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About the Role

Responsible for leading treasury and cash flow management, overseeing tax planning, administration, and compliance, and ensuring accurate accounting, reporting, and internal coordination related to investments.

Responsibilities

Serve as liaison with the separately governed investment entity to ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and reconciliation of CSA's interest in, and transactions with, the investment entity.
Manage relationships with external investment consultants, asset managers, custodians, and banking partners for CSA’s investment portfolio.
Prepare and/or review investment-related account reconciliations, schedules and supporting documentation for financial reporting.
Coordinate with the investment entity, custodians, external investment managers, auditors and other service providers to obtain timely and accurate information.
Lead CSA's treasury operations and enterprise cash-flow management, including short- and medium-term liquidity forecasting.
Develop and maintain rolling cash-flow forecasts to ensure CSA has sufficient liquidity to meet operating, capital and strategic requirements.
Determine CSA's near-term funding needs and coordinate cash movements, contributions, distributions or other transfers with the investment entity.
Manage CSA banking and treasury relationships, bank accounts, signing authorities and treasury controls.
Optimize CSA's operating cash balances and short-term liquidity within approved policies and risk parameters.
Develop liquidity management policies, cash reserve parameters and contingency funding plans for CSA.
Monitor counterparty exposure, interest rates, credit conditions and currency developments relevant to CSA's treasury activities.
Prepare treasury and liquidity reporting for executive management and the Board.
Lead and coordinate CSA's tax planning, administration and compliance activities, working with external tax and legal advisors.
Develop and maintain tax policies, internal controls and governance processes.
Assess tax implications of transactions between CSA and the investment entity.
Oversee corporate tax compliance, including income tax returns, information returns, withholding taxes, indirect taxes and applicable foreign reporting obligations.
Coordinate tax provisions and related financial statement reporting and audit support.
Monitor relevant Canadian and international tax developments and advise management on implications for CSA.
Lead the financial and regulatory compliance activities for CSA's Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) pension plans.
Oversee the financial administration of CSA's pension plans, including monitoring pension contributions, special payments, and funding obligations.
Work closely with Payroll, Human Resources, and external actuaries to validate pension calculations, contribution requirements, and funding transactions.
Monitor pension regulatory developments and funding requirements, and advise management on implications for CSA.
Support pension-related accounting, financial reporting, audit requirements, and disclosures associated with CSA's pension obligations.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience in treasury, accounting/financial reporting and tax, ideally in a complex organization.
Strong experience in cash-flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking and treasury operations.
Experience accounting for investments and/or interests in separately governed entities and coordinating information from external managers, custodians or administrators.
Strong knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls, corporate taxation and treasury governance.
Experience preparing materials for senior management and Boards or Board committees.
Critical and innovative problem-solving ability and strong attention to detail.
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead across multiple finance disciplines and develop a high-performing team.

Skills

CPA designation
Foreign-exchange risk management
Hedging

Location

Canada

Work Type

Regular
Full time

Experience Level

10+ years

Education Level

University degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field

About the Company

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place.
It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.
Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day household items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.
Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do.
We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Equal Opportunity

CSA Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any grounds stipulated by applicable laws.
We are an organization where opportunities are based on skills and abilities, and differences are respected and valued.
Please contact us at talentacquisition@csagroup.org if you require accommodation in the interview process.