Junior Accountant – Delta, BC
Join our team of talented, passionate, and dedicated professionals in a fast-paced, growing, environmentally conscious company. Located on beautiful farmland in Delta, BC, our head “office” is an amazing, renovated farmhouse with scenic views of our lush gardens and fields. We care about each other and what we do and are looking for an experienced individual who shares our Values of supporting community, diversity, nature, organic principles and inspiring joy.
The successful candidate will be a positive, confident individual with strong interpersonal skills. Your strengths will lie in your ability to genuinely engage with our team while demonstrating a high degree of professional competency and contributing positively to the organizational culture.
Our Company
West Coast Seeds believes, first and foremost, in the principles of organic growing and sustainable agriculture. Namely, we feel that food and all plants can be grown without the use of synthetic chemicals and that the seeds we supply are an important component within the broader approach to organic gardening. We support growers as custodians of the land they grow on — however large or small — and through adopting organic gardening techniques such as composting, companion planting and planting pollinator friendly plants, we help repair the world by nourishing the soil and ourselves.
Founded in 1983, West Coast Seeds’ purpose was to source and supply higher-quality seeds than had been available to home gardeners. Following the traditions of organic farming and gardening, the focus was on offering untreated seeds suitable for organic growing. Today, we offer over 1,000 varieties of untreated, non-GMO, open-pollinated and hybrid vegetable, herb, and flower seeds, as well as a wide range of unique bird feeders and quality gardening supplies.
The Role
The role will be focused on executing the monthly and annual reporting process for West Coast Seeds and its sister companies. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Assist in the timely and accurate preparation of month-end and annual audited financial statements and supporting working papers.
- Maintaining and enhancing accounting and inventory integrations between systems by working with vendors.
- Reviewing and improving on existing month-end working papers to allow for quicker turnaround.
- Monthly reconciliations.
- Assisting in budget preparation and analysis of variances.
- Maintaining up-to-date financial information in SAP and implementing enhancements to enable up-to-date department KPI reports and special management reports as requested.
- Processing journal entries and transaction postings.
- Support the establishment of and monitoring accuracy of inventory costing processes, both for landed cost and production/packaging.
- Supporting the Director of Finance, accounting team and the management team with management reporting, analysis and other ad hoc needs.
- Utilize data analytic tools to extract relevant insights from the ERP system, helping stakeholders make informed decisions.
- Implement dashboards to monitor KPl’s, providing real-time visibility into the overall performance.
- Support the business through process and efficiency improvements.
- Building strong working relationships with vendors, customers and colleagues.
- Contribute to cross-company operations improvements and shared best practices.
Attributes and Skills:
- Some direct experience in a similar role and environment an asset.
- Pursuing CPA designation.
- Excellent with Excel and Microsoft suite of apps; reporting/dashboarding tools, including Power BI and SQL querying an asset.
- General IT knowledge in a server/shared environment an asset
- Good working knowledge of ERP systems an asset
- US reporting experience is an asset.
- Strong communication skills.
- Operations oriented with a strong business sense and an analytical and problem-solving mindset.
- Results-orientated, self-starting, team player willing to work collaboratively toward achieving the strategic goals of the company.
The Perks:
- Competitive compensation, benefits, RRSP contribution and vacation time
- Company discount on seeds and gardening supplies
- A flexible working environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance
- Education support in pursuit of CPA designation.
- The chance to be part of a purpose-driven company supporting sustainable growing.
Pay: $50,000.00-$55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Application question(s):
- Are you pursuing CPA designation?
Experience:
- similar role and environment: 1 year (preferred)
- Excel and Microsoft suite of apps: 1 year (preferred)
- SQL, Power Query, Power BI, Tableau: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
