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Senior Accountant

Corporate Accounting & Consolidations

Division: Accounting

Job location: Remote (Ontario)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 

Employment type: Temporary (13-month contract)  
Salary:   $86,000 - $106,000

A little about us

Aurora is proud to be a global leader in the cannabis industry. With a smart strategy, unmatched talent and focus on our long-term success, we believe we have a bright future.
At Aurora, we're passionate about helping patients improve their lives through high-quality premium medical cannabis under brands they can trust and rely on. Our products, available across Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, include leading brands like Pedanios, IndiMed, San Raf, Whistler, Greybeard and CraftPlant. 

Our diverse team works passionately across various roles, from manufacturing to corporate positions, and many more, united by our purpose: Opening the World to Cannabis. Enabled by science and empowered by people, for patients and consumers. We collaborate globally, embrace change with courage, stay agile, and treat everyone with compassion. We live our values daily, making a meaningful impact on patients, communities, and our A-Team.

Job Summary

Aurora Cannabis Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Accountant - Corporate Accounting & Consolidations to join our Finance team on a 13-month contract. Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Accounting & Consolidations, the Senior Accountant will play a key role in supporting the Company's month-end and quarter-end close, consolidation, financial reporting, and internal control processes.

Working collaboratively with multiple Finance teams, this role will support accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with IFRS, provide meaningful financial analysis, and contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting and reporting processes. This is an exciting opportunity for a strong accounting professional to join a progressive Finance team and gain exposure to a complex, multi-entity public company environment.  Interesting?  Here is a little more...
 

As a Senior Accountant you will...

• Support the monthly, quarterly and annual close processes, ensuring assigned deliverables are completed accurately and within established timelines
• Perform key components of the quarterly consolidation process, including preparation and review of consolidation and elimination entries across multiple entities and currencies
• Prepare and review financial reporting packages for multiple reporting units in accordance with IFRS, working closely with global accounting teams to investigate and resolve reporting matters
• Prepare, review and finalize journal entries, account reconciliations and supporting working papers, ensuring appropriate documentation and accounting treatment
• Perform detailed balance sheet and income statement variance analysis, investigate significant or unusual movements, and provide clear explanations to management
• Support the preparation of quarterly and annual financial reporting deliverables and related supporting schedules
• Maintain and execute assigned internal controls, ensuring appropriate supporting documentation and timely resolution of identified issues
• Support quarterly reviews and year-end audits by preparing audit schedules, responding to auditor requests and coordinating supporting documentation
• Work collaboratively with regional and functional Finance teams to resolve accounting and reporting issues and support consistent application of accounting policies
• Provide accounting support for new business initiatives, transactions and other cross-functional projects as required
• Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy and effectiveness of existing accounting, close and reporting processes, and support implementation of approved improvements
• Maintain strong documentation of accounting processes, reconciliations and key reporting activities
• Perform other ad hoc duties as needed

You will be setup for success if you have...

• CPA designation required
• 4+ years of progressive accounting and/or financial reporting experience
• Experience with financial close, consolidations and preparation of financial reporting packages.
• Experience working within a multi-entity and/or multi-currency organization preferred
• Public company accounting and reporting experience preferred
• Experience working with ERP and financial consolidation/reporting systems considered an asset
• Strong knowledge of financial accounting, reconciliations and financial reporting 

Bonus points if you have...

• Experience working in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong organizational, time-management and prioritization skills in a deadline-driven environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across Finance teams
• Process-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset
• Sound business acumen and professional judgment

Why you'll love working at Aurora

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!  

• Total Rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, company SWAG, team activities and modern technology. 

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with cannabis.

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and not an AI software/system.  We we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you're the ideal candidate but you don't meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you're the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity.  Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers - and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic.

We value the unique skills and experience each person brings to Aurora and are committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Human Resources team know by contacting us at hr.services@auroramj.com

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