Accounting Operations Manager

The Accounting Operations Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day transactional accounting operations for the group of companies under the Pure Flavor® brand, with direct oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash collections, inventory control, and grower pay. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, the role ensures transactions are processed accurately and on time, supporting documentation and subledger records are complete, reconciliations are performed, issues are resolved promptly, and effective internal controls are maintained.

Responsibilities:

Lead and oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash collections, inventory control, and grower pay, ensuring accurate and timely transaction processing, reconciliation, reporting, and issue resolution.

Guide cash collection activities by setting collection priorities with the Accounts Receivable Coordinators, monitoring customer commitments, and escalating overdue or high-risk accounts to improve cash flow and minimize delinquency.

Meet regularly with Accounts Receivable Coordinators to review a summary of aged accounts receivable, discuss past-due balances and collection priorities, identify disputes or high-risk accounts requiring escalation, and agree on follow-up actions.

Oversee the administration of customer credit, including coordinating credit reviews, maintaining approved limits and account holds, and providing information to support allowance and bad-debt decisions in accordance with company policy.

Oversee the accounts payable cycle, including invoice intake, coding, approval workflow, three-way matching where applicable, payment scheduling, vendor statement reconciliations, and discrepancy resolution.

Review accounts payable aging and upcoming obligations with the Accounts Payable team, coordinate payment timing with cash availability, capture available discounts, and ensure vendors are paid within agreed terms.

Maintain effective transactional controls, including segregation of duties, approval limits, duplicate-payment prevention, customer and vendor master-data governance, and verification of banking changes.

Oversee grower-pay processing, including validation of supporting information, payment calculations, approvals, reconciliations, and timely resolution of grower inquiries or discrepancies.

Ensure accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, and grower-pay subledgers are accurate, complete, and reconciled, and provide schedules, explanations, and issue follow-up to support the month-end close.

Identify opportunities to improve transactional workflows, system use, documentation, and service levels, and implement standardized procedures across the team.

Provide leadership to the team members, including workload planning, performance management, scheduling, employee relations, training and development, and building awareness of business performance and profitability.

Coordinate cash requirements arising from accounts payable, grower pay, and other transactional activities, and provide timely information to support cash flow forecasting and funding decisions.

Develop and monitor transactional accounting reports and key performance indicators, including collection status, receivable and payable aging summaries, payment timeliness, transaction backlogs, exceptions, and unresolved discrepancies.

Perform other related duties and support additional business priorities as assigned

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration (required).

A minimum of three (3) years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

CPA designation or working towards CPA designation (preferred).

Experience in working with multiple currencies and legal entities.

Advanced Microsoft (MS) Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) skills required; demonstrated ability to produce presentations, spreadsheets, graphs, and charts.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Must be an influential leader with a collaborative management style and ability to motivate others, fostering an environment of continuous improvement.

Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate keen attention to detail and task-related accuracy, as well as consistent follow-through skills.

Work Environment:

Hours of work may vary depending on business needs; flexibility is required.

Role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

The employee is regularly required to stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work. 

Role requires the ability to listen and speak to other employees.

The position may involve needing to lift up to 30-pounds; occasionally up to 50-pounds.

Compensation & Benefits:This position offers a salary range of $75,000 - $90,000 CAD annually, commensurate with experience, skills, and internal equity. In addition, Pure Flavor provides a competitive total rewards package that includes company-paid benefits, RRSP matching, and paid time off.