Manager, Accounting

SMS Equipment is seeking a Manager, Accounting to join our team and provide day-to-day leadership and oversight across key controllership activities.

Reporting to the Assistant Controller, you will be accountable for accurate and timely financial reporting, balance sheet integrity, audit and internal control support, ERP accounting governance, continuous improvement, and the development of a team of Financial Analysts. You will bring strong professional judgement, operational ownership, and the ability to turn complex accounting matters into practical solutions.

Location: Acheson office 
Work Arrangement: Hybrid 
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day. Periodic overtime may be required during month-end, quarter-end, year-end, audits, and other critical periods.

What You’ll Do

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, reporting schedules, consolidated reporting support, financial analysis, and financial statement preparation.
• Own balance sheet integrity by reviewing reconciliations, investigating variances and unusual transactions, resolving accounting issues, and ensuring timely, accurate follow-up and resolution.
• Coordinate and support external audits, internal audits, compliance audits, and other financial reviews; prepare audit and compliance deliverables, respond to requests, and maintain internal control requirements.
• Provide hands-on leadership to the Financial Analysts by setting clear expectations, reviewing work, assigning priorities, coaching, providing feedback, supporting development, and ensuring high-quality, timely deliverables.
• Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy, consistency, and effectiveness of accounting processes and reporting activities, and provide practical recommendations for consideration.
• Maintain the integrity of the ERP accounting structure, including the chart of accounts, mappings, reporting hierarchies, and related financial master data.
• Lead or support accounting projects, ERP-readiness activities, data clean-up, testing, validation, documentation, and other Controllership priorities.
• Partner with the Assistant Controller, Controller, auditors and compliance personnel, finance leaders, and business stakeholders on reporting, accounting, risk, and improvement initiatives.

What You Bring

You will hold a CPA designation and bring 5+ years of progressive accounting, audit, controllership, financial reporting, or related experience. 

Other requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business, or a related discipline.
• 2+ years of leadership, supervisory, or management experience, including coaching, developing, and reviewing the work of professional staff.
• Experience leading month-end close, maintaining balance sheet account integrity and account reconciliations, consolidation accounting, financial reporting and statement preparation, financial statement and compliance audits, and internal control activities.
• Strong knowledge of ASPE, IFRS.
• Strong professional judgement, organization, prioritization, project management, decision-making, communication, and a demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, assess risk, research issues independently, and balance problem-solving with collaboration and appropriate escalation.
• Demonstrated leadership and communication capability, including the ability to set expectations, review work, coach and develop professional staff, and explain complex financial and accounting concepts clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including experience working with large and complex datasets.

Nice to Have:

• Public accounting experience.
• Manager-level experience.
• Experience working with large, complex, multi-entity organizations.
• Heavy equipment industry experience.

This position is classified as a Mid-Level Leader role in SMS Equipment’s competency framework, requiring demonstration of core competencies (customer focus, collaboration, and technical/functional expertise) and leadership competencies (people leadership, managing through change and uncertainty, and influence).

At SMS Equipment, safety is one of our core values and we care for each other, without exception. Our successful candidate is intrinsically motivated and committed to making safe choices when completing all tasks.

Pre-Employment

Position classification and required pre-employment checks: 

• Credential verification for the CPA designation

This posting is for an existing vacancy within SMS Equipment. Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is hired.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process will be contacted.

At SMS Equipment, the right partnership makes everything possible. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. Join us and bring your expertise to an organization that values safety, authenticity, innovation, performance, and respect.

SMS Equipment offers rewarding careers in the heavy equipment industry across Canada. As the largest Komatsu dealer in North America, SMS Equipment gives you the opportunity to represent world-class quality in our product offerings and customer service. A few of the many benefits of working with SMS Equipment include competitive wages, comprehensive group benefits plan, and RRSP matching.