• Become a valuable addition to the Centerra Corporate team
• Boost your career by joining an established organization
• Receive a highly competitive salary, based on skills and experience, plus benefits

About Centerra Gold

Headquartered in Toronto, Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) is one of the leading North American gold and copper producers engaged in the operation, exploration, development, and acquisition of quality mining assets in Asia, North America, and other markets worldwide.

Centerra’s vision is to build a team-based culture of excellence that responsibly delivers sustainable value and growth. We are committed to the safety, integrity, ethics, and fairness of our operations, promoting the highest standards of ethical business conduct of our employees, officers, and directors. 

For more information, please see our website. 

About the Opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Senior Manager, Financial Reporting to join the Centerra Corporate team. This position is a hybrid role based at our Toronto, ON office, working at least 2-3 days in the office.

Reporting to the Director, Finance, this position is responsible for helping manage and maintain processes related to all aspects of the Company’s financial management, including corporate accounting, intercompany accounting, consolidation of global results, regulatory and financial reporting, including financial statements as well as the development of accounting policies and internal control policies and procedures. The Senior Manager, Financial Reporting is co-responsible for financial reporting and corporate accounting functions in Toronto and will work closely with the Senior Manager, Operations Finance and the Senior Manager, FP&A and Special Projects.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee the preparation of Centerra's consolidated financial statements in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles prescribed by the regulatory authorities in the jurisdictions in which Centerra files its financial disclosures.
  • Ensure compliance with the reporting standards and procedures mandated by the regulators.
• Lead with research, analysis and documentation of complex accounting issues and validation of conclusion reached with the Company’s management, management’s experts and external auditors.
• Assist in preparation of financial reporting materials for quarterly Audit Committee meetings and address any comments and/or feedback from the Audit Committee members.
• Support the Senior Manager, Operations Finance in the preparation of the MD&A, ensuring completeness, accuracy and quality of financial disclosures.
• Assists with the preparation and finalization of the company’s other continuous disclosure documents such as press release, AIF, sustainability report and Circular, as required.
• Oversee the monthly close process, including consolidation of all results and ultimately responsible for the review of accuracy and completeness of corporate entities and total consolidated Centerra.
• Oversee the corporate accounting function and provide necessary coaching and support.
• Review and enhance the state of internal controls framework at the corporate office and other smaller sites reporting to corporate office to determine reliability and effectiveness of financial systems and controls and compliance with the SOX Section 404.
• Assist with maintaining and enhancing global accounting policies and process standards.
• Oversee preparation of supporting documents and working papers to the external auditors for quarterly review and annual audit.
• Plan and execute special projects as needed in the corporate office (e.g. climate disclosures project framework in collaboration with the ESG team).

About You

To qualify, you must have a bachelor's degree in business administration / accounting, hold a Certified Public Accountant designation, and have a minimum of 7 years of professional experience in financial audit or financial reporting roles with some focus on mining industry, and US regulatory and SOX experience. 

The following will be critical to successfully performing this role:

• Very strong technical knowledge of IFRS, able to act independently with little direction and guide the team in resolving and documenting different complex accounting issues.
• Ability to problem solve and multi-task in order to resolve complex issues in a timely manner.
• Must be detailed oriented with the ability to grasp technical details, while understanding the big picture impact.
• Good leadership, interpersonal and coaching skills, with the ability to promote teamwork within the accounting team at the corporate office and across the accounting groups at Centerra’s various sites.
• Experience with US and Canadian regulatory environments, able to develop and implement SOX-compliant processes or work with the vendor to troubleshoot financial system issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, must have confidence to interact with senior management and the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner.
• Focused on continuous improvement and dedicated to looking for different solutions and executing on ideas to enhance the status quo.
• Some experience in using advanced consolidation and reporting tools, ex. Oracle FCCS, SAP FICO and Workiva, would be considered an asset.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel spreadsheets and MS PowerPoint.
• Big 4 accounting firm experience highly preferred.
• Continuing education in the areas of financial reporting, personnel management, project management is an on-going requirement.

Lastly, you will join us as a self-starter with a positive, solution-oriented, and customer-focused mindset, and the commitment to work with a team. 

About the Benefits

As a valued member of the Centerra team, you can look forward to a highly competitive salary, based on skills and experience, and qualifications. You'll also gain access to some incredible benefits, including: 

• Extended group health, dental, vision, and travel insurance
• Life Insurance, STD, LTD, AD&D
• Company-sponsored RRSP with Company match 
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Healthcare Spending Account / Lifestyle Wellness Spending Account
• Annual Incentive Bonus
• Long-term incentive plan
• Employee Share Purchase Plan with Company match
• Parental leave top-up program
• Professional development within the organization
• Join a company committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion

This is your chance to be part of an established, industry-leading global organization with incredible room for career growth and personal development.   

If you have the skills necessary to bring success to the role, then we invite you to apply today!