Senior Financial Analyst, General Accounting

Position Summary

You are responsible for leading the General Accounting function for the Canadian business. Your responsibilities include managing the financial close, managing SG&A responsibilities, ensuring continued SOX compliance, maintaining a strong internal controls environment within the Conagra Canada business and working with various shared service partners to define and document the local support structure, including appropriate local policies and procedures. You will manage, lead and coach a co-op student.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for monthly close and reporting activities
• Support SG&A cost center forecast and actual reporting. This includes supporting the following financial and operational processes: SG&A business partner for cost centre owners, accounting, reporting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
• Responsible for Canadian T&E accounting and policy training
• Act as a liaison with the US COE for AP, AR, Corporate Accounting and Tax teams, including appropriate procurement policies and approval of new vendor setups
• Ensure continued SOX compliance and the maintenance of a strong internal controls environment within the Conagra Canada business
• Manage and complete Balance Sheet responsibilities
• Finance lead for Canadian contract review process
• Actively identify and implement process improvements in the General Accounting areas ensuring that process improvements focus on simplicity, accountability and also bring value to the Conagra Canada business.
• Manage, advise and ensure appropriate forecasting and reporting of Extended Producer Responsibility program (Blue Box)
• Provide leadership and support to the shared co-op student
• Pension accounting and audit as required
• Ad-hoc duties and special projects as assigned
• Partner with IT to find technological solutions that create process efficiencies
  
  
  

Qualifications, Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• 5-10 years financial analysis experience
• Accounting designation CPA/CMA certification required
• Strong internal control and process documentation experience
• Demonstrated experience leading teams/processes
• Previous experience working within a shared service environment is preferred
• Exceptional PC skills required (spreadsheet, database management, power point, word processing, etc)
• Experience with SAP/BW/BI/BPC or other multi-dimensional database tools is an asset
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, communications, organizational and financial skills – ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Strong work ethic with a high level of energy
• Proactive, hands-on and solutions oriented
  
  
  

Our Modern Workplace: 

Conagra’s culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance. We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in person. This position requires you to work from our Mississauga office 3 days a week. 

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Compensation

Pay Range:$79,000-$116,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare benefits, mental wellbeing support and wellness spending account
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, wealth accumulation program and access to discounts
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, flexible work-schedules, Employee & Family Assistance Program and volunteer opportunities
  
  
  

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like POGO, VH Sauces and Orville Redenbacher.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or any other protected factor. Conagra is committed to working with and providing accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please email [email protected]. We will make a determination on your request for accommodation on a case-by-case basis.