Manager, Investment Accounting

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Reporting to the Senior Manager, Investment Accounting, this role is responsible for managing a team of accounting professionals and ensuring the high-quality, timely execution of monthly accounting and general ledger close activities, semi-annual financial reporting to Corporate Finance, statutory audits, and legal entity management for certain OMERS investment business units. The Manager will ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial records and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams across the enterprise, fostering a high-performing, engaged and supported team.

You will be responsible for:

• Managing timelines, processes and deliverables, including the maintenance of appropriate internal controls, on a monthly, semi-annual, and annual basis to facilitate the accounting close cycle.
• Reviewing monthly and year-end working papers and other supporting documentation to ensure proper accounting treatment in accordance with applicable agreements and accounting principles
• Overseeing the preparation of regulatory reporting, quarterly financial statements and investor reporting packages for 3rd party investors.
• Reviewing quarterly and/or annual legal entity financial statements including notes and audit working papers, ensuring appropriate accounting, disclosure and corresponding tax requirements are met.
• Reviewing intercompany account reconciliations and collaborating with other departments to investigate and resolve differences.
• Supporting the preparation of notes to the OMERS consolidated financial statements related to investments, as required.
• Leading and developing a team of professional accountants, providing guidance and feedback to support their professional growth.
• Developing collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including business partners and internal and external auditors. Ensuring the appropriateness of documentation and processes to support stakeholder needs.
• Continuous learning and understanding of OMERS’ investment strategies and transactions and technical accounting requirements; applying learnings to financial reporting and related deliverables.
• Identifying opportunities for operational improvements and leveraging automation tools to continuously improve the control environment and efficiency of recurring processes.
• Participating in opportunities to develop technical and leadership skills to advance the Investment Accounting team.

Required Skills & Experience: 

• Professional Qualifications: 5+ years’ experience in an investment accounting role, applying reporting, accounting, and control skills in a financial services environment, including experience overseeing a team. Post-secondary degree in business, accounting, or finance with a CPA designation.
• Technical Accounting & Financial Expertise: Understanding of IFRS accounting standards particularly as they relate to investments and financial instruments, strong accounting acumen, and technical proficiency in eFront, Aladdin and Oracle.
• Process Improvement & Operational Excellence: Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to understand processes from start to finish, eagerness to identify and implement new processes for operational efficiency. Strong attention to detail when preparing and reviewing work, and an ability to see the impacts on a bigger picture.
• Leadership & Team Development: Desire to develop a strong, collaborative team culture by leading accounting professionals toward business and individual development goals. 
• Results Delivery & Execution: A strong sense of urgency and the ability to make sound decisions when faced with competing priorities and time pressures. A sense of urgency, optimism, and a desire to deliver excellence. A results-oriented approach, with the ability to set clear expectations, work within tight timelines, and manage challenging priorities.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Communication & Stakeholder Effectiveness: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences. Ability to present clear perspectives while considering stakeholder needs and objectives.
• Strategic & Process Excellence: Ability to connect process improvements to broader strategy, adopt to and support changes, and maintain a strong focus on results.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.