Corporate Accountant

Job Description

Corporate Accountant | Dyno Nobel

The Tone:
This is a full-time role for a Corporate Accountant at Dyno Nobel. Dyno Nobel is a prominent global leader in commercial explosives, manufacturing, and blasting technology, providing innovative and reliable solutions to the mining, quarry, construction, and seismic industries worldwide. With a strong legacy of safety, performance, and technical excellence, the company is committed to optimizing customer operations, improving productivity, and reducing environmental impact through continuous improvement. As a Corporate Accountant, you will play a crucial role in providing essential routine and general accounting services to the company, ensuring operations align with established business objectives and general accounting practices. This position is vital for supporting the Controller group as needed, directly contributing to the financial accuracy and operational efficiency of Dyno Nobel North America.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified

• Mission: To provide comprehensive routine and general accounting services pertaining to Dyno Nobel North America, ensuring adherence to company business objectives and general accounting practices, and to support the Controller group in maintaining financial integrity and operational accuracy.
• Tech Stack: SAP, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounting Close Procedures: Actively assist with crucial month-end close processes, which includes accurately booking necessary journal entries and performing thorough account reconciliations to ensure financial records are precise and up-to-date.
• Management Reporting: Prepare a diverse range of accounting statements, such as detailed working papers, comprehensive schedules, informative exhibits, or concise summaries, designed to provide critical business information and insights to both management and field personnel.
• Audit Facilitation: Support both internal and external audit teams by efficiently gathering and providing requested financial documents and information, ensuring a smooth and compliant audit process.
• Stakeholder Communication: Engage in effective communication with supervisors, managers, field staff, and other relevant business, corporate, accounting, and finance personnel to proactively obtain and exchange necessary information for accounting tasks.
• Individual Workload Planning: Take responsibility for planning and organizing individual workload and tasks, primarily to ensure that all accounting deadlines are met and specific business objectives are achieved efficiently.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting (preferred) or finance. This educational foundation is essential for understanding core accounting principles and practices.
• Experience: 3+ years of professional accounting experience is preferred for this role, demonstrating practical application of accounting knowledge; however, recent college graduates with a strong academic background are encouraged to apply and will be considered.
• Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of how accounting journal entries are created and how these entries directly impact financial statements is critical. A solid understanding of accounting standards, specifically GAAP/IFRS, is required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, is also necessary for daily tasks.
• Bonus: Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license is preferred, indicating advanced accounting proficiency. Additionally, knowledge of SAP or the ability to quickly learn the company’s specific accounting software will be a valuable asset.