Finance Administrator

Lush North America supports over 262 (and growing!) retail stores in Canada and the USA, a mail-order business based in Vancouver, and manufacturing centres in Vancouver and Toronto. Lush is known worldwide for our unique bath and beauty products. We pride ourselves on amazing skin and hair care, personalized customer service, environmental activism and a vibrant store atmosphere.

Charitable giving is at the heart of our business, and we believe it's our responsibility to advocate for the environment, animals and people in need. We're passionate about giving back to organizations locally and around the world through programs such as our Charity Pot Program.

Role Overview:

The Finance Administrator plays an essential role in growing talent in our business through collaboration and sharing best practices with the Finance team. You know how to be curious about their opportunities and how to be real with feedback and support.

As the Finance Administrator, you will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of retail and head office banking requests along with supporting the finance team with ad hoc projects as required. In this role, you will possess a strong sense of self-initiative, problem-solving and critical thinking skills and the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a passion for finance and a desire to contribute to our dynamic, growing business. If you're a proactive individual with strong organizational skills and are looking for an exciting challenge within a corproate setting, we'd like to hear from you!

As a growing business, Lush needs people who can adapt and evolve to the needs of our business. Our Lush staff live with purpose, finding their personal value connection with the values of our business, bringing their work and life paths into one holistic journey. #mylushlife

Reporting to Accounting Manager, your core RESPONSIBILITIES will include:

Treasury:

• Daily monitoring of the cash management email inbox.
• Coordinate treasury requirements for new store openings and closings.
• Coordinate all changes to retail and corporate banking.
• Coordinate with service providers to manage cash in transit (armoured vehicles).
• Maintaining banking details in vendor master records.
• Handling corporate bank deposits.
• Maintenance of banking documentation.

Compliance:

• Coordinating personal property tax filings with a third-party preparer.
• Coordinate with third party and retail stores in completing renewal of store business licences and openings/closings requirements.
• Support with filing and remitting bag tax in required jurisdictions.
• Coordinate approvals and signatures for banking, legal, and tax documents from authorized signatories.

General:

• Monitor, review and distribute mail to ensure timely responses.
• Coordinate new shop openings and closing checklists.
• Coordinate and project manage finance-related projects.
• Other projects as required.

You bring the following QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• 2+ years of administrative experience. Financial administrative experience is preferred.
• Proven experience handling highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Proven knowledge of Microsoft and Google Office Suite.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Proactive approach and initiative.
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering information.
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently.
• Ability to work in person at our Vancouver office for a minimum of 3 days per week.

Preferred:

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics.  
• Retail experience is an asset. 

   

Job Type: Regular, Full Time. Hybrid position with travel to the office three times per week. 

Thriving with a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our staff and committed to inclusion. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.

We thank all interested applicants; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

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