Job Summary
Teck is a leading Canadian resource company focused on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love.
Teck's two regional business units, North America and Latin America, oversee Teck's assets through all phases of safe, sustainable development, operation and closure. The business units are supported by enterprise-wide functions that set strategic direction, establish standards and provide governance, as well as supporting the business through shared services, centres of excellence and business partnering.
Reporting to the Manager, Consolidation and Operation Accounting, the Supervisor, Accounting is responsible for leading the consolidation of the Zinc and Copper Business Units. The team consists of four senior accountants in charge of assisting operations in submitting data into Hyperion HFM, ensuring site data is loaded accurately as defined by company practices and policies, and preparing consolidation level adjustments (intercompany elimination, purchase price allocation entries, capitalized interest, unrealized profit, and management reporting adjustments). The Supervisor is a subject matter expert (SME) on operational performance and numbers and is responsible for assisting operations with sophisticated accounting transactions and working with other head-office team members to provide mentorship and solutions to site requests as needed.
Responsibilities
- Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
- Lead the monthly consolidation process for Zinc and Copper operations.
- Provide coaching and guidance to team members in all aspects of day-to-day accounting, by providing outstanding business, accounting, and system knowledge
- Develop detailed consolidated working papers tracking consolidation adjustments, purchase price allocation, and capitalized interest
- Take ownership of all consolidation adjustments related to operations, and ensure accounts and coding are aligned with company policy and practices
- Streamline consolidation review processes with each operation by working closely with site teams and looking for ways to remove bottlenecks and address problem areas
- Review and develop monthly consolidated schedules and reconciliations for operations
- Review financial statements and assigned financial statement notes
- Review MD&A and statistical information to ensure accuracy as reported in external quarterly reports, annual reports and other external corporation financial reports
- Review Board Papers and Bonus Performance Targets for operations (prepared by the team)
- Assess/troubleshoot sophisticated financial consolidation and reporting issues and ensure transactions are documented
- Contribute to major accounting transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, IFRS implementation
- Provide system improvement suggestions for operation consolidation and reporting for D365 and Hyperion HFM
- Account and consolidate new companies or divisions as they arise
- Supervise the day-to-day accounting for several Holdco and Head-office entities including royalty calculations, streaming arrangements, and financial statement preparation
- Review consolidated data for all operations and assigned companies
Qualifications
- At least 10+ years of experience in a large accounting department
- Active CPA designation is required
- Strong understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation and internal controls
- Sophisticated digital literacy, excellent with Excel and MS Office suite, top-tier general ledgers and Hyperion HFM
- Extensive experience with consolidation and management reporting for large companies
- Experience working in a multi-currency environment, where foreign operations represent significant portions of consolidated results
- Solid understanding of IFRS and accounting concepts, especially mining-specific topics
- Experienced mentor and coach with the ability to develop team members
- Ability to take initiative
- Collaboration and communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Experience working in a mining company is an asset
