participates in continuous improvement activities using Nestlé Continuous Excellence methodology such as performing walkthroughs of a particular reporting process, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing the change through automation or transferring the process to a shared service center.
  • Cross train with various pillars of excellence within the Financial Services team
  • Contribute to special and ad-hoc reporting projects

What will make you successful?

  • Bachelor’s degree required, with major in Finance/Accounting
  • Minimum of 1-3 years experience in Accounting/Finance
  • Strong communication skills both written and oral
  • SAP system experience preferred
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data
  • Well-organized, methodical thinker
  • Strong and creative problem-solving skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple priorities
  • Ability to work in a team-based environment, and interact cooperatively with internal and external customers
  • Strong results-orientation

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression – this really could be a move towards the exciting finance career you’ve always wanted.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
  • Company matched pension plan
  • Three weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
  • Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
  • Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
  • Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Gender affirmation benefits to ensure access to necessary care, resources, and coverage for gender-affirming procedures
  • Fertility Services and Surrogacy Medical Coverage to support the pursuit of a path to parenthood regardless of medical conditions, gender or sexual orientation
  • Adoption benefits to remove some of the financial barriers associated with adoption
  • Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
  • Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

What You Need To Know We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

About Nestlé

Food and Beverage Services
10,000+

As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.

We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.

Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.

Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category –offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.

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