Manager Franchise Retail Accounting

Requisition ID: 186834
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Finance Store Support
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Stellarton
Location: King St. Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Manager Finance - Retail Accounting Franchise to join our Finance department.

As a Manager Finance - Retail Accounting Franchise with Sobeys you will:

1. Accountable to the timely and accurate production of retail financial statements
2. Ensure compliance with CEO/CFO certification, and compliance with Sobeys Inc. accounting policies and IFRS, including:
1. Review and sign off for all retail accounting processes
2. Review and sign-off of period financial statements and variance analysis
3. Review and sign-off of Retail working papers
3. Drive process improvements and efficiencies through cost control and efficiencies, including:
1. Harmonizing/standardizing processes
2. Aligning systems
3. Ensuring technologies, accounting and controls lead to high quality service delivery
4. Customer service (internal and external)
4. Execution of Service Level Agreements and accountability for all metrics
5. Lead, coach and mentor Senior and Retail Accountants and Clerks
6. Prepare various ad-hoc analysis and reporting requests
7. Communicate effectively with all levels of management and employees
8. Work with Shared Services peers to identify opportunities to improve customer service to store
9. Lead by example by focusing on personal career development and pursuing opportunities to increase relevant knowledge and skills
10. Facilitate the internal and external audit requests of accounts and balances
11. Ensure overall quality of service, retention, continuity, risk mitigation and management of any service offered
12. Foster an environment that encourages employee engagement and motivates team members to perform at their best
13. Support Sobeys talent management succession planning strategy, ensuring capable people are identified and have action plans in place that align to individual and organizational needs
14. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, where colleagues in your department are encouraged and recognized for generating and implementing innovative ideas
15. Provide service to: retail store operators, Franchisees, District Operators, Merchandising, FP&A, Related Business Ops, and Discount Operations
16. Collaborate and work with FP&A, Accounting and Control, Accounting Ops and Service, and Audit

• A minimum of 8 years experience in accounting or related field
• University degree in Business and/or diploma (working towards CA, CMA, CGA)
• MBA or accounting designation preferred
• Finance experience in the retail sector preferred
• Knowledge of SAP and SAPBW

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and is designed to help our teammates live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Our Total Rewards programs for full-time teammates go well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.