Manager, Corporate Accounting & Analysis

Who We Are

Founded in 1993, Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our four core values of Putting People First, Outstanding Corporate Citizenship, High Performance Culture, and Rigorous Financial Discipline.
 

Mining responsibly is a priority for Kinross, and we foster a culture that makes responsible mining and operational success inseparable. Our values-based approach ensures that sustainability and our environmental, social and governance commitments are a core part of our strategy and plans for future growth. In line with our values, we also aim to build meaningful partnerships with all of our stakeholders, including communities, shareholders, employees, governments and suppliers.

Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC). 

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Job Description

The Manager, Corporate Accounting & Analysis is a key leadership role within the Corporate Finance team, responsible for managing the accounting function, performing key analyses, and driving process and system improvements across the various corporate entities. This responsibility includes managing certain recurring corporate accounting processes, reviewing and contributing to month and quarter end close activities, overseeing annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for corporate entities, performing internal financial reporting and analysis for corporate entities, and optimizing processes and systems within the Corporate Finance team. The Manager, Corporate Accounting & Analysis will apply best practices to bring efficiency and effectiveness to the corporate accounting processes, drive process improvements while maintaining all necessary controls and managing a team of staff accountants.

Job Responsibilities

Accounting Operations & Compliance

• Manage the accounting function for certain active and holding companies, including liaising with other functions and internal / external auditors as required.
• Administer accurate, complete and timely accounting in accordance with Kinross accounting policies and procedures while maintaining rigorous control standards.
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses prepared by accounting analysts, including preparation of the same for more complex matters.
• Manage intercompany and external gold sales transactions.
• Review variance analyses prepared by regional corporate offices and collaborate with counterparts to understand submissions and results.
• Support statutory or intercompany processes as needed, including transfer pricing costing.
• Lead work on non-routine transactions, analyses, and projects including ad-hoc research and cross-functional participation to support business decisions; participate in task forces as needed.
• Support corporate accounting team members with accounting guidance and collaborate with other Finance teams such as Financial Reporting, FP&A or Tax in areas where such subject matter expertise is required.
• Facilitate relationship with external auditors, including overseeing the preparation of pension statements for the Canadian pension plan and other statutory financial statements.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis

• Support Senior Manager, Corporate Finance in quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes for the Toronto, Denver and The Hague office general and administrative, business development and exploration departments.

Strategic Projects & Process Improvement

• Manage or act as a lead contributor on Finance optimization projects and IT Software implementation projects within the Corporate Finance functions.
• Propose new work approaches, methods, and practices to optimize performance, and to ensure adherence to industry regulations and organizational standards.

• Maintain a focus on transformation by making recommendations to business and control processes and implement improvements to maximize operational efficiencies and increase governance by working collaboratively to gain consensus with other corporate and regional/site finance teams.
• Optimize the Corporate Accounting function’s use of the enterprise performance management platform (Onestream) by proposing new use cases, building or configuring reports and providing training thereof across the Corporate Accounting team.
• Team Management:  Manage a team of 2-4 direct reports of varying degrees of professional skills.

Education and Experience

Education

• University degree in Finance or Accounting
• Formal accounting designation (e.g. CPA or international equivalent)

Experience

• 7+ years of related work experience, including management/supervisory skills
• Experience with Onestream or equivalent enterprise performance management platform is key. Experience with JD Edwards enterprise resource planning is also ideal.

Skills

• Strong attention to detail, effective communication and analytical skills
• Advanced organizational and time management skills to identify, prioritize and meet strict and challenging deadlines
• Ability to exercise judgement, solve problems and implement solutions with minimal direction
• Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements
• Ability to establish strong, cooperative working relationships within own team and other departments
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Experience working on transformation initiatives to support continuous improvement