Top Accounting Talent in Greater Vancouver

February 9th, 2010

There is worldwide attention on Vancouver and this is an extraordinary opportunity to strengthen our local economy. With a smart, focused approach, we can use the Olympics to create a legacy of job growth and investment in Vancouver.  According to a report by the Conference Board of Canada, the Olympic effect will give Vancouver’s economy enough of a boost to make it the top economic performer among Canadian cities this year.  In addition to the boost provided by the Olympic Winter Games, housing construction and consumer spending are forecasted to rebound strongly in Vancouver.

At Mercer Bradley, we continue to offer the best finance and accounting professionals in the market at a fee that works for you. Our candidates are all pre-screened, skill tested and reference checked before sending them to you, so there is no delay in bringing on some great Top Talent employees.

Our Candidates

We have some great candidates who are looking for new roles over the next few months. Please let us know what you are looking for and we can assist you in placing an excellent employee into your accounting and finance team. Here are some excellent candidates we would like to assist.  If these are not what you are looking for, please keep in mind we have both permanent and contract candidates available for the roles you need filled. Please view the profiles below.

Candidate A

Financial Analyst - Highly intelligent, professionally presented with good communication skills!

$80K

• CMA (US) & Master’s of Business Admin.
• JD Edwards
• Expert Canadian and US GAAP
• Expert Financial Statement preparation and Quarterly reports
• Solid multicurrency consolidations experience
• Foreign exchange
• Internal Controls review, development and implementation
• Key liaison with external auditors and legal

This candidate is looking for a role within a large publicly traded organization.

Candidate B

Tax Manager - Public Practice or Industry -   Fantastic Candidate - Goes the extra mile!!

$70K

• Chartered Accountant
• Masters of Economics
• Passionate about tax
• Client base of small privately held organizations, manufacturing and some public mining companies

This candidate has undertaken many different tax projects, with increasing complexity and tight deadlines. For example he has:

• demonstrated managerial skills by first acting as a senior and then later managing the personal income tax pool;
• broad corporate tax exposure, which includes general compliance,SR&ED compliance, transfer pricing issues, international tax issues and corporate tax planning;
• performed technical research and have documented interpretation of Canadian tax law in memo format;
• used his impressive economic background and analytical skills to aid in transfer pricing consulting work;
• used his interpersonal and communication skills to discuss moderately complex tax situations with clients, to scope tax consulting projects, prepare tax engagement letters, and has developed a reputation for excellent client service

Candidate C

Controller, Manager of Financial Reporting - A Safe Pair of Hands!!

$90K

• ACCA (Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants) London, UK
• 9 Years at a large Engineering firm
• Experience in Construction
• Solid Reporting, Tax, Budgeting and Analysis, Audit preparation
• Excellent communication skills
• Advanced Excel
• Strong ERP experience
• Multi-currency, Multi-Country experience

Candidate C has a friendly personality and enjoys working in companies that have an entrepreneurial flair.  He wants to add value to a business through internal management reporting, interfacing with external and internal people in a dynamic environment.

Preferred duties - Internal Management Reporting, Participation in Management team, Enhancement of processes and controls, Budgeting and Forecasting

Candidate D

Controller - Top Candidate - Hard to find skill set

$100K plus

Candidate D is an impressive candidate who has had terrific exposure to complex accounting issues.  He excels in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and brings expert Multi-National transfer pricing experience.   His current employer has operations in Canada, US, Europe, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.  He has excellent MD&A experience and has created effective processes to improve efficiencies and save money.  This candidate’s strength in tax areas has proven to be of significant value netting the company an additional $500K of revenue. He is poised to add tremendous value to a dynamic company.

• CA
• 5 Years Corporate Controller of International Company (a group of 19 companies)
• 5 years Public Practice
• Strong Supervisory experience (currently a team of 15)
• Expert Multi-National experience including transfer pricing and multi-currency
• Presents very well, excellent communication skills
• Solid experience in Tax, Complex reconciliations, Reporting,
• IFRS conversion
• ERP implementation
• Internal Controls

This candidate is seeking a role that will maximize his experience and provide challenges.  He is extremely reliable and does whatever it takes to meet a deadline.  He leads by example and is typically the first one in and the last one to leave.

Candidate E

Senior Accountant - Great Plains and JD Edwards GURU!! - Really solid worker with great work tenure

$70K

• CMA
• BComm
• Multi-currency
• CDN & US GAAP
• SOX
• Reconciliations and Complex Consolidations
• G/L design and set-up
• Quarterly and Year End Reporting
• Software implementation - Great Plains
• Advanced Excel, Great Plains, JD Edwards, QuickBooks
• PUBCO EXPERT including Mining
• Reliable, accurate, conscientious, professional presentation, detail oriented

This candidate loves a challenge!  Fantastic reporting and analytical experience, good with numbers and committed to delivering top notch work!!

Candidate F

Financial Analyst - CMA Designated

$65k

• CMA
• Strong Financial Analyst
• 14 years of combined Industry experience (Communications’ and Insurance Companies)
• Experience in Finance, IT, Operations, Internal Audit, and Customer Service
• Offers strong leadership skills
• Highly effective written & verbal communication skills

Personality - Outgoing, personable, strong financial knowledge. This candidate’s presentation is amazing. She is very professional and believes in maintaining a strong emphasis in eating healthy and working out. This candidate is very personable and can get right in there bringing her keen sense of knowledge and sense of humour!

She is a highly energetic and dynamic Financial Management Professional looking to continue in a financial analysis role. She is feels she is well positioned to provide detailed financial analysis, strategic and/or operational recommendations and advice on a wide range of financial matters and business issues.

Candidate G

Senior Accountant - PACE level CGA

$60k

• Completing the final stages of his CGA designation
• Experience in financial analysis, controllership, MD&A, accounting and management information systems, reporting standards (IFRS and SOX), tracking internal project expenditures, and supervisory roles.
• Has consolidations experience, budgeting, analysis, A/P and A/R, and payroll of up to 40 people with ADP

Personality - This candidate presents very well. He also is very interested in the industry. He has an excellent personality, good sense of humour and his references RAVE about him. We were very impressed.

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