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Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

Manages assets for public sector clients

Manager – Financial Reporting

Financial AccountingPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeToronto, ON, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is required, along with a CPA or equivalent professional accounting designation.
  • Five or more years of progressive financial-reporting and technical-accounting experience, preferably in asset management, investment funds, or financial services.
  • Demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing IFRS financial statements, supporting technical accounting analyses, and coordinating external audits.
  • Experience developing financial-statement working papers, reconciliations, accounting policies, process documentation, and reporting controls.
  • Ability to review complex information, identify inconsistencies and risks, and prepare clear, well-supported analyses, disclosures, and recommendations.
  • Strong judgment, attention to detail, organization, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

  • Lead preparation of audited financial statements for IMCO’s investment pool funds and assigned investment legal entities, including related supplemental financial information, notes, and supporting schedules.
  • Coordinate reporting timelines and inputs from internal stakeholders and service providers, and monitor deliverables through completion.
  • Review financial information and disclosures for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with IFRS; identify and escalate significant judgments, estimates, and reporting issues.
  • Research complex transactions and new or amended IFRS requirements; prepare technical accounting analyses and recommendations for review by the Senior Director.
  • Support development and maintenance of accounting policies, implementation guidance, and related documentation.
  • Coordinate day-to-day external audit activities, including deliverables, supporting documentation, technical questions, proposed adjustments, and follow-up items.
  • Maintain working papers, reconciliations, review evidence, version control, and approvals supporting financial statements and accounting conclusions.
  • Serve as a Finance partner to Sustainable Investing in preparing and reviewing sustainable-investing disclosures, particularly greenhouse gas emissions reporting.
  • Support review of financed emissions and other applicable emissions measures, including key data, methodologies, assumptions, and data-quality considerations.
  • Support emissions-reporting controls, reconciliations, and external assurance activities; identify and escalate significant reporting or control issues.
  • Monitor sustainability and climate-reporting developments and support assessment of their implications for IMCO’s reporting and controls.
  • Support Finance’s preparation and review of financial, AUM, investment-related, sustainable-investing, and emissions information for IMCO’s annual report and other significant enterprise reporting.
  • Review and reconcile key measures, including AUM, for accuracy and consistency with approved definitions and supporting information; investigate and escalate significant differences.
  • Coordinate reporting inputs, timelines, and supporting documentation, and support related audit and assurance activities.
  • Support materials for senior management and governance bodies and identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and controls.

Desired Qualifications

  • A CFA, master’s degree, or MBA is considered an asset.
  • Experience in asset management, investment funds, or financial services is preferred.
  • Exposure to annual reports, enterprise disclosures, AUM reporting, sustainable investing, climate-related reporting, or greenhouse gas emissions reporting is an asset.
  • Experience with financial-reporting, workflow, or data-management tools is an asset.

About the Company

Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

Manages assets for public sector clients

IMCO manages about $86 billion in investments for Ontario’s broader public-sector clients, providing investment management, portfolio construction guidance, access to a wide range of asset classes, and rigorous risk management. It acts as the client’s investment manager, building and adjusting diversified portfolios to meet long-term goals using various asset classes and risk controls. It operates independently from government (arm’s length) with a seasoned board, offering governance tailored to public-sector needs. Its goal is to help clients grow and protect their assets through professional management and disciplined, diversified portfolios.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$1.6B
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2016

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